The 44 U.S. Presidents

President George Washington

Apr 30, 1789

George Washington, known by many as the first president of the United States. Before becoming the president, Washington was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (1759-1794), a member of the Continental Congress (1774-1775), and chairman of the Constitutional Convention (1787-1788). Washington also led the Continental Army during the
American revolution. Washington never joined a political
party. President Washington's Vice President was John
Adams.

President John Adams

Mar 4, 1797

John Adams is the second president of the U.S. and was a Federalist. Adams' Vice President was Thomas Jefferson. In 1798 Adams passed the Alien & Sedition acts. Before becoming president, Adams was a member of the Continental Congress (1774-1778), Commisioner to France (1778), Minister to the Netherlands (1780), Minister to England (1785), and Vice President under President George Washington. In 1797, three Frenchmen came to the U.S. to bribe Adams into helping the French in the XYZ Affair.

President Thomas Jefferson

Mar 4, 1801

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the U.S. and was a Democratic-Republican. Jefferson had two vice presidents, Aaron Burr (1801-1805) and George Clinton (1805-1809). Before becoming the president, Jefferson was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (1769-74), the Continental Congress (1775-76;1783-85), Governor of Virginia (1779-81), Minister to France (1785-89), Secretary of State under President Washington (1790-93), and Vice President under President Adams (1791-1801).

President James Madison

Mar 4, 1809

James Madison was the fourth president of the U.S. and was Democratic-Republican. Madison's vice presidents were George Clinton (1809-1812) and Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814). Before becoming the president, Madison was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1776), the Continental Congress (1780-83), the Virginia Legislature (1784-86), the Constitutional Convention (1787), the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-97), and Secretary of State under President Jefferson (1801-09).

President James Monroe

Mar 4, 1817

James Monroe is the fifth president of the U.S. and was a Democratic-Republican. Monroe's vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins. Before becoming the president, Monroe was a member of the Continental Congress (1783-86), a U.S. Senator (1790-94), Minister to France (1794-96;1803-07), Governor of Virginia (1799-1802), Minister to England (1803-07), Secretary of State under President Madison (1811-1817). and Secretary of War under President Madison (1814-1815).

President John Q. Adams

Mar 4, 1825

John Q. Adams is the sixth president of the U.S. and was a Democratic-Republican. John Q. Adams is the son of second U.S. president John Adams. Adams vice president is John C. Calhoun. Before becoming the president, Adams was the Secretary to the U.S. Minister to Russia (1781), Minister to the Netherlands (1794), Minister to Prussia (1791-1801), U.S. Senator (1803-08), Minister to Russia (1809-1811), Peace Commissioner at the Treaty of Ghent (1814), and Secretary of State under President Monroe.

President Andrew Jackson

Mar 4, 1829

Andrew Jackson is the seventh president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Jackson's two vice presidents were John C. Calhoun (1829-1832) and Martin Van Buren (1833-1837). Before becoming the president, Jackson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1796-97), a U.S. Senator (1797-98;1823-25), a Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court
(1798-1804), and Governor of the Florida Territory (1821). In 1830, Jackson approved the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

President Martin Van Buren

Mar 4, 1837

Martin Van Buren is the eigth president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Van Buren's vice president was Richard M. Johnson. Before becoming the president, Van Buren was the New York State Senator (1813-15), New York Attorney-General (1815-19), U.S. Senator (1821-29), Governor of New York (1829), Secretary of State under President Jackson (1829-31), Minister to England (1831), and Vice President under President Jackson (1833-37). The Panic of 1837 began and lasted through Van Buren's term.

President William H. Harrison

Mar 4, 1841

William H. Harrison is the ninth president of the U.S. and was a Whig. Harrison's vice president was John Tyler. Harrison died after a month in office on April 4, 1841 and his vice president, John Tyler, became president. Before becoming the president, Harrison was the Secretary of the Northwest Territory (1798), Territorial Delegate to Congress (1799-1801), Territorial Governor of Indiana (1801-13), U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1816-19), U.S. Senator (1825-28), and Minister to Colombia (1828-29)

President John Tyler

Apr 6, 1841

John Tyler is the 10th president of the U.S. and was a Whig. Tyler became president after the death of former president William H. Harrison. Tyler didn't have a vice president because he didn't run for the presidency. Before becoming the president, Tyler was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1811-16), U.S. House of Representatives (1816-21), Virginia State Legislator (1823-25), Governor of Virginia
(1825-26), U.S. Senator (1827-36), and Vice President under President Harrison (1841).

President James K. Polk

Mar 4, 1845

James K. Polk is the 11th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Polk's vice president was George M. Dallas. Before becoming the president, Polk was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1823-25), the U.S. House of Representatives (1825-39), Speaker of the House (1835-39), Governor of Tennessee (1839-41).

President Zachary Taylor

Mar 5, 1849

Zachary Taylor is the 12th president of the U.S. and was a Whig. Taylor didn't have any other political or government positions before becoming president. Taylor's vice president was Millard Fillmore. After a year in office, Taylor died on July 9, 1850 due to a strange stomach illness. Following his death, Taylor's vice president Millard Fillmore became the president.

President Millard Fillmore

Jul 9, 1850

Millard Fillmore is the 13th president of the U.S. and was a Whig. Fillmore didn't have a vice president because he became president after former president Zachary Taylor's death on July 9, 1850. Before becoming president, Fillmore was a member of the New York State Assembly (1828-31), the U.S. House of Representatives (1833-35;1837-45), Comptroller of New York (1847), and Vice President under President Taylor (1849-50). In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act and the Compromise of 1850.

President Franklin Pierce

Mar 4, 1853

Franklin Pierce is the 14th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Pierce's vice president was William R. King. Before becoming the president, Pierce served in the New Hampshire Legislature (1829-33), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1833-37), and U.S. Senator (1837-42). In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed.

President James Buchanan

Mar 4, 1857

James Buchanan is the 15th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Buchanan's vice president was John C. Breckinridge. Before becoming president, Buchanan was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1815-16), the U.S. House of Representatives (1821-31), Minister to Russia (1832-34), U.S. Senator (1834-45), Secretary of State under President Polk (1845-49), and Minister to England (1853-56).

President Abraham Lincoln

Mar 4, 1861

Abraham Lincoln is the 16th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Lincoln had two vice presidents, Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865) and Andrew Johnson (1865). Before becoming president, Lincoln was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1847-1849) and was elected to Illinois State Legislature (1834). Lincoln was the president during the
Civil War (1861-1865). On April 15, 1865 Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play with
his wife.

President Andrew Johnson

Apr 15, 1865

Andrew Johnson is the 17th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Johnson didn't have a vice president because he became after former president Lincoln was assassinated.

President Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 4, 1869

Ulysses S. Grant is the 18th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Grant's vice presidents were Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873) and Henry Wilson (1873-1875). Before becoming the president, Grant was a general in the Union army during the Civil War.

President Rutherford B. Hayes

Mar 4, 1877

Rutherford B. Hayes is the 19th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Hayes' vice president was William A. Wheeler.

President James A. Garfield

Mar 4, 1881

James A. Garfield is the 20th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Garfield's vice president was Chester A. Arthur. Before becoming president, Garfield was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-1880), member of the Ohio State Senate (1859-1861), and elected to the U.S. Senate (1880). On July 2, 1881 Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau and died of blood poisoning on September 19 that same year.

President Chester A. Arthur

Sep 19, 1881

Chester A. Arthur is the 21st president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Arthur didn't have a vice president because he didn't run for the presidency and only became president because former president James A. Garfield died in office.

President Grover Cleveland

Mar 4, 1885

Grover Cleveland is the 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Cleveland's vice presidents were Thomas A. Hendricks (1885-1889) and Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-1897). Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.

President Benjamin Harrison

Mar 4, 1889

Benjamin Harrison is the 23rd president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Harrison's vice president was Levi P. Morton.

President Grover Cleveland

Mar 4, 1893

Grover Cleveland is the 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Cleveland's vice presidents were Thomas A. Hendricks (1885-1889) and Adlai E. Stevenson (1893-1897). Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.

President William McKinley

Mar 4, 1897

William McKinley is the 25th president of the U.S. and was a Republican.McKinley's vice presidents were Garrett A Hobart (1897-1899) and Theodore Roosevelt (1899-1901). On September 1901, during his second term, McKinley was shot twice by an anarchist and died eight days later.

President Theodore Roosevelt

Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt is the 26th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Roosevelt's vice president was Charles W. Fairbanks.

President William H. Taft

Mar 4, 1909

William H. Taft is the 27th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Taft's vice president was James S. Sherman (1909-1912). Before becoming president, Taft was a judge in the Ohio Superior Court (1887-1890), U.S. Solicitor General (1890-1892), U.S. Circuit Court Judge (1892-1900), Governor of the Phillipines (1901-1904), and Secretary of War (1904-1908, under President Roosevelt). On a lighter note, Taft is the fatest U.S. president

President Woodrow Wilson

Mar 4, 1913

Woodrow Wilson is the 28th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Wilson's vice president was Thomas R. Marshall.

President Warren G. Harding

Mar 4, 1921

Warren G. Harding is the 29th preesident of the U.S. and was a Republican. Harding's vice president was Calvin Coolidge.

President Calvin Coolidge

Aug 3, 1923

Calvin Coolidge is the 30th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Coolidge's vice president was Charles G. Dawes.

President Herbert C. Hoover

Mar 4, 1929

Herbert C. Hoover is the 31st president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Hoover's vice president was Charles Curtis. Before becoming president, Hoover was the Secretary of Commerce under President Harding (1921-1923) and President Coolidge (1923-1928). Hoover was the president during the Great Depression.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mar 4, 1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the 32nd president of the U.S. and was Democrat. Roosevelt's vice presidents were John N. Garner (1933-1941), Henry A. Wallace (1941-1945), and Harry S. Truman (1945). Roosevelt is the only president to serve three consecutive terms in office as President. In his first 100 days in office as president, Roosevelt had passed the New Deal to help Americans during the Great Depression. Roosevelt was the president during World War II. On April 12, 1945 when Roosevelt died

President Harry S. Truman

Apr 12, 1945

Harry S. Truman is the 33rd president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Truman's vice president was Alben W. Barkley. Truman became the president when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died during his third term in office.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

Dwight D. EIsenhower is the 34th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Eisenhower's vice president was Richard M. Nixon. Before becoming president, Eisenhower was a soldier in the U.S. military.

President John F. Kennedy

Jan 20, 1961

John F. Kennedy is the 35th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Kennedy's vice president was Lyndon B. Johnson. Before becoming the president, Kennedy was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953-1961). Kennedy sponsored the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961, which failed terribly and led directly to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Nov 22, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson is the 36th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Johnson's vice president was Hubert Humphrey. Johnson became the president after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.

President Richard M. Nixon

Jan 20, 1969

Richard M. Nixon is the 37th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Nixon's vice presidents were Spiro Agnew (1969-1973) and Gerald R. Ford (1973-1974). Nixon resigned in 1973 after he was exposed in the Watergate scandal.

President Gerald R. Ford

Aug 9, 1974

Gerald R. Ford is the 38th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Ford's vice president was Nelson Rockefeller. When Ford took office he pardoned former President Richard M. Nixon for the Watergate scandal. Before becoming the president, Ford was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949-1973) and was President Nixon's vice president.

President James E. Carter

Jan 20, 1977

James E. Carter is the 39th president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Carter's vice president was Walter F. Mondale.

President Ronald W. Reagan

Jan 20, 1981

Ronald W. Reagan is the 40th president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Reagan's vice president was George H. Bush. Reagan is the only president to be a famous actor before taking office. Reagan was also the Governor of California (1967-1975).

President George H. W. Bush

Jan 20, 1989

George H. W. Bush is the 41st president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Bush's vice president was J. Danforth Quayle.

President William J. Clinton

Jan 20, 1993

William J. Clinton is the 42nd president of the U.S. and was a Democrat. Clinton's vice president was Al Gore.

President George W. Bush

Jan 20, 2001

George W. Bush is the 43rd president of the U.S. and was a Republican. Bush's vice president was Richard B. Cheney. Before becoming the president, Bush was the Governor of Texas (1995-2000).

President Barack H. Obama

Jan 20, 2009

Barack H. Obama is the 44th and current president of the U.S. and is a Democrat. Before becoming the president, Obama was a member of the Illinois State Senate (1996-2004) and a U.S. Senator (2005-2008). Obama's current vice president is Joseph R. Biden. Obama is currently in his second term as president.

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