Early United States Presidents (1789–1881)

Vocabulary flashcards covering the political party affiliations and presidential terms of U.S. Presidents from George Washington through James A. Garfield.

George Washington

Affiliation: No party; Term: 1789-1797

John Adams

Affiliation: Federalist; Term: 1797-1801

Thomas Jefferson

Affiliation: Democratic-Republican; Term: 1801-1809

James Madison

Affiliation: Democratic-Republican; Term: 1809-1817

James Monroe

Affiliation: Democratic-Republican; Term: 1817-1825

John Quincy Adams

Affiliation: National Republican; Term: 1825-1829

Andrew Jackson

Affiliation: Democrat; Term: 1829-1837

Martin Van Buren

Affiliation: Democrat; Term: 1837-1841

William Henry Harrison

Affiliation: Whig; Term: 1841

John Tyler

Affiliation: Anti-Jacksonian Democrat, Whig VP; Term: 1841-1845

James K. Polk

Affiliation: Democrat; Term: 1845-1849

Zachary Taylor

Affiliation: Whig; Term: 1849-1850

Millard Fillmore

Affiliation: Whig; Term: 1850-1853

Franklin Pierce

Affiliation: Democrat; Term: 1853-1857

James Buchanan

Affiliation: Democrat; Term: 1857-1861

Abraham Lincoln

Affiliation: Republican; Term: 1861-1865

Andrew Johnson

Affiliation: Republican; Term: 1865-1869

Ulysses S. Grant

Affiliation: Republican; Term: 1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes

Affiliation: Republican; Term: 1877-1881

James A. Garfield

Affiliation: Republican; Term: 1881

Chester A. Aurthur

Republican. 1881-1885

Grover Cleveland

Democrat. 1885-1889

Benjamin Harrison

Republican. 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland

Democrat. 1893-1897

William McKinley

Republican. 1897-1901