List of presidents of the United States
head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States
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 — July 21, 2024
- Donald Trump, November 5, 2024 — Present
