List of presidents of the United States

thumb 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 List of presidents of the United States President of the United States Whitehouse.gov: The Presidents POTUS: Presidents of the United States at the Internet Public Library * United States