US Presidents

1. George Washington

🗓 Term: 1789–1797

🟦 Party: None

📌 Notable: Set two-term precedent; Farewell Address; established Cabinet.

2. John Adams

🗓 Term: 1797–1801

🟦 Party: Federalist

📌 Notable: Avoided war with France (Quasi-War); Alien and Sedition Acts.

3. Thomas Jefferson

🗓 Term: 1801–1809

🟩 Party: Democratic-Republican

📌 Notable: Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark; Embargo Act.

4. James Madison

🗓 Term: 1809–1817

🟩 Party: Democratic-Republican

📌 Notable: War of 1812; Treaty of Ghent.

5. James Monroe

🗓 Term: 1817–1825

🟩 Party: Democratic-Republican

📌 Notable: Monroe Doctrine; Missouri Compromise.

6. John Quincy Adams

🗓 Term: 1825–1829

🟩 Party: Democratic-Republican

📌 Notable: Internal improvements; Erie Canal supporter.

7. Andrew Jackson

🗓 Term: 1829–1837

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Indian Removal Act; Nullification Crisis.

8. Martin Van Buren

🗓 Term: 1837–1841

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Panic of 1837; opposed annexing Texas.

9. William H. Harrison

🗓 Term: 1841

🟨 Party: Whig

📌 Notable: Died after 31 days in office.

10. John Tyler

🗓 Term: 1841–1845

🟨 Party: Whig (expelled)

📌 Notable: Annexed Texas; first VP to become president upon death.

11. James K. Polk

🗓 Term: 1845–1849

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Mexican-American War; Oregon Territory acquired.

12. Zachary Taylor

🗓 Term: 1849–1850

🟨 Party: Whig

📌 Notable: Opposed Compromise of 1850; died in office.

13. Millard Fillmore

🗓 Term: 1850–1853

🟨 Party: Whig

📌 Notable: Signed Compromise of 1850; enforced Fugitive Slave Act.

14. Franklin Pierce

🗓 Term: 1853–1857

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Kansas-Nebraska Act; Bleeding Kansas.

15. James Buchanan

🗓 Term: 1857–1861

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Dred Scott decision; failed to prevent secession.

16. Abraham Lincoln

🗓 Term: 1861–1865

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; assassinated.

17. Andrew Johnson

🗓 Term: 1865–1869

🟥 Party: National Union (Democrat)

📌 Notable: First impeached president; opposed Radical Republicans.

18. Ulysses S. Grant

🗓 Term: 1869–1877

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Fought KKK; Reconstruction; corruption scandals.

19. Rutherford B. Hayes

🗓 Term: 1877–1881

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Ended Reconstruction; civil service reform.

20. James A. Garfield

🗓 Term: 1881

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Assassinated early in term; supported civil service reform.

21. Chester A. Arthur

🗓 Term: 1881–1885

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Pendleton Act; modernized the Navy.

22. Grover Cleveland (1st Term)

🗓 Term: 1885–1889

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Vetoed pension bills; fought political corruption.

23. Benjamin Harrison

🗓 Term: 1889–1893

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Sherman Antitrust Act; 6 new states admitted.

24. Grover Cleveland (2nd Term)

🗓 Term: 1893–1897

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Panic of 1893; opposed free silver.

25. William McKinley

🗓 Term: 1897–1901

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Spanish-American War; annexed Hawaii; assassinated.

26. Theodore Roosevelt

🗓 Term: 1901–1909

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Trust-buster; Panama Canal; conservation.

27. William H. Taft

🗓 Term: 1909–1913

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Broke up trusts; later Chief Justice.

28. Woodrow Wilson

🗓 Term: 1913–1921

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: WWI leadership; League of Nations; 19th Amendment.

29. Warren G. Harding

🗓 Term: 1921–1923

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Teapot Dome scandal; died in office.

30. Calvin Coolidge

🗓 Term: 1923–1929

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Economic growth; minimal government interference.

31. Herbert Hoover

🗓 Term: 1929–1933

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Great Depression began; blamed for inaction.

32. Franklin D. Roosevelt

🗓 Term: 1933–1945

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: New Deal; WWII leadership; elected 4 times.

33. Harry S. Truman

🗓 Term: 1945–1953

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Atomic bombs; Marshall Plan; NATO.

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower

🗓 Term: 1953–1961

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Interstate highways; enforced desegregation.

35. John F. Kennedy

🗓 Term: 1961–1963

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Cuban Missile Crisis; space race; assassinated.

36. Lyndon B. Johnson

🗓 Term: 1963–1969

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Civil Rights Act; Great Society; escalated Vietnam.

37. Richard Nixon

🗓 Term: 1969–1974

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: China visit; Watergate; resigned.

38. Gerald Ford

🗓 Term: 1974–1977

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Pardoned Nixon; economic troubles.

39. Jimmy Carter

🗓 Term: 1977–1981

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Camp David Accords; Iran hostage crisis.

40. Ronald Reagan

🗓 Term: 1981–1989

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Reaganomics; Cold War ending; survived shooting.

41. George H. W. Bush

🗓 Term: 1989–1993

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Gulf War; Americans with Disabilities Act.

42. Bill Clinton

🗓 Term: 1993–2001

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Economic boom; NAFTA; impeached and acquitted.

43. George W. Bush

🗓 Term: 2001–2009

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: 9/11; War on Terror; Iraq invasion.

44. Barack Obama

🗓 Term: 2009–2017

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: Affordable Care Act; killed Osama bin Laden.

45. Donald Trump

🗓 Term: 2017–2021

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: Tax reform; COVID-19; impeached twice.

46. Joe Biden

🗓 Term: 2021–2025

🟥 Party: Democratic

📌 Notable: COVID response; infrastructure bill; Ukraine aid.

47. Donald Trump (2nd Term)

🗓 Term: 2025–present

🟦 Party: Republican

📌 Notable: No DEI