U.S. Presidents and Their Terms

Flashcards for U.S. Presidents and their terms of office.

George Washington

First President of the United States, served from 1789 to 1797.

John Adams

Second President of the United States, served from 1797 to 1801.

Thomas Jefferson

Third President of the United States, served from 1801 to 1809.

James Madison

Fourth President of the United States, served from 1809 to 1817.

James Monroe

Fifth President of the United States, served from 1817 to 1825.

John Quincy Adams

Sixth President of the United States, served from 1825 to 1829.

Andrew Jackson

Seventh President of the United States, served from 1829 to 1837.

Martin Van Buren

Eighth President of the United States, served from 1837 to 1841.

William Henry Harrison

Ninth President of the United States, served in 1841; died one month into office.

John Tyler

Tenth President of the United States, served from 1841 to 1845, finished Harrison's term.

James K. Polk

Eleventh President of the United States, served from 1845 to 1849.

Zachary Taylor

Twelfth President of the United States, served from 1849 to 1850; died in office.

Millard Fillmore

Thirteenth President of the United States, served from 1850 to 1853; finished Taylor's term.

Franklin Pierce

Fourteenth President of the United States, served from 1853 to 1857.

James Buchanan

Fifteenth President of the United States, served from 1857 to 1861.

Abraham Lincoln

Sixteenth President of the United States, served from 1861 to 1865; assassinated early in second term.

Andrew Johnson

Seventeenth President of the United States, served from 1865 to 1869; finished Lincoln's term.

Ulysses S. Grant

Eighteenth President of the United States, served from 1869 to 1877.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Nineteenth President of the United States, served from 1877 to 1881.

James A. Garfield

Twentieth President of the United States, served in 1881; assassinated.

Chester A. Arthur

Twenty-first President of the United States, served from 1881 to 1885; finished Garfield's term.

Grover Cleveland (First Term)

Twenty-second President of the United States, served from 1885 to 1889.

Benjamin Harrison

Twenty-third President of the United States, served from 1889 to 1893.

Grover Cleveland (Second Term)

Twenty-fourth President of the United States, served from 1893 to 1897; only president with two non-consecutive terms.

William McKinley

Twenty-fifth President of the United States, served from 1897 to 1901; assassinated early in second term.

Theodore Roosevelt

Twenty-sixth President of the United States, served from 1901 to 1909; finished McKinley’s term and served one full term.

William Howard Taft

Twenty-seventh President of the United States, served from 1909 to 1913.

Woodrow Wilson

Twenty-eighth President of the United States, served from 1913 to 1921.

Warren G. Harding

Twenty-ninth President of the United States, served from 1921 to 1923; died in office.

Calvin Coolidge

Thirtieth President of the United States, served from 1923 to 1929; finished Harding’s term and served one full term.

Herbert Hoover

Thirty-first President of the United States, served from 1929 to 1933.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thirty-second President of the United States, served from 1933 to 1945; elected 4 times and died early in 4th term.

Harry S. Truman

Thirty-third President of the United States, served from 1945 to 1953; finished FDR’s term and served one full term.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Thirty-fourth President of the United States, served from 1953 to 1961.

John F. Kennedy

Thirty-fifth President of the United States, served from 1961 to 1963; assassinated.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Thirty-sixth President of the United States, served from 1963 to 1969; finished JFK’s term and served one full term.

Richard Nixon

Thirty-seventh President of the United States, served from 1969 to 1974; resigned in second term.

Gerald Ford

Thirty-eighth President of the United States, served from 1974 to 1977; finished Nixon’s term.

Jimmy Carter

Thirty-ninth President of the United States, served from 1977 to 1981.

Ronald Reagan

Fortieth President of the United States, served from 1981 to 1989.

George H. W. Bush

Forty-first President of the United States, served from 1989 to 1993.

Bill Clinton

Forty-second President of the United States, served from 1993 to 2001.

George W. Bush

Forty-third President of the United States, served from 2001 to 2009.

Barack Obama

Forty-fourth President of the United States, served from 2009 to 2017.

Donald J. Trump

Forty-fifth President of the United States, served from 2017 to 2021.

Joe Biden

Forty-sixth President of the United States, currently serving from 2021.