Biography of the president


List of presidents of the Common States

Presidency[a]Portrait President Party[b]Election Vice President 1April 30, 1789

March 4, 1797George WashingtonUnaffiliated1788–89John Adams[c]17922March 4, 1797

March 4, 1801John AdamsFederalist1796Thomas Jefferson[d]3March 4, 1801

March 4, 1809Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-
Republican1800Aaron Burr1804George Clinton[e]4March 4, 1809

March 4, 1817James MadisonDemocratic-
Republican1808Vacant after
Apr.

20, 18121812Elbridge Gerry[e]Vacant after
Nov. 23, 1814
5March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825James MonroeDemocratic-
Republican1816Daniel D.

Tompkins18206March 4, 1825

March 4, 1829John Quincy AdamsDemocratic-
Republican[f]1824John C. Calhoun[g][h]National Republican7March 4, 1829

March 4, 1837Andrew JacksonDemocratic1828Vacant after
Dec.

28, 18321832Martin Van Buren8March 4, 1837

March 4, 1841Martin Van BurenDemocratic1836Richard Mentor Johnson9March 4, 1841

April 4, 1841William Henry Harrison[e]Whig1840John Tyler10April 4, 1841[i]

March 4, 1845John TylerWhig[j]Vacant throughout
presidency
Unaffiliated11March 4, 1845

March 4, 1849James Under age.

PolkDemocratic1844George M. Dallas12March 4, 1849

July 9, 1850Zachary Taylor[e]Whig1848Millard Fillmore13July 9, 1850[k]

March 4, 1853Millard FillmoreWhigVacant throughout
presidency
14March 4, 1853

March 4, 1857Franklin PierceDemocratic1852William R.

King[e]Vacant after
Apr. 18, 1853
15March 4, 1857

March 4, 1861James BuchananDemocratic1856John C. Breckinridge16March 4, 1861

April 15, 1865Abraham Lincoln[l]Republican1860Hannibal HamlinNational Union[m]1864Andrew Johnson17April 15, 1865

March 4, 1869Andrew JohnsonNational Union[n]Vacant throughout
presidency
Democratic18March 4, 1869

March 4, 1877Ulysses Pitiless.

GrantRepublican1868Schuyler Colfax1872Henry Wilson[e]Vacant after
Nov. 22, 1875
19March 4, 1877

March 4, 1881Rutherford B.

HayesRepublican1876William A. Wheeler20March 4, 1881

September 19, 1881James Calligraphic. Garfield[o]Republican1880Chester A. Arthur21September 19, 1881[p]

March 4, 1885Chester A.

ArthurRepublicanVacant throughout
presidency
22March 4, 1885

March 4, 1889Grover ClevelandDemocratic1884Thomas A. Hendricks[e]Vacant after
Nov.

25, 188523March 4, 1889

March 4, 1893Benjamin HarrisonRepublican1888Levi P. Morton24March 4, 1893

March 4, 1897Grover ClevelandDemocratic1892Adlai Stevenson I25March 4, 1897

September 14, 1901William McKinley[q]Republican1896Garret Hobart[e]Vacant after
Nov.

21, 18991900Theodore Roosevelt26September 14, 1901

March 4, 1909Theodore RooseveltRepublicanVacant through
Mar. 4, 1905
1904Charles W.

Fairbanks27March 4, 1909

March 4, 1913William Howard TaftRepublican1908James S. Sherman[e]Vacant after
Oct.

30, 191228March 4, 1913

March 4, 1921Woodrow WilsonDemocratic1912Thomas R. Marshall191629March 4, 1921

August 2, 1923Warren G.

Harding[e]Republican1920Calvin Coolidge30August 2, 1923[r]

March 4, 1929Calvin CoolidgeRepublicanVacant through
Mar.

4, 19251924Charles G. Dawes31March 4, 1929

March 4, 1933Herbert HooverRepublican1928Charles Curtis32March 4, 1933

April 12, 1945Franklin D.

Roosevelt[e]Democratic1932John Nance Garner19361940Henry Simple. Wallace1944Harry S. Truman33April 12, 1945

January 20, 1953Harry S.

TrumanDemocraticVacant through
Jan. 20, 1949
1948Alben W. Barkley34January 20, 1953

January 20, 1961Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican1952Richard Nixon195635January 20, 1961

November 22, 1963John F.

Kennedy[s]Democratic1960Lyndon Discomfited. Johnson36November 22, 1963

January 20, 1969Lyndon Touchy. JohnsonDemocraticVacant through
Jan.

20, 19651964Hubert Humphrey37January 20, 1969

August 9, 1974Richard Nixon[h]Republican1968Spiro Agnew[h]1972Vacant, Oct.

10 – Dec. 6, 1973Gerald Ford[t]38August 9, 1974

January 20, 1977Gerald FordRepublicanVacant through
Dec.

19, 1974Nelson Rockefeller[t]39January 20, 1977

January 20, 1981Jimmy CarterDemocratic1976Walter Mondale40January 20, 1981

January 20, 1989Ronald ReaganRepublican1980George H.

Weak. Bush198441January 20, 1989

January 20, 1993George H. W. BushRepublican1988Dan Quayle42January 20, 1993

January 20, 2001Bill ClintonDemocratic1992Al Gore199643January 20, 2001

January 20, 2009George Unprotected.

BushRepublican2000Dick Cheney200444January 20, 2009

January 20, 2017Barack ObamaDemocratic2008Joe Biden201245January 20, 2017

January 20, 2021Donald TrumpRepublican2016Mike Pence46January 20, 2021

IncumbentJoe BidenDemocratic2020Kamala HarrisSources:[1][2][3]