U.S. Presidents as of 2025

George Washington

1st President of the United States (1789-1797) ; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799), disliked the concept of political parties; thought them divisive

John Adams

America's first Vice-President and second President (1797-1801). Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained." Federalist

Thomas Jefferson

3rd President of the United States; Democratic-Republican, 1801-09, notable for the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

James Madison

"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.; Democratic-Republican 1809-17, marked by the war of 1812, the war ended in a boost of national pride

James Monroe

5th President (1817-1825); Democratic-Republican, the ‘Era of Good Feelings’ a period of national unity, and is famous for the Monroe Doctrine, warning against interfering with European powers

John Quincy Adams

Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe (1825-29). In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.; Democratic-Republican.

Andrew Jackson

7th President (1829-1837); Democrat, known for expanding the power of the Presidency, opposing the national bank, implementing the Indian Removal Act, and promoting the rights of the ‘common man’

Martin Van Buren

8th President (1837-1841); Democrat, overshadowed by the Panic of 1837 (an economic crisis), he maintained Jackson’s policies (including opposing a national bank) the Panic affected his popularity

William Henry Harrison

9th President (1841); Whig, served only 31 days before dying from Pneumonia, his death raised important constitutional questions of presidential succession

John Tyler

elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died 1841-1845, President responsible for annexation of Mexico after receiving mandate from Polk, opposed many parts of the Whig program for economic recovery, considered both a Whig and unaffiliated

James Knox Polk

11th President of the United States from Tennessee (1845-1849); committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; U.S. annexed Texas and took over Oregon during his administration; Democrat

Zachary Taylor

(1849-1850), Whig president who was a Southern slave holder, and war hero (Mexican-American War). Won the 1848 election. Surprisingly did not address the issue of slavery at all on his platform. He died during his term and his Vice President was Millard Fillmore.

Millard Filmore

13th president of the US, serving from 1850 until 1853, assumed the presidency with the death of Zachary Taylor & supported the Compromise of 1850, last Whig to assume the presidency

Franklin Pierce

14th President (1853-1857), Democrat, marked by efforts to maintain peace between the North and the South, had the Kansas-Nebraska Act which allowed slaves to decide on slavery, effectively overturning the Missouri compromise. His leadership is often viewed as ineffective in mitigating the nation’s divisions over slavery, and only worsened sectional conflict

James Buchanan

The 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He tried to maintain a balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, but his moderate views angered radicals in both North and South, and he was unable to forestall the secession of South Carolina on December 20, 1860. Democrat

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) Republican/ National Union

Andrew Johnson

17th President of the United States (1865-1869), A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president. National Union/Democrat

Ulysses S. Grant

an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War. Republican. The ‘S.’ in his name was a mistake, in which West Point thought his name was Ulysses Simpson Grant, instead his original name was Hiram Ulysses Grant

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

19th president of the united states (1877-1881), was famous for being part of the Hayes-Tilden election in which electoral votes were contested in 4 states, most corrupt election in US history. Republican

James Abram Garfield

the 20th President of the US (1881); he died two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration. Republican

Chester Alan Arthur

(1881-1885) Appointed customs collector for the port of New York - corrupt and implemented a heavy spoils system. He was chosen as Garfield's running mate. Garfield won but was shot, so Arthur became the 21st president. Republican

Stephen Grover Cleveland

22nd (1885-1889) and 24th president (1893-1897), Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes (Grover is his middle name)

Benjamin Harrison

23rd President (1889-1893); Republican, poor leader, introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal spending to a billion dollars

William McKinley

25th president (1897-1901) responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Was assassinated by an anarchist. Republican

Theodore Roosevelt

26th president (1901-1909), known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War; Republican

William Howard Taft

27th president of the U.S. (1909-1913); he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.; Republican

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

28th president of the United States (1913-1921), known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize; Democrat (Woodrow is his middle name)

Warren Gamaliel Harding

29th president of the US; Republican (1921-1923); "Return to Normalcy" (life as it had been before WWI-peace, isolation); presidency was marred by scandal

John Calvin Coolidge

30th (1923-1929): Became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words, and acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business. (Calvin is his middle name)

Herbert Clark Hoover

31st (1929-1933): Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community. Republican

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

32nd (1933-1945) Democratic candidate who won the 1932 election by a landslide. He refused to uphold any of Hoover's policies with the intent on enacting his own. He pledged a present a "New Deal" (its specific meaning ambiguous at the time to the American people) to the American public. Democrat

Harry S. Truman

33rd President (1945-1953), served in FDR's place after his death, Democrat, established NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet Communism

Dwight David Eisenhower

(1953-1961) American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe. (34th president) Republican. He was originally named David Dwight Eisenhower, but his mother switched the names around to avoid confusion within the family (technically his middle name is part of his surname)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

35th president (1961-1963) term ended early due to assassination which is disputed by conspiracy theories of who organized/committed it, Democrat

Lyndon Baines Johnson

36th president (1963-1969) took over after JFK was assassinated "war on poverty", Democrat

Richard Milhous Nixon

Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States, Republican, signed Title IX, presidency ended abruptly due to the Watergate scandal, leading to his resignation, which deeply affected political trust. (1969-1974)

Gerald Rudolph Ford

1974-1977, Republican, first non elected president and VP, he pardoned Nixon

James Earl Carter Jr.

(1977-1981) Democrat, Created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He was criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone, and because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and his last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, which caused him to lose to Ronald Regan in the next election. (Best known as Jimmy Carter)

Ronald Wilson Reagan

1981-1989,"Great Communicator" Republican, conservative economic policies, replaced liberal Democrats in upper house with consevative Democrats or "boll weevils" , at reelection time, jesse jackson first black presdiential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro as VP running mate (first woman)

George Herbert Walker Bush

Republican (1989-1993); Born in Massachusetts, but mostly raised in Texas; WWII carrier pilot who was shot down and rescued by submarines; the father of our only father-son Presidents; was president during Dessert Storm; his VP was Dan Quayle

William Jefferson Clinton

Democratic president (1993-2001) whose two-term presidency witnessed rapid economic growth but also a sexual scandal that fueled an impeachment effort, which he survived.

George Walker Bush

(2001-2009) Son of a former president who narrowly defeated Albert Gore in the disputed 2000 presidential election. Led during the War on Terror and the 9/11 attack. Republican

Barack Hussein Obama

(2009-2017); Democrat; first African American president of the US, health care bill; Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster; economy: huge stimulus package to combat the great recession, is removing troops from Iraq, strengthened numbers in Afghanistan; repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell; New Start treaty with Russia

Donald John Trump

45th (2017-2021) and 47th president (2025 - future) ; second ever president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms, Republican, media personality and businessman.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

46th president, Democrat, Obama's vice-president, former senator of Delaware (2021-2025)