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THE 47 PRESIDENCIES

Every U.S. president, in order.

The United States has had 47 presidencies held by 45 individuals — Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump each served two non-consecutive terms. Below is every one in order, from George Washington's unanimous election in 1789 to the present. Each entry covers the president's path to office, the defining events of their time in power, their vice president, and their legacy.

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1 George Washington 1789–1797 2 John Adams 1797–1801 3 Thomas Jefferson 1801–1809 4 James Madison 1809–1817 5 James Monroe 1817–1825 6 John Quincy Adams 1825–1829 7 Andrew Jackson 1829–1837 8 Martin Van Buren 1837–1841 9 William Henry Harrison 1841–1841 10 John Tyler 1841–1845 11 James K. Polk 1845–1849 12 Zachary Taylor 1849–1850 13 Millard Fillmore 1850–1853 14 Franklin Pierce 1853–1857 15 James Buchanan 1857–1861 16 Abraham Lincoln 1861–1865 17 Andrew Johnson 1865–1869 18 Ulysses S. Grant 1869–1877 19 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877–1881 20 James A. Garfield 1881–1881 21 Chester A. Arthur 1881–1885 22 Grover Cleveland 1885–1889 23 Benjamin Harrison 1889–1893 24 Grover Cleveland (2) 1893–1897 25 William McKinley 1897–1901 26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901–1909 27 William Howard Taft 1909–1913 28 Woodrow Wilson 1913–1921 29 Warren G. Harding 1921–1923 30 Calvin Coolidge 1923–1929 31 Herbert Hoover 1929–1933 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1945 33 Harry S. Truman 1945–1953 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953–1961 35 John F. Kennedy 1961–1963 36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963–1969 37 Richard Nixon 1969–1974 38 Gerald Ford 1974–1977 39 Jimmy Carter 1977–1981 40 Ronald Reagan 1981–1989 41 George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 42 Bill Clinton 1993–2001 43 George W. Bush 2001–2009 44 Barack Obama 2009–2017 45 Donald Trump 2017–2021 46 Joe Biden 2021–2025 47 Donald Trump (2) 2025–present
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