List of presidents of the United States
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term by the people through the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
Listed here, are the Wikiquote articles for presidents of the United States along with their terms in office, in chronological order.
- George Washington, April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
- John Adams, March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
- Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
- James Madison, March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
- James Monroe, March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
- John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
- Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
- Martin Van Buren, March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
- William Henry Harrison, March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
- John Tyler, April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
- James K. Polk, March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
- Zachary Taylor, March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
- Millard Fillmore, July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
- Franklin Pierce, March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
- James Buchanan, March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
- Andrew Johnson, April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
- Ulysses S. Grant, March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
- Rutherford B. Hayes, March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
- James A. Garfield, March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
- Chester A. Arthur, September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
- Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
- Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
- Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
- William McKinley, March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
- Theodore Roosevelt, September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
- William Howard Taft, March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
- Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
- Warren G. Harding, March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
- Calvin Coolidge, August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
- Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
- Harry S. Truman, April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
- John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
- Lyndon B. Johnson, November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
- Richard Nixon, January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
- Gerald Ford, August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
- Jimmy Carter, January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
- Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
- George H. W. Bush, January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
- Bill Clinton, January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
- George W. Bush, January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
- Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
- Donald Trump, January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
- Joseph Biden, January 20, 2021 — Present
See also
[edit]- Founding Fathers of the United States
- List of people by name
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Congress
- United States Constitution
