Project9b Presidents By ce311431 Jan 1, 1825 John Quincy Adams1825–1829 Jan 1, 1861 Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Lincoln's opposition to slavery, and his decision to go to war against the states that seceded from the nation to protect their "peculiar institution," Jan 1, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877 Jan 1, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945 Jan 1, 1945 Harry Truman (1945–1953 Jan 1, 1953 Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961 Jan 1, 1961 John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Jan 1, 1963 Lyndon Johnson (1963–1969) Jan 1, 1993 Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Jan 1, 2009 Barack Obama (2009-Present