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Former Presidents of the United States — 1789 to Present
Every individual who has served as President of the United States since 1789. Each former president links to a sourced profile with biographical facts, key accomplishments, election results, notable quotes, and external resources. Rows are grouped by century and listed chronologically.
18th-Century Presidents2
19th-Century Presidents22
3rd presidentThomas Jefferson1801–1809Democratic-Republican
4th presidentJames Madison1809–1817Democratic-Republican
5th presidentJames Monroe1817–1825Democratic-Republican
6th presidentJohn Quincy Adams1825–1829Democratic-Republican
7th presidentAndrew Jackson1829–1837Democratic
8th presidentMartin Van Buren1837–1841Democratic
10th presidentJohn Tyler1841–1845Whig
9th presidentWilliam Henry Harrison1841–1841Whig
11th presidentJames K. Polk1845–1849Democratic
12th presidentZachary Taylor1849–1850Whig
13th presidentMillard Fillmore1850–1853Whig
14th presidentFranklin Pierce1853–1857Democratic
15th presidentJames Buchanan1857–1861Democratic
16th presidentAbraham Lincoln1861–1865Republican / National Union
17th presidentAndrew Johnson1865–1869Democratic / National Union
18th presidentUlysses S. Grant1869–1877Republican
19th presidentRutherford B. Hayes1877–1881Republican
21st presidentChester A. Arthur1881–1885Republican
20th presidentJames A. Garfield1881–1881Republican
22nd and 24th presidentGrover Cleveland1885–1897Democratic
23rd presidentBenjamin Harrison1889–1893Republican
25th presidentWilliam McKinley1897–1901Republican
20th-Century Presidents17
26th presidentTheodore Roosevelt1901–1909Republican
27th presidentWilliam Howard Taft1909–1913Republican
28th presidentWoodrow Wilson1913–1921Democratic
29th presidentWarren G. Harding1921–1923Republican
30th presidentCalvin Coolidge1923–1929Republican
31st presidentHerbert Hoover1929–1933Republican
32nd presidentFranklin D. Roosevelt1933–1945Democratic
33rd presidentHarry S. Truman1945–1953Democratic
34th presidentDwight D. Eisenhower1953–1961Republican
35th presidentJohn F. Kennedy1961–1963Democratic
36th presidentLyndon B. Johnson1963–1969Democratic
37th presidentRichard Nixon1969–1974Republican
38th presidentGerald Ford1974–1977Republican
39th presidentJimmy Carter1977–1981Democratic
40th presidentRonald Reagan1981–1989Republican
41st presidentGeorge H. W. Bush1989–1993Republican
42nd presidentBill Clinton1993–2001Democratic
21st-Century Presidents5
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