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List of Presidents of the United States

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This is a list of the Presidents of the United States.This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as President of the United States following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect in 1789. For American leaders prior to this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under Amendment XXV of the U.S. Constitution.

The numerals indicate the consecutive time in office served by a single person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Gerald Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, serving out the remainder of what would have been Nixon's second term. The fact that Ford was not voted into office does not affect the numbering, which makes him the 38th president. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the 22nd and the 24th president. Because of this, the list below contains 43 presidencies, but only 42 people.

Presidents

# President Took office Left office Party Vice President Term
1 George Washington April 30 1789 March 4 1797 No party John Adams 1
2
2 John Adams March 4 1797 March 4 1801 Federalist
No party 		Thomas Jefferson 3
3 Thomas Jefferson March 4 1801 March 4 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 4
George Clinton 5
4 James Madison March 4 1809 March 4 1817 Democratic-Republican George Clinton
vacant 6 Elbridge Gerry
vacant 7 5 James Monroe March 4 1817 March 4 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel Tompkins 8 9 6 John Quincy Adams March 4 1825 March 4 1829 Democratic-Republican John Calhoun 10 7 Andrew Jackson March 4 1829 March 4 1837 Democratic John Calhoun
vacant 11 Martin Van Buren 12 8 Martin Van Buren March 4 1837 March 4 1841 Democratic Richard Johnson 13 9 William H. Harrison March 4 1841 April 4 1841 Whig John Tyler 14 10 John Tyler April 4 1841 March 4 1845 Whig
No party vacant 11 James K. Polk March 4 1845 March 4 1849 Democratic George Dallas 15 12 Zachary Taylor March 4 1849 July 9 1850 Whig Millard Fillmore 16 13 Millard Fillmore July 9 1850 March 4 1853 Whig vacant 14 Franklin Pierce March 4 1853 March 4 1857 Democratic William King
vacant 17 15 James Buchanan March 4 1857 March 4 1861 Democratic John Breckinridge 18 16 Abraham Lincoln March 4 1861 April 15 1865 Republican
National Union Hannibal Hamlin 19 Andrew Johnson 20 17 Andrew Johnson April 15 1865 March 4 1869 Democratic
National Union vacant 18 Ulysses S. Grant March 4 1869 March 4 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 21 Henry Wilson
vacant 22 19 Rutherford B. Hayes March 4 1877 March 4 1881 Republican William Wheeler 23 20 James Garfield March 4 1881 September 19 1881 Republican Chester A. Arthur 24 21 Chester A. Arthur September 19 1881 March 4 1885 Republican vacant 22 Grover Cleveland March 4 1885 March 4 1889 Democratic Thomas Hendricks
vacant 25 23 Benjamin Harrison March 4 1889 March 4 1893 Republican Levi Morton 26 24 Grover Cleveland
(2nd term) March 4 1893 March 4 1897 Democratic Adlai E. Stevenson 27 25 William McKinley March 4 1897 September 14 1901 Republican Garret Hobart
vacant 28 Theodore Roosevelt 29 26 Theodore Roosevelt September 14 1901 March 4 1909 Republican vacant Charles Fairbanks 30 27 William H. Taft March 4 1909 March 4 1913 Republican James Sherman
vacant 31 28 Woodrow Wilson March 4 1913 March 4 1921 Democratic Thomas Marshall 32 33 29 Warren G. Harding March 4 1921 August 2 1923 Republican Calvin Coolidge 34 30 Calvin Coolidge August 2 1923 March 4 1929 Republican vacant Charles Dawes 35 31 Herbert Hoover March 4 1929 March 4 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 36 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4 1933 April 12 1945 Democratic John Garner 37 38 Henry Wallace 39 Harry S. Truman 40 33 Harry S. Truman April 12 1945 January 20 1953 Democratic vacant Alben Barkley 41 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower January 20 1953 January 20 1961 Republican Richard Nixon 42 43 35 John F. Kennedy January 20 1961 November 22 1963 Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 44 36 Lyndon B. Johnson November 22 1963 January 20 1969 Democratic vacant Hubert Humphrey 45 37 Richard Nixon January 20 1969 August 9 1974 Republican Spiro Agnew 46 Spiro Agnew
vacant
Gerald Ford 47 38 Gerald Ford August 9 1974 January 20 1977 Republican vacant
Nelson Rockefeller 39 Jimmy Carter January 20 1977 January 20 1981 Democratic Walter Mondale 48 40 Ronald Reagan January 20 1981 January 20 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 49 50 41 George H. W. Bush January 20 1989 January 20 1993 Republican Dan Quayle 51 42 Bill Clinton January 20 1993 January 20 2001 Democratic Al Gore 52 53 43 George W. Bush January 20 2001 Incumbent
(Term expires January 20 2009) Republican Dick Cheney 54 55

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