List of Presidents of the United States

John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson shown on a D.C. restaurant in Olympus Has Fallen.

Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition. The President is also the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

The President is indirectly elected to a four-year term by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person). Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected President more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent President, the Vice President assumes the office. The President must be at least 35 years of age and a "natural born" citizen of the United States.

Abe Lincoln portrait seen in the Lincoln Bedroom during the terrorist takeover.

This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect on March 4, 1789. For American leaders before this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Presidents

Unaffiliated (2)           Federalist (1)           Democratic-Republican (4)           Democratic (15)           Whig (4)           Republican (19)           National Union (2)
Presidency		President		Prior office	Party		Term	Vice President
1	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797		George Washington 1732–1799 (Lived: 67 years)	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783)		Unaffiliated	(1788–89) 1 (1789)	John Adams
							(1792) 2 (1793)
2	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801		John Adams 1735–1826 (Lived: 90 years)	1st Vice President of the United States (1789-1797)		Federalist	(1796) 3 (1800)	Thomas Jefferson
3	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809		Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 (Lived: 83 years)	2nd Vice President of the United States		Democratic- Republican	(1800) 4 (1801)	Aaron Burr March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
							(1804) 5 (1805)	George Clinton March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809
16	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (Died in office)		Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 (Lived: 56 years)	U.S. Representative for Illinois' 7th District (1847–1849)		Republican (National Union)	(1860) 19 (1861)	Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
							(1864) 20 (1865) (1865)	Andrew Johnson March 4 – April 15, 1865 (Succeeded to presidency)
17	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869		Andrew Johnson 1808–1875 (Lived: 66 years)	16th Vice President of the United States		National Union April 15, 1865 – c. 1868		Office vacant
						Democratic c. 1868 – March 4, 1869
32	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (Died in office)		Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 (Lived: 63 years)	44th Governor of New York (1929–1932)		Democratic	(1932) 37 (1933)	John N. Garner March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941
							(1936) 38 (1937)
							(1940) 39 (1941)	Henry A. Wallace January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
							(1944) 40 (1945) (1945)	Harry S. Truman January 20 – April 12, 1945 (Succeeded to presidency)
33	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953		Harry S. Truman 1884–1972 (Lived: 88 years)	34th Vice President of the United States		Democratic		Office vacant April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949
							(1948) 41 (1949)	Alben W. Barkley January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
34	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961		Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 (Lived: 78 years)	Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1949–1952) (No prior elected office)		Republican	(1952) 42 (1953)	Richard Nixon
							(1956) 43 (1957)
35	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (Died in office)		John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 (Lived: 46 years)	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts (1953–1960)		Democratic	(1960) 44 (1961) (1963)	Lyndon B. Johnson (Succeeded to presidency)
36	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969		Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–1973 (Lived: 64 years)	37th Vice President of the United States		Democratic		Office vacant November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965
							(1964) 45 (1965)	Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
37	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (Resigned from office)		Richard Nixon 1913–1994 (Lived: 81 years)	36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)		Republican	(1968) 46 (1969)	Spiro Agnew January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 (Resigned from office)
							(1972) 47 (1973) (1974)
								Gerald Ford December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 (Succeeded to presidency)
								38	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977		Gerald Ford 1913–2006 (Lived: 93 years)	40th Vice President of the United States		Republican
39	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter Born 1924 (99 years old)	76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975)		Democratic		(1976) 48 (1977)	Walter Mondale
40	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989		Ronald Reagan 1911–2004 (Lived: 93 years)	33rd Governor of California (1967–1975)		Republican	(1980) 49 (1981)	George H. W. Bush
							(1984) 50 (1985)
41	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993		George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 (Lived: 94 years)	43rd Vice President of the United States		Republican	(1988) 51 (1989)	Dan Quayle
42	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001		Bill Clinton Born 1946 (77 years old)	40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 & 1983–1992)		Democratic	(1992) 52 (1993)	Al Gore
							(1996) 53 (1997)
43	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009		George W. Bush Born 1946 (77 years old)	46th Governor of Texas (1995–2000)		Republican	(2000) 54 (2001)	Dick Cheney
							(2004) 55 (2005)
44	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2011		Barack Obama Born 1961 (62 years old)	U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005–2008)		Democratic	(2008) 56 (2009)	Joe Biden
45	January 20, 2011 - January 20, 2019		Benjamin Asher Born 1963 (59 years old)			Republican (possibly)	(2011) 57 (2013)	Charlie Rodriguez
								Allan Trumbull
46	January 20, 2019 - Incumbent		Allan Trumbull Born 1938 (85 years old)	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives(2011-2013)			(2019) 58	Martin Kirby

Living Former Presidents

As of April 2024, there are five living former presidents:

President	Term of office	Date of birth
Jimmy Carter	1977 – 1981	(1924-10-01) October 1, 1924
Bill Clinton	1993 – 2001	(1946-08-19) August 19, 1946
George W. Bush	2001 – 2009	(1946-07-06) July 6, 1946
Barack Obama	2009 - 2011	(1961-08-04) August 4, 1961
Benjamin Asher	2011 - 2019	(1963-02-08) February 8, 1963

• In real life, President Obama served two terms in office from 2009 to 2017.
• The most recent death of a former president was that of George H. W. Bush (1989 – 1993) on November 30, 2018, aged 94.