Presidents of the United States

Updated July 16, 2013

Name	State/colony	Age	Term start	Term end	Length in days	Previous Experience
The Presidents of the Continental Congress prior to the ratification of the United States Constitution
Peyton Randolph	Virginia	53	September 5, 1774	October 22, 1774	47	Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Henry Middleton	South Carolina	57	October 22, 1774	October 26, 1774	4	Speaker, S.C. Commons House of Assembly
Peyton Randolph	Virginia	54	May 10, 1775	May 24, 1775	14	Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
John Hancock	Massachusetts	38	May 24, 1775	October 29, 1777	889	President, Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Henry Laurens	South Carolina	53	November 1, 1777	December 9, 1778	403	President, S.C. Provincial Congress, Vice President, S.C.
John Jay	New York	32	December 10, 1778	September 28, 1779	292	Chief Justice New York Supreme Court
Samuel Huntington	Connecticut	48	September 28, 1779	July 10, 1781	651	Associate Judge, Connecticut Superior Court
Thomas McKean	Delaware	47	July 10, 1781	November 5, 1781	118	Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
John Hanson	Maryland	66	November 5, 1781	November 4, 1782	364	Maryland House of Delegates
Elias Boudinot	New Jersey	42	November 4, 1782	November 3, 1783	364	Commissary of Prisoners for the Continental Army
Thomas Mifflin	Pennsylvania	39	November 3, 1783	June 3, 1784	213	Quartermaster General of Continental Army, Board of War
Richard Henry Lee	Virginia	52	November 30, 1784	November 4, 1785	339	Virginia House of Burgesses
John Hancock	Massachusetts	48	November 23, 1785	June 5, 1786	194	Governor of Massachusetts
Nathaniel Gorham	Massachusetts	48	June 6, 1786	November 3, 1786	150	Board of War
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	52	February 2, 1787	November 4, 1787	275	Major General, Continental Army
Cyrus Griffin	Virginia	39	January 22, 1788	November 15, 1788	298	Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals

The Presidents of the United States
#	President	Vice President	Term	Party	Jobs Before the Presidency	Jobs After the Presidency
1	George Washington	John Adams^P John Adams^P	1789-1793 1793-1797	None	Surveyor, Planter, General of the Army of the United Colonies	Planter, Lieutenant-General of all the U.S. armies
2	John Adams⁴	Thomas Jefferson^P	1797-1801	Federalist	School Teacher, Lawyer, Diplomat, Vice President under Washington	Writer
3	Thomas Jefferson	Aaron Burr George Clinton	1801-1805 1805-1809	Democratic-Republican	Writer, Inventor, Lawyer, Architect, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State under Washington, vice president under Adams	Writer, Gentleman Farmer, Director at the University of Virginia
4	James Madison	George Clinton Elbridge Gerry	1809-1813 1813-1817	Democratic-Republican	Lawyer, Political Theorist, U.S. Congressman, Secretary of State under Jefferson	Director at the University of Virginia
5	James Monroe	Daniel D. Tompkins	1817-1825	Democratic-Republican	Soldier, Lawyer, U.S. Senator, Governor of Virginia	Writer, Regent at the University of Virginia
6	John Quincy Adams⁴	John C. Calhoun	1825-1829	Democratic-Republican	Lawyer, Diplomat, Professor, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State under Monroe	U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
7	Andrew Jackson^J	John C. Calhoun Martin Van Buren^P	1829-1833 1833-1837	Democrat^J	Soldier, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Governor of Florida	Gentleman Farmer
8	Martin Van Buren	Richard M. Johnson	1837-1841	Democrat	Lawyer, U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, Vice President under Jackson	Activist for Free Soil Part
9	William Henry Harrison² ⁵	John Tyler^P	1841² ^S	Whig	Soldier, Diplomat, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator from Ohio	died in office
10	John Tyler	None	1841-1845	Whig	Lawyer, U.S. congressman, U.S. Senator, Vice President under Harrison	Lawyer, Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, member of the Confederate House of Representatives
11	James K. Polk	George M. Dallas	1845-1849	Democrat	Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Tennessee	died 103 days after leaving office
12	Zachary Taylor	Millard Fillmore^P	1849-1850²	Whig	Soldier	died in office
13	Millard Fillmore	None	1850-1853	Whig	Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, Vice President under Taylor	Political Activist, Chancellor of the University of Buffalo
14	Franklin Pierce	William R. King	1853-1857	Democrat	Lawyer, Soldier, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire	Gentleman Farmer
15	James Buchanan	John C. Breckinridge	1857-1861	Democrat	Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State	Writer
16	Abraham Lincoln¹	Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson^P	1861-1865 1865¹	Republican	Postmaster, Lawyer, U.S. Congressman from Illinois	died in office
17	Andrew Johnson³	None	1865-1869	Democrat	Tailor, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Vice President under Lincoln	U.S. Senator from Tennessee
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Schuyler Colfax Henry Wilson	1869-1873 1873-1877	Republican	U.S. Army General	Political Activist, Writer
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	William A. Wheeler	1877-1881	Republican	Lawyer, Soldier, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Ohio	Education Activist, President of the National Prison Reform Association
20	James A. Garfield¹	Chester A. Arthur^P	1881¹	Republican	Schoolteacher, soldier, U.S. representative from Ohio	died in office
21	Chester A. Arthur	None	1881-1885	Republican	School Teacher, Lawyer, Tariff Collector, Vice President under Garfield	Lawyer
22	Grover Cleveland	Thomas A. Hendricks	1885-1889	Democratic	Sheriff, lawyer, mayor, governor of New York	Reelected president
23	Benjamin Harrison⁵	Levi P. Morton	1889-1893	Republican	Lawyer, Soldier, Journalist, U.S. Senator from Indiana	Lawyer, Lecturer
24	Grover Cleveland	Adlai E. Stevenson	1893-1897	Democratic	Sheriff, Lawyer, Mayor, Governor of New York	unknown
25	William McKinley¹	Garret A. Hobart Theodore Roosevelt^P	1897-1901 1901¹	Republican	Soldier, Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Ohio	died in office
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Charles W. Fairbanks	1901-1905 1905-1909	Republican	Rancher, Soldier, Governor of New York, Vice President under McKinley	Hunter, Writer
27	William Howard Taft	James S. Sherman	1909-1913	Republican	Lawyer, Judge, Dean of the University of Cincinnati Law School, U.S. Secretary of War	Professor, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
28	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas R. Marshall	1913-1917 1917-1921	Democrat	Lawyer, Professor, President of Princeton University, Governor of New Jersey	Retired in poor health
29	Warren G. Harding²	Calvin Coolidge^P	1921-1923²	Republican	Newspaper Editor, U.S. Senator from Ohio	died in office
30	Calvin Coolidge	Charles G. Dawes	1923-1925 1925-1929	Republican	Lawyer, Governor of Massachusetts, Vice President under Harding	Writer, President of the American Antiquarian Society
31	Herbert C. Hoover	Charles Curtis	1929-1933	Republican	Engineer, U.S. Secretary of Commerce	Chair of the Hoover Commission on Administrative Reform
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt²	John N. Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman^P	1933-1937 1937-1941 1941-1945 1945² ^L	Democrat	Lawyer, Governor of New York	died in office
33	Harry S. Truman	Alben Barkley	1945-1949 1949-1953	Democrat	Farmer, Soldier, Judge, U.S. Senator, Vice President under Roosevelt	Writer
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Richard M. Nixon^P	1953-1961	Republican	Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, U.S. Army Chief of Staff	Writer
35	John F. Kennedy¹	Lyndon B. Johnson^P	1961-1963¹	Democrat	Journalist, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts	died in office
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	None Hubert H. Humphrey	1963-1965 1965-1968	Democrat	School Teacher, Soldier, Congressman, U.S. Senator from Texas, Vice President under Kennedy	Rancher, Writer
37	Richard M. Nixon	Spiro T. Agnew Gerald R. Ford^P	1969-1973 1973-1974	Republican	Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, Vice President under Eisenhower	Writer
38	Gerald R. Ford	Nelson A. Rockefeller	1974-1977	Republican	Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, Vice President under Nixon	Writer
39	Jimmy Carter	Walter F. Mondale	1977-1981	Democrat	Peanut Farmer, Governor of Georgia	Writer, Humanitarian, Nobel-prize winning Statesman
40	Ronald W. Reagan	George H.W. Bush^P	1981-1989	Republican	Movie Actor, Corporate Spokesman, Governor of California	Writer
41	George HerbertWalker Bush⁶	Dan Quayle	1989-1993	Republican	Oil executive, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Director of CIA, Vice President under Reagan	Private citizen; teamed with President Clinton to form Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina aid funds
42	William J. Clinton³	Albert Gore Jr.	1993-1997 1997-2001	Democrat	Lawyer, Governor of Arkansas	Writer, Independent Ambassador; teamed with President G.H.W. Bush to form Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina aid funds
43	George Walker Bush⁶	Richard B. Cheney	2001-2009	Republican	Oil executive, Sport Team Owner, Governor of Texas
44	Barack Hussein Obama II	Joseph Biden	2009-	Democrat	U.S. Senator from Illinois	Still in office

Note:

1: Assassinated in office: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy.

2: Died in office: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3: Impeached: Andrew Johnson and William J. Clinton.

4: John Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams

5: William Henry Harrison was the Grandfather of Benjamin Harrison

6: George Herbert Walker Bush is the father of George Walker Bush

J: Andrew Jackson's picked up the name Andrew Jackass, he liked it and this became the symbol of the Demoractic Party.

L: Longest duration as President. Died 1 month into his fourth term.

P: Latter became President.

S: Shortest duration as President. Died 1 month into his term.

Order of Succession

The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 states:, if the President of the United States is
incapacitated, dies, resigns, is for any reason unable to hold his office, or is removed
from office (impeached and convicted), people in the following offices, in this order, will
assume the office of the President, provided they are qualified as stated by the Constitution
to assume the office of the President, which means they have to be must be at least 35 years old,
must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, and have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

The order is as follows:

Vice President

Speaker of the House

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Secretary of State

Secretary of the Treasury

Secretary of Defense

Attorney General

Secretary of the Interior

Secretary of Agriculture

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary of Labor

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Secretary of Transportation

Secretary of Energy

Secretary of Education

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Secretary of Homeland Security

The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1967, provides for procedures to fill
vacancies in the Vice Presidency; further clarifies presidential succession rules.

Questions or comments - please contact: webmaster