List of Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 2024

Since its founding in 1789, the United States has had 46 presidencies, with 45 individuals serving as president. Check List of Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 2024 here.

Since its founding in 1789, the United States has had 46 presidencies, with 45 individuals serving as president. The role of the U.S. president is one of the most powerful in the world, influencing both domestic policies and international relations. This article presents a comprehensive list of U.S. presidents from George Washington, the nation’s first leader, to Joe Biden, the current president, providing insight into the historical significance of each presidency and the major events that defined their terms.

List of Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 2024

Here is the complete List of Presidents of the United States from 1789 to 2024:

No.	US President Name	Term Start	Term End	Party	Election(s)	Vice President(s)
1	George Washington	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	Unaffiliated	1788, 1792	John Adams
2	John Adams	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Federalist	1796	Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas Jefferson	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican	1800, 1804	Aaron Burr, George Clinton
4	James Madison	March 4, 1809	March 4, 1817	Democratic-Republican	1808, 1812	George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
5	James Monroe	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	1816, 1820	Daniel D. Tompkins
6	John Quincy Adams	March 4, 1825	March 4, 1829	Democratic-Republican, National Republican	1824	John C. Calhoun
7	Andrew Jackson	March 4, 1829	March 4, 1837	Democratic	1828, 1832	John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
8	Martin Van Buren	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic	1836	Richard Mentor Johnson
9	William Henry Harrison	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841	Whig	1840	John Tyler
10	John Tyler	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	Whig, Unaffiliated	–	Vacant
11	James K. Polk	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	Democratic	1844	George M. Dallas
12	Zachary Taylor	March 4, 1849	July 9, 1850	Whig	1848	Millard Fillmore
13	Millard Fillmore	July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853	Whig	–	Vacant
14	Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Democratic	1852	William R. King
15	James Buchanan	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic	1856	John C. Breckinridge
16	Abraham Lincoln	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865	Republican, National Union	1860, 1864	Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
17	Andrew Johnson	April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869	National Union, Democratic	–	Vacant
18	Ulysses S. Grant	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1877	Republican	1868, 1872	Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Republican	1876	William A. Wheeler
20	James A. Garfield	March 4, 1881	September 19, 1881	Republican	1880	Chester A. Arthur
21	Chester A. Arthur	September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885	Republican	–	Vacant
22	Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Democratic	1884	Thomas A. Hendricks
23	Benjamin Harrison	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Republican	1888	Levi P. Morton
24	Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Democratic	1892	Adlai Stevenson I
25	William McKinley	March 4, 1897	September 14, 1901	Republican	1896, 1900	Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
26	Theodore Roosevelt	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Republican	–	Charles W. Fairbanks
27	William Howard Taft	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	Republican	1908	James S. Sherman
28	Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	1912, 1916	Thomas R. Marshall
29	Warren G. Harding	March 4, 1921	August 2, 1923	Republican	1920	Calvin Coolidge
30	Calvin Coolidge	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Republican	–	Charles G. Dawes
31	Herbert Hoover	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican	1928	Charles Curtis
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	March 4, 1933	April 12, 1945	Democratic	1932, 1936, 1940, 1944	John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman
33	Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Democratic	–	Alben W. Barkley
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Republican	1952, 1956	Richard Nixon
35	John F. Kennedy	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963	Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Democratic	–	Hubert Humphrey
37	Richard Nixon	January 20, 1969	August 9, 1974	Republican	1968, 1972	Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford
38	Gerald Ford	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican	–	Nelson Rockefeller
39	Jimmy Carter	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale
40	Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican	1980, 1984	George H. W. Bush
41	George H. W. Bush	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican	1988	Dan Quayle
42	Bill Clinton	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	1992, 1996	Al Gore
43	George W. Bush	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican	2000, 2004	Dick Cheney
44	Barack Obama	January 20, 2009	January 20, 2017	Democratic	2008, 2012	Joe Biden
45	Donald Trump	January 20, 2017	January 20, 2021	Republican	2016	Mike Pence
46	Joe Biden	January 20, 2021	November 06, 2024	Democratic	2020	Kamala Harris
47	Donald Trump	November 06, 2024	Incumbent	Republican	2024

The President of the United States is regarded as one of the most powerful political figures in the world, serving a four-year term elected through the Electoral College system. Following the ratification of the Twenty-Second Amendment in 1951, U.S. presidents are restricted to a maximum of two terms in office. Since the inception of the presidency in 1789, there have been 46 presidencies, held by 45 individuals, with George Washington being the first to secure a unanimous vote in the Electoral College.

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