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 – January 20, 2025
• Donald Trump, January 20, 2025 — present

See also

• Founding Fathers of the United States
• List of people by name
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Congress
• United States Constitution

External links

Wikipedia has an article about:

List of presidents of the United States

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

President of the United States

• Whitehouse.gov: The Presidents
• POTUS: Presidents of the United States at the Internet Public Library