Presidents of the United States of America

George Washington

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

One of the Founding Fathers.
First President of the United States.
Served as a soldier and politician.
"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company".

John Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

American Patriot.
First Vice President.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence".

Thomas Jefferson

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

American Founding Father. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence. "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you".

James Madison

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

American Statesman and Founding Father. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary".

James Monroe

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

American Statesman. "The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil".

John Quincy Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

American Statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives. "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader".

Andrew Jackson

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

American soldier and statesman. Founder of the Democratic Party.
"One man with courage makes a majority".

Martin Van Buren

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

Member of the Democratic Party. Eighth Vice President and tenth Secretary of State.

William Henry Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

Born February 9, 1773 and Died April 4, 1841. American Military Officer who was a principal contributor in the War of 1812.

John Tyler

Period: Apr 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

Tenth Vice President.

James K. Polk

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849

13th speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor of Tennessee.

Zachary Taylor

Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

Born November 24, 1784. Died July 9, 1850. Career Officer of the United States Army and ranked Major General.

Millard Fillmore

Period: Jul 9, 1850 to Mar 4, 1853

Last member of the Whig Party.

Franklin Pierce

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

Saw the abolitionist movement as a threat.

James Buchanan

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

Abraham Lincoln

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Born February 12, 1809. Assassinated April 15, 1865.
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be".
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years".

Andrew Johnson

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Ulysses S. Grant

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

James A. Garfield

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

Born November 19, 1831. Assassinated September 19, 1881.

Chester A. Arthur

Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Benjamin Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

Born January 29, 1843. Assassinated September 14, 1901.

Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

William Howard Taft

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

Woodrow Wilson

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Warren G. Harding

Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Born November 2, 1865. Died August 2, 1923.

Calvin Coolidge

Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Herbert Hoover

Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Born January 30, 1882. Died April 12, 1945.

Harry S. Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Lyndon B. Johnson

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

John F. Kennedy

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Nov 22, 1963

Born May 29, 1917. Assassinated November 22, 1963.

Richard Nixon

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Only United States President to resign from office.

Gerald Ford

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Ronald Reagon

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1889

George H. W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

Bill Clinton

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

(William Jefferson Clinton)

George W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

Barack Obama

Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

Donald Trump

Period: Jan 20, 2017 to 2021

45th President of the United States.