Presidents

Presidents in order, years of term(s), political party, and a significant event

1

George Washington

1789-1797

None (although policies aligned with Federalist views)

Proclomation of Neutrality

2

John Adams

1797-1801

Federalist

XYZ Affair

3

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809

Democratic-Republican

Louisiana Purchase

4

James Madison

1809-1817

Democratic-Republican

War of 1812

5

James Monroe

1817-1825

Democratic-Republican

Monroe Doctrine

6

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829

Democratic-Republican

Tariff of Abominations

7

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837

Democratic

Indian Removal Act

8

Martin Van Buren

1837-1841

Democratic

Panic of 1837

9

William Henry Harrison

1841

Whig

Amistad Trials

10

John Tyler

1841-1845

Whig

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

11

James K. Polk

1845-1849

Democratic

Mexican American War

12

Zachary Taylor

1849-1850

Whig

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

13

Millard Fillmore

1850-1853

Whig

Compromise of 1850

14

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857

Democratic

Kansas-Nebraska Act & Bleeding Kansas

15

James Buchanan

1857-1861

Democratic

South Caronlina seceded (first state to secede)

16

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865

Republican

Civil War

17

Andrew Johnson

1865-1869

Democratic

13th Amendment ratified, 14th Amendment ratified, and Military Reconstruction

18

Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877

Republican

15th Amendment ratified

19

Rutherford B. Hayes

1877-1881

Republican

Railroad Strikes of 1877

20

James Garfield

1881

Republican

Appointed William H. Robertson to be the Collector of the Port of New York

21

Chester Arthur

1881-1885

Republican

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

22

Grover Cleveland (Part 1)

1885-1889

Democratic

Haymarket Riot

23

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893

Republican

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

24

Grover Cleveland

1893-1897

Pullman Strike

25

William McKinley

1897-1901

Republican

Spanish American War

26

Theodore Roosevelt

1901-1909

Republican

Coal Strike of 1902

27

William H. Taft

1909-1913

Republican

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

28

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921

Democrat

World War I

29

Warren Harding

1921-1923

Republican

Fordney-McCumber Tariff

30

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929

Republican

Immigration Act of 1924

31

Herbert Hoover

1929-1933

Republican

1929 Stock Market Crash

32

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1933-1945

Ddemocratic

World War II

33

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953

Democratic

Berlin Airlift

34

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1953-1961

Republican

1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act

35

John F. Kennedy

1861-1863

Democratic

Cuban Missile Crisis

36

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969

Democratic

Civil Rights Act of 1964

37

Richard Nixon

1969-1974

Republican

Moon Landing

38

Gerald Ford

1974-1977

Republican

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) Crisis

39

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981

Democratic

Panama Canal Treaty

40

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989

Republican

Tax Reform Act of 1986

41

George H.W. Bush

1989-1993

Republican

Soviet Union collapsed

42

William (Bill) Clinton

1993-2001

Democratic

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

43

George W. Bush

2001-2009

Republican

9/11 and Homeland Security created

44

Barack Obama

2009-2017

Democratic

Great Recession

45

Donald Trump

2017-2021

Republican

Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the WHO

46

Joseph Robinette Biden

2021-2025

Democrat

US military withdrawl from Afghanistan

47

Donald Trump

2025-Present

Republican

Withdrawing from the WHO