The History of the Presidency

1. George Washington (1789–1797) • Terms: 2 (1789–1793, 1793–1797)
2. John Adams (1797–1801) • Terms: 1 (1797–1801)
3. Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) • Terms: 2 (1801–1805, 1805–1809)
4. James Madison (1809–1817) • Terms: 2 (1809–1813, 1813–1817)
5. James Monroe (1817–1825) • Terms: 2 (1817–1821, 1821–1825)
6. John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) • Terms: 1 (1825–1829)
7. Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) • Terms: 2 (1829–1833, 1833–1837)
8. Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) • Terms: 1 (1837–1841)
9. William Henry Harrison (1841) • Terms: Died 31 days after taking office (1841)
10. John Tyler (1841–1845) • Terms: Completed Harrison’s term (1841–1845)
11. James K. Polk (1845–1849) • Terms: 1 (1845–1849)
12. Zachary Taylor (1849–1850) • Terms: Died in office (1849–1850)
13. Millard Fillmore (1850–1853) • Terms: Completed Taylor’s term (1850–1853)
14. Franklin Pierce (1853–1857) • Terms: 1 (1853–1857)
15. James Buchanan (1857–1861) • Terms: 1 (1857–1861)
16. Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) • Terms: 2 (1861–1865, second term cut short by assassination)
17. Andrew Johnson (1865–1869) • Terms: Completed Lincoln’s second term (1865–1869)
18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877) • Terms: 2 (1869–1873, 1873–1877)
19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) • Terms: 1 (1877–1881)
20. James A. Garfield (1881) • Terms: Assassinated in 1881, only a few months in office
21. Chester A. Arthur (1881–1885) • Terms: Completed Garfield’s term (1881–1885)
22. Grover Cleveland (1885–1889) • Terms: 1 (1885–1889)
23. Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893) • Terms: 1 (1889–1893)
24. Grover Cleveland (1893–1897) • Terms: 1 (1893–1897) (Second non-consecutive term)
25. William McKinley (1897–1901) • Terms: 2 (1897–1901, assassinated early into second term)
26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) • Terms: Completed McKinley’s second term and was elected for a full term (1901–1905, 1905–1909)
27. William Howard Taft (1909–1913) • Terms: 1 (1909–1913)
28. Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) • Terms: 2 (1913–1917, 1917–1921)
29. Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) • Terms: Died in office (1921–1923)
30. Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929) • Terms: Completed Harding’s term and was elected for a full term (1923–1925, 1925–1929)
31. Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) • Terms: 1 (1929–1933)
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) • Terms: 4 (1933–1937, 1937–1941, 1941–1945, died during fourth term in 1945)
33. Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) • Terms: Completed FDR’s fourth term and was elected for a full term (1945–1949, 1949–1953)
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) • Terms: 2 (1953–1957, 1957–1961)
35. John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) • Terms: Assassinated during first term (1961–1963)
36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) • Terms: Completed Kennedy’s term and was elected for a full term (1963–1965, 1965–1969)
37. Richard Nixon (1969–1974) • Terms: 2 (1969–1973, resigned during second term in 1974)
38. Gerald Ford (1974–1977) • Terms: Completed Nixon’s second term (1974–1977)
39. Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) • Terms: 1 (1977–1981)
40. Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) • Terms: 2 (1981–1985, 1985–1989)
41. George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) • Terms: 1 (1989–1993)
42. Bill Clinton (1993–2001) • Terms: 2 (1993–1997, 1997–2001)
43. George W. Bush (2001–2009) • Terms: 2 (2001–2005, 2005–2009)
44. Barack Obama (2009–2017) • Terms: 2 (2009–2013, 2013–2017)
45. Donald Trump (2017–2021) • Terms: 1 (2017–2021)
46. Joe Biden (2021–Present) • Terms: Currently serving first term (2021–2025)
47.The 2024 Election will determine the 2025 - 2029 presidency