The United States has had 45 presidents and 46 presidential terms since its founding in 1776, who have served the country over the past 250 years. From George Washington to Joe Biden, each president has left their mark on the country and its history.
In this list, we reference the 45 U.S. presidents in historical order. We hope you will find it useful for historical reference or maybe that trivia quiz question!
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- George Washington: 1789-1797
- John Adams: 1797-1801
- Thomas Jefferson: 1801-1809
- James Madison: 1809-1817
- James Monroe: 1817-1825
- John Quincy Adams: 1825-1829
- Andrew Jackson: 1829-1837
- Martin Van Buren: 1837-1841
- William Henry Harrison: 1841-1841
- John Tyler: 1841-1845
- James K. Polk: 1845-1849
- Millard Fillmore: 1850-1853
- Franklin Pierce: 1853-1857
- James Buchanan: 1857-1861
- Abraham Lincoln: 1861-1865
- Andrew Johnson: 1865-1869
- Ulysses S. Grant: 1869-1877
- Rutherford B. Hayes: 1877-1881
- James A. Garfield: 1881
- Chester A. Arthur: 1881-1885
- Grover Cleveland: 1885-1889
- Benjamin Harrison: 1889-1893
- Grover Cleveland: 1893-1897
- William McKinley: 1897-1901
- Theodore Roosevelt: 1901-1909
- William Howard Taft: 1909-1913
- Woodrow Wilson: 1913-1921
- Warren G. Harding: 1921-1923
- Calvin Coolidge: 1923-1929
- Herbert Hoover: 1929-1933
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933-1945
- Harry S. Truman: 1945-1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953-1961
- John F. Kennedy: 1961-1963
- Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963-1969
- Richard M. Nixon: 1969-1974
- Gerald R. Ford: 1974-1977
- Jimmy Carter: 1977-1981
- Ronald Reagan: 1981-1989
- George H. W. Bush: 1989-1993
- Bill Clinton: 1993-2001
- George W. Bush: 2001-2009
- Barack Obama: 2009-2017
- Donald J. Trump: 2017-2021
- Joseph R. Biden: 2021-present