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The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

List[]

A list of the presidents who have served to date, their tenures, political parties, and prominent events that occurred within those tenures.

No. Name Presidency Political party Events
1 George Washington 30 April 1789 - 4 March 1797
  • Unaffiliated
  • Whiskey Rebellion
  • Hamilton–Reynolds affair
2 John Adams 4 March 1797 - 4 March 1801
  • Federalist Party
3 Thomas Jefferson 4 March 1801 - 4 March 1809
  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • First Barbary War
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Red River Expedition
  • Pike Expedition
4 James Madison 4 March 1809 - 4 March 1817
  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • War of 1812
  • Second Barbary War
5 James Monroe 4 March 1817 – 4 March 1825
  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • Era of Good Feelings
  • Implementation of the Monroe Doctrine
  • Adams–Onís Treaty
  • Missouri Compromise
6 John Quincy Adams 4 March 1825 - 4 March 1829
  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • National Republican Party
7 Andrew Jackson 4 March 1829 - 4 March 1837
  • Democratic Party
  • Petticoat affair
  • Bank War
  • Passage of the Indian Removal Act
  • Trail of Tears
8 Martin van Buren 4 March 1837 - 4 March 1841
  • Democratic Party
  • Trail of Tears
  • United States Exploring Expedition
  • United States v. The Amistad
9 William Henry Harrison
  • Whig Party
  • Death
10 John Tyler
  • Whig Party
  • 1844 Peacemaker accident
  • Texas annexation
11 James K. Polk
  • Democratic Party
  • Texas annexation
12 Zachary Taylor 4 March 1849 - 9 July 1850
  • Whig Party
  • Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
  • Death
13 Millard Fillmore 9 July 1850 - 4 March 1853
  • Whig Party
  • Compromise of 1850
  • Perry Expedition
14 Franklin Pierce
  • Democratic Party
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
15 James Buchanan
  • Democratic Party
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
16 Abraham Lincoln
  • Republican Party
  • National Union Party
  • American Civil War
17 Andrew Johnson
  • National Union Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Ex parte Milligan
  • Impeachment
18 Ulysses S. Grant
  • Republican Party
  • Star Route scandal
  • Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
19 Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Republican Party
  • Star Route scandal
  • End of Reconstruction
20 James Garfield
  • Republican Party
  • Star Route Scandal
  • Assassination
21 Chester A. Arthur
  • Republican Party
  • Star Route scandal
  • Passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
22 Grover Cleveland
  • Democratic Party
  • Halpin scandal[1]
23 Benjamin Harrison
  • Republican Party
24 Grover Cleveland
  • Democratic Party
  • Pullman Strike
25 William McKinley
  • Republican Party
  • Spanish–American War
  • Philippine–American War
26 Theodore Roosevelt 14 September 1901 - 4 March 1909
  • Republican Party
  • Assassination of William McKinley
  • Philippine–American War
27 William Howard Taft 4 March 1909 - 4 March 1913
  • Republican Party
  • Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
28 Woodrow Wilson 4 March 1913 - 4 March 1921
  • Democratic Party
  • Mexican Border War
  • World War I
  • Steel strike of 1919
  • Palmer Raids
  • Founding of the League of Nations
29 Warren G. Harding
  • Republican Party
  • Teapot Dome scandal
  • Great Railroad Strike of 1922
30 Calvin Coolidge
  • Republican Party
  • Kellogg–Briand Pact
31 Herbert Hoover
  • Republican Party
  • Great Depression
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 4 March 1933 - 12 April 1945
  • Democratic Party
  • Great Depression
  • World War II
33 Harry Truman 12 April 1945 - 20 January 1953
  • Democratic Party
  • World War II
  • Korean War
34 Dwight Eisenhower 20 January 1953 - 20 January 1961
  • Republican Party
  • Korean War
35 John F. Kennedy 20 January 1961 - 22 November 1963
  • Democratic Party
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
36 Lyndon B. Johnson 22 November 1963 - 20 January 1969
  • Democratic Party
  • Vietnam War
37 Richard Nixon 20 January 1969 - 9 August 1974
  • Republican Party
  • Vietnam War
  • Moon landing
  • Watergate
38 Gerald Ford 9 August 1974 - 20 January 1977
  • Republican Party
  • Pardon of Richard Nixon
  • Attempted assassination in Sacramento
  • Attempted assassination in San Francisco
39 Jimmy Carter 20 January 1977 - 20 January 1981
  • Democratic Party
  • Iran hostage crisis
40 Ronald Reagan 20 January 1981 - 20 January 1989
  • Republican Party
  • Iran–Contra affair
41 George H. W. Bush
  • Republican Party
  • Gulf War
42 Bill Clinton
  • Democratic Party
  • Impeachment
43 George W. Bush
  • Republican Party
  • September 11 attacks
  • War in Afghanistan
  • Iraq War
44 Barack Obama 20 January 2009 - 20 January 2017
  • Democratic Party
  • War in Afghanistan
  • Iraq War
  • 2012 Benghazi attack
  • Ferguson unrest
45 Donald Trump 20 January 2017 - 20 January 2021
  • Republican Party
  • War in Afghanistan
  • Travel ban
  • Creation of the United States Space Force
  • Impeachment
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • George Floyd protests
  • Disputes surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election results
  • 2021 storming of the United States Capitol
  • Second impeachment
46 Joe Biden 20 January 2021 - 20 January 2025
  • Democratic Party
47 Donald Trump 20 January 2025 - present
  • Republican Party

Links[]

References[]

  1. A Political Sex Scandal In America - Edward Anderson - 23 March 2020 - Medium - Retrieved 23 January 2021
  2. President Biden Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate - 26 March 2021 - The White House - Retrieved 22 April 2021

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18th century
George Washington | John Adams

19th century
John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | James Madison | James Monroe | John Quincy Adams | Andrew Jackson | Martin van Buren | William Henry Harrison | John Tyler | James K. Polk | Zachary Taylor | Millard Fillmore | Franklin Pierce | James Buchanan | Abraham Lincoln | Andrew Johnson | Ulysses S. Grant | Rutherford B. Hayes | James Garfield | Chester A. Arthur | Grover Cleveland | Benjamin Harrison | Grover Cleveland | William McKinley

20th century
William McKinley | Theodore Roosevelt | William Howard Taft | Woodrow Wilson | Warren G. Harding | Calvin Coolidge | Herbert Hoover | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Harry Truman | Dwight D. Eisenhower | John F. Kennedy | Lyndon B. Johnson | Richard Nixon | Gerald Ford | Jimmy Carter | Ronald Reagan | George H. W. Bush | Bill Clinton

21st century
Bill Clinton | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Donald Trump

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