APUSH - US PRESIDENTS

George Washington

First President of the United States (1789-1797) and a Founding Father.

John Adams

Second President of the United States (1797-1801) and a founding figure in American independence.

Thomas Jefferson

Third President of the United States (1801-1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

James Madison

Fourth President of the United States (1809-1817) and known as the 'Father of the Constitution.'

James Monroe

Fifth President of the United States (1817-1825) and known for the Monroe Doctrine.

John Quincy Adams

Sixth President of the United States (1825-1829) and son of John Adams.

Andrew Jackson

Seventh President of the United States (1829-1837) and founder of the Democratic Party.

Martin Van Buren

Eighth President of the United States (1837-1841) and a key organizer of the Democratic Party.

William Harrison

Ninth President of the United States (1841), who served the shortest term.

John Tyler

Tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) and the first Vice President to assume the presidency upon the death of a sitting president.

James Polk

Eleventh President of the United States (1845-1849) and known for territorial expansion.

Zachary Taylor

Twelfth President of the United States (1849-1850) and a national war hero.

Millard Fillmore

Thirteenth President of the United States (1850-1853) and known for the Compromise of 1850.

Franklin Price

Not applicable (typo or non-historical figure).

James Buchanan

Fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861) and president immediately before the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

Sixteenth President of the United States (1861-1865) and led the country through the Civil War.

Andrew Johnson

Seventeenth President of the United States (1865-1869) who succeeded Lincoln.

Ulysses S. Grant

Eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877) and a Union general during the Civil War.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Nineteenth President of the United States (1877-1881) and known for ending Reconstruction.

James A. Garfield

Twentieth President of the United States (1881) and assassinated shortly after taking office.

Chester A. Arthur

Twenty-first President of the United States (1881-1885) and known for civil service reform.

Grover Cleveland

Twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States (1885-1889, 1893-1897), only president to serve non-consecutive terms.

Benjamin Harrison

Twenty-third President of the United States (1889-1893) and known for economic legislation.

William McKinley

Twenty-fifth President of the United States (1897-1901) and assassinated during his second term.

Theodore Roosevelt

Twenty-sixth President of the United States (1901-1909) and known for progressive reforms.

William Howard Taft

Twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909-1913) and later Chief Justice of the United States.

Woodrow Wilson

Twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-1921) and led the country during World War I.

Warren G. Harding

Twenty-ninth President of the United States (1921-1923) known for promoting a return to normalcy.

Calvin Coolidge

Thirtieth President of the United States (1923-1929) known for his laissez-faire economic policies.

Herbert Hoover

Thirty-first President of the United States (1929-1933) during the onset of the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thirty-second President of the United States (1933-1945) and led the country during the Great Depression and World War II.

Harry S. Truman

Thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953) who made the decision to use atomic bombs in WWII.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961) and a WWII general.

John F. Kennedy

Thirty-fifth President of the United States (1961-1963) known for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963-1969) known for civil rights legislation.

Richard Nixon

Thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-1974) who resigned due to Watergate.

Gerald Ford

Thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-1977) who assumed office after Nixon’s resignation.

Jimmy Carter

Thirty-ninth President of the United States (1977-1981) known for human rights advocacy.

Ronald Reagan

Fortieth President of the United States (1981-1989) and a significant figure in the conservative movement.

George H. W. Bush

Forty-first President of the United States (1989-1993) and president during the Gulf War.

Bill Clinton

Forty-second President of the United States (1993-2001) who oversaw economic expansion.

George W. Bush

Forty-third President of the United States (2001-2009) during the September 11 attacks.

Barack Obama

Forty-fourth President of the United States (2009-2017) and first African American president.

Donald J. Trump

Forty-fifth President of the United States (2017-2021) known for his unconventional style and policies.

Joe Biden

Forty-sixth President of the United States (2021-present) and former Vice President under Obama.