Presidents of the United States of America

Presidents of the United States of America

Presidents' Day is celebrated on the third Monday of February to honor past Presidents of the United States. Also known as Washington's Birthday, it was originally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States, whose birthday is February 22. 

Below is listed all of the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of America in the order of their terms. The US Constitution outlines the powers of the offices.

The collection that we’ve compiled is of “US Presidents,” but if you’re interested in the individuals themselves, the index below will give you a jumping off point for your search terms. As our catalog changes, so will the results of your searches.

Order Term President Vice-President
1 1789-1797 George Washington John Adams
2 1797-1801 John Adams Thomas Jefferson
3 1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr, George Clinton
4 1809-1817 James Madison George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
5 1817-1825 James Monroe Daniel D. Tompkins
6 1825-1829 John Quincy Adams John C. Calhoun
7 1829-1837 Andrew Jackson John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
8 1837-1841 Martin Van Buren Richard M. Johnson
9 1841 William Henry Harrison John Tyler
10 1841-1845 John Tyler None
11 1845-1849 James Knox Polk George M. Dallas
12 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore
13 1850-1853 Millard Fillmore None
14 1853-1857 Franklin Pierce William R. King
15 1857-1861 James Buchanan John C. Breckinridge
16 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
17 1865-1869 Andrew Johnson None
18 1869-1877 Ulysses Simpson Grant Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
19 1877-1881 Rutherford Birchard Hayes William A. Wheeler
20 1881 James Abram Garfield Chester Alan Arthur
21 1881-1885 Chester Alan Arthur None
22 1885-1889 Stephen Grover Cleveland Thomas Hendricks
23 1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison Levi P. Morton
24 1893-1897 Stephen Grover Cleveland Adlai E. Stevenson
25 1897-1901 William McKinley Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
26 1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt Charles W. Fairbanks
27 1909-1913 William Howard Taft James S. Sherman
28 1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall
29 1921-1923 Warren Gamaliel Harding Calvin Coolidge
30 1923-1929 Calvin Coolidge Charles G. Dawes
31 1929-1933 Herbert Clark Hoover Charles Curtis
32 1933-1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman
33 1945-1953 Harry S. Truman Alben W. Barkley
34 1953-1961 Dwight David Eisenhower Richard Milhous Nixon
35 1961-1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Lyndon Baines Johnson
36 1963-1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Hubert Horatio Humphrey
37 1969-1974 Richard Milhous Nixon Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald Rudolph Ford
38 1974-1977 Gerald Rudolph Ford Nelson Rockefeller
39 1977-1981 James Earl Carter, Jr. Walter Mondale
40 1981-1989 Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
41 1989-1993 George H. W. Bush Dan Quayle
42 1993-2001 William Jefferson Clinton Albert Gore, Jr.
43 2001-2009 George Walker Bush Richard Cheney
44 2009-2017 Barack Hussein Obama Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
45 2017-2021 Donald J. Trump Michael R. Pence
46 2021-2025 Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Kamala D. Harris
47 2025- Donald J. Trump J. D. Vance

US Presidents Collection

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