US Presidents by Election Year

Flashcards detailing the US Presidents elected by year along with their political parties and some significant information.

1789

George Washington, no party

1792

George Washington, no party

1796

John Adams, Federalist

1800

Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican (DR)

1804

Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican (DR)

1808

James Madison, Democratic-Republican (DR)

1812

James Madison, Democratic-Republican (DR)

1828

Andrew Jackson, Democrat

1832

Andrew Jackson, Democrat

1844

James K. Polk, Democrat

1860

Abraham Lincoln, Republican

1864

Abraham Lincoln/Andrew Johnson, Republican/Democrat

1868

Ulysses S. Grant, Republican

1872

Ulysses S. Grant, Republican

1876

Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican

1880

James Garfield/Chester A. Arthur, Republican

1900

William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt, Republican

1904

Theodore Roosevelt, Republican

1908

William Howard Taft, Republican

1912

Woodrow Wilson, Democrat

1916

Woodrow Wilson, Democrat

1920

Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge, Republican

1924

Calvin Coolidge, Republican

1928

Herbert Hoover, Republican

1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat

1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat

1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat

1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry Truman, Democrat

1948

Harry Truman, Democrat

1952

Dwight Eisenhower, Republican

1956

Dwight Eisenhower, Republican

1960

John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat

1964

Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat

1968

Richard Nixon, Republican

1972

Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford, Republican

1976

Jimmy Carter, Democrat

1980

Ronald Reagan, Republican

1984

Ronald Reagan, Republican

1988

George H. W. Bush, Republican

1992

Bill Clinton, Democrat

1996

Bill Clinton, Democrat

2000

George W. Bush, Republican

2004

George W. Bush, Republican

2008

Barack Obama, Democrat

2012

Barack Obama, Democrat

2016

Donald Trump, Republican

2020

Joe Biden, Democrat