Presidents of the United States: Terms and Political Parties

Vocabulary flashcards detailing each U.S. President in numerical order, including their years in office and political party affiliation.

George Washington

1st President of the United States (1789-1797); Political Party: No Party.

John Adams

2nd President of the United States (1797-1801); Political Party: Federalist.

Thomas Jefferson

3rd President of the United States (1801-1809); Political Party: Democratic-Republican.

James Madison

4th President of the United States (1809-1817); Political Party: Democratic-Republican.

James Monroe

5th President of the United States (1817-1825); Political Party: Democratic-Republican.

John Quincy Adams

6th President of the United States (1825-1829); Political Party: Democratic-Republican.

Andrew Jackson

7th President of the United States (1829-1837); Political Party: Democratic.

Martin Van Buren

8th President of the United States (1837-1841); Political Party: Democratic.

William Henry Harrison

9th President of the United States (1841); Political Party: Whig.

John Tyler

10th President of the United States (1841-1845); Political Party: Whig/No Party.

James K. Polk

11th President of the United States (1845-1849); Political Party: Democratic.

Zachary Taylor

12th President of the United States (1849-1850); Political Party: Whig.

Millard Fillmore

13th President of the United States (1850-1853); Political Party: Whig.

Franklin Pierce

14th President of the United States (1853-1857); Political Party: Democratic.

James Buchanan

15th President of the United States (1857-1861); Political Party: Democratic.

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States (1861-1865); Political Party: Republican.

Andrew Johnson

17th President of the United States (1865-1869); Political Party: Democratic.

Ulysses S. Grant

18th President of the United States (1869-1877); Political Party: Republican.

Rutherford B. Hayes

19th President of the United States (1877-1881); Political Party: Republican.

James A. Garfield

20th President of the United States (1881); Political Party: Republican.

Chester A. Arthur

21st President of the United States (1881-1885); Political Party: Republican.

Grover Cleveland (22nd President)

22nd President of the United States (1885-1889); Political Party: Democratic.

Benjamin Harrison

23rd President of the United States (1889-1893); Political Party: Republican.

Grover Cleveland (24th President)

24th President of the United States (1893-1897); Political Party: Democratic.

William McKinley

25th President of the United States (1897-1901); Political Party: Republican.

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States (1901-1909); Political Party: Republican.

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States (1909-1913); Political Party: Republican.

Woodrow Wilson

28th President of the United States (1913-1921); Political Party: Democratic.

Warren G. Harding

29th President of the United States (1921-1923); Political Party: Republican.

Calvin Coolidge

30th President of the United States (1923-1929); Political Party: Republican.

Herbert Hoover

31st President of the United States (1929-1933); Political Party: Republican.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States (1933-1945); Political Party: Democratic.

Harry S. Truman

33rd President of the United States (1945-1953); Political Party: Democratic.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States (1953-1961); Political Party: Republican.

John F. Kennedy

35th President of the United States (1961-1963); Political Party: Democratic.

Lyndon B. Johnson

36th President of the United States (1963-1969); Political Party: Democratic.

Richard Nixon

37th President of the United States (1969-1974); Political Party: Republican.

Gerald Ford

38th President of the United States (1974-1977); Political Party: Republican.

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States (1977-1981); Political Party: Democratic.

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States (1981-1989); Political Party: Republican.

George H. W. Bush

41st President of the United States (1989-1993); Political Party: Republican.

Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States (1993-2001); Political Party: Democratic.

George W. Bush

43rd President of the United States (2001-2009); Political Party: Republican.

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States (2009-2017); Political Party: Democratic.

Donald Trump

45th President of the United States (2017-2021); Political Party: Republican.

Joe Biden

46th President of the United States (2021-present); Political Party: Democratic.