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Since George Washington's election in 1789, 44 men have served as President of the United States. They have led in times of peace and war, hardship and plenty, and served in tenures as short as one month and as long as 12 years. Learn more about America's Presidents.

NO. Name Date Served Inauguration Date Address First Ladies
1. George Washington 1789-1797 1789 1793  
2. John Adams 1797-1801 1797    
3. Thomas Jefferson  1801-1809 1801 1805  
4. James Madison 1809-1817 1809 1813  
5.  James Monroe  1817-1825 1817 1821  
6. John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 1825    
7.  Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 1829 1833  
8. Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 1837    
9. William Henry Harrison 1841 1841    
10 John Tyler 1841-1845  *    
11. James Knox Polk 1845-1849 1845    
12.   Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 1849    
13.  Millard Fillmore  1850-1853  *    
14.  Franklin Pierce 1853-1857  1853    
15. James Buchanan 1857-1861 1857    
16. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 1861 1865  
17. Andrew Johnson 1865-1869  *    
18. Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 1869 1873  
19.  Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 1877    
20. James Garfield 1881 1881    
21. Chester Arthur 1881-1885  *    
22. Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 1885    
23. Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 1889    
24. Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 1893    
25. William McKinley 1897-1901 1897 1901  
26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 1905    
27. William Howard Taft  1909-1913 1909    
28. Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 1913 1917  
29. Warren Harding 1921-1923 1921    
30. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 1925    
31. Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 1929    
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt  1933-1945 1933 1937  
1941 1945
33. Harry S Truman 1945-1953 1949    
34.  Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961 1953 1957  
35.  John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 1961    
36. Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969 1965    
37.  Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974 1969 1973  
38. Gerald Ford 1974-1977 *    
39. James Carter 1977-1981 1977    
40. Ronald Reagan  1981-1989 1981 1985  
41. George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 1989    
42 William J. Clinton 1993-2001 1993 1997  
43. George W. Bush 2001-2009 2001 2005  
44.  Barack H. Obama 2009- 2009    

 

 

  

 

 
 
     
 

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