Timeline: US PRESIDENTS

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

George Washington

Westmoreland County, VA
no high education
CA of Continental Army

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 3, 1801

John Adams

Braintree, MA
Harvard College
Part of Navy
"Father of American Independence"

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

Thomas Jefferson

Shadwell, VA
William & Mary University
Continental Army

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

James Madison

Port Conway, Virginia
Princeton
Colonel and Commander

Period: Mar 4, 1816 to Mar 4, 1825

James Monroe

Monroe Hall, VA
William and Mary College

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

John Quincy Adams

Braintree, MA
Harvard College

Period: Mar 4, 1828 to Mar 4, 1837

Andrew Jackson

Waxhaws
Did not attend college

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

Martin Van Buren

Kinderhook, NY
Claverack College

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

William Henry Harrison

Virginia Berkeley Plantation
Hampden College, University of Pennsylvania

Period: Mar 6, 1841 to Apr 4, 1845

John Tyler

Charles City, VA
William & Mary

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 3, 1849

James Knox Polk

Pineville, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

Zachary Taylor

Orange County, VA
Basic Education

Period: Aug 10, 1850 to Mar 3, 1853

Millard Fillmore

Summer Hill, NY
Did not attend college

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

Franklin Pierce

Hillsborough, NH
Bowdoin College

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

James Buchanan

Cove Gap, PA
Dickinson College

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln

Larue County, KY
Never attended college

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Andrew Johnson

Raleigh, NC
NC

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Ulysses S. Grant

Point Pleasant, OH
West Point Private Schools

Period: Mar 3, 1877 to Mar 3, 1881

Rutherford B. Hayes

Delaware, OH
Kenyon College and Harvard Law School

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

James A Garfield

Moreland Hills, OH
Hiram College

Period: Sep 20, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Chester A. Arthur

Fairfield, VT
Union College in Schenectady, New York

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Grover Cleveland

Caldwell, NJ
Mercantile Apprenticeship in Fayetteville

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

Benjamin Harrison

North Bend, OH
Miami University

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

William McKinley

Niles, OH
Allegheny College

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt

New York, NY
Harvard

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

William Howard Taft

Cincinnati, OH
University of Cincinnati

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Woodrow Wilson

Staunton, VA
Johns Hopkins University

Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Warren Harding

Blooming Grove, OH

Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Calvin Coolidge

Plymouth Notch, Plymouth, VT

Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Herbert Hoover

West Branch, IA

Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hyde Park, NY

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Harry S. Truman

Lamar, MO

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Denison, TX

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

John F. Kennedy

Brookline, MA

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson

Stonewall, TX

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Richard Nixon

Yorba Linda, CA

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Gerald Ford

Omaha, NE

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Jimmy Carter

Plains, GA

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Ronald Reagan

Tampico, IL

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

George H. W. Bush

Milton, MA

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

Bill Clinton

Hope, AR

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

George W. Bush

New Haven, CT

Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

Barack Obama

Honolulu, HI

Period: Jan 20, 2017 to Jan 20, 2021

Donald Trump

New York, NY

Period: Jan 20, 2021 to Apr 23, 2024

Joe Biden

Scranton, PA