Timeline of the United States Presidents up to 1901 By mattinglya15 Apr 30, 1789 George Washington was president Mar 4, 1796 John Adams becomes president Mar 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes president Mar 4, 1809 James Madison becomes president Mar 4, 1817 James Monroe becomes president Mar 4, 1825 John Quincy Adams Mar 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson Mar 4, 1837 Martin Van Buren Mar 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison Apr 4, 1841 John Tyler Mar 4, 1845 James K. Polk Mar 4, 1849 Zachary Taylor Mar 4, 1850 Millard Filmore Mar 4, 1853 FranklinPierce Mar 4, 1857 James Buchanan Mar 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln Mar 4, 1865 Andrew Johnson Mar 4, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant Mar 4, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes Mar 4, 1881 James Garfield Sep 20, 1881 Chester A. Arthur Mar 4, 1885 Grover Cleveland Mar 4, 1889 Benjamin Harrison Mar 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland Mar 4, 1897 William McKinley
