List of Presidents of the United States (World War III-1956)

This a List of Presidents of the United States. The President of the United States is the head of state and the head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the Presidency is the highest political official position in the United States by influence and recognition. The President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. armed forces. The President is indirectly elected to a four year term by an Electoral College. Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected to the office of the President more than twice.

{{legend|#FFFFFF|Non-partisan|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|#E6E6AA|Federalist Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|#AACC99|Democratic-Republican Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|#CCEEFF|Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|#FFFFCC|Whig Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|#FFB6B6|Republican Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

National Republican Party No party N National Union Party U (2nd term) (Term expires January 20, 2009)
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * rowspan=4 | 4
 * rowspan=4 | [[Image:James Madison.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=4 | James Madison
 * rowspan=4 | March 4, 1809
 * rowspan=4 | March 4, 1817
 * rowspan=4 | Democratic-Republican
 * George Clinton D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 6
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * Elbridge Gerry D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 7
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * rowspan=2 | 5
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:James Monroe.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | James Monroe
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1817
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1825
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic-Republican
 * rowspan=2 | Daniel D. Tompkins
 * align=center | 8
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * align=center | 9
 * -style="background:#AACC99;"
 * 6
 * [[Image:John Quincy Adams.PNG|100px]]
 * John Quincy Adams
 * March 4, 1825
 * March 4, 1829
 * Democratic-Republican
 * John C. Calhoun
 * align=center | 10
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=3 | 7
 * rowspan=3 | [[Image:Andrew Jackson.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=3 | Andrew Jackson
 * rowspan=3 | March 4, 1829
 * rowspan=3 | March 4, 1837
 * rowspan=3 | Democratic
 * John C. Calhoun R
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 11
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * Martin Van Buren
 * align=center | 12
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 8
 * [[Image:Martin Van Buren.PNG|100px]]
 * Martin Van Buren
 * March 4, 1837
 * March 4, 1841
 * Democratic
 * Richard Mentor Johnson
 * align=center | 13
 * -style="background:#FFFFCC;"
 * 9
 * [[Image:William Henry Harrison.PNG|100px]]
 * William Henry Harrison
 * March 4, 1841
 * April 4, 1841 D
 * Whig
 * John Tyler
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 14
 * -style="background:#FFFFCC;"
 * 10
 * [[Image:John Tyler.PNG|100px]]
 * John Tyler
 * April 4, 1841
 * March 4, 1845
 * Whig
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 11
 * [[Image:James_K._Polk.PNG|100px]]
 * James K. Polk
 * March 4, 1845
 * March 4, 1849
 * Democratic
 * George M. Dallas
 * align=center | 15
 * -style="background:#FFFFCC;"
 * 12
 * [[Image:Zachary_Taylor.PNG|100px]]
 * Zachary Taylor
 * March 4, 1849
 * July 9, 1850
 * Whig
 * Millard Fillmore
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 16
 * -style="background:#FFFFCC;"
 * 13
 * [[Image:Millard Fillmore.PNG|100px]]
 * Millard Fillmore
 * July 9, 1850
 * March 4, 1853
 * Whig
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=2 | 14
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Franklin Pierce.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Franklin Pierce
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1853
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1857
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * William R. King D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 17
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 15
 * [[Image:James Buchanan.png|100px]]
 * James Buchanan
 * March 4, 1857
 * March 4, 1861
 * Democratic
 * John C. Breckinridge
 * align=center | 18
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 16
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Abraham Lincoln.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Abraham Lincoln
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1861
 * rowspan=2 | April 15, 1865 A
 * rowspan=2 | Republican National Union Party U
 * Hannibal Hamlin
 * align=center | 19
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * Andrew Johnson
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 20
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 17
 * [[Image:Andrew Johnson.PNG|100px]]
 * Andrew Johnson
 * April 15, 1865
 * March 4, 1869
 * Democratic
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=3 | 18
 * rowspan=3 | [[Image:Ulysses S. Grant.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=3 | Ulysses S. Grant
 * rowspan=3 | March 4, 1869
 * rowspan=3 | March 4, 1877
 * rowspan=3 | Republican
 * Schuyler Colfax
 * align=center | 21
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * Henry Wilson D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 22
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 19
 * [[Image:Rutherford B. Hayes.png|100px]]
 * Rutherford B. Hayes
 * March 4, 1877
 * March 4, 1881
 * Republican
 * William A. Wheeler
 * align=center | 23
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 20
 * [[Image:James Garfield.png|100px]]
 * James A. Garfield
 * March 4, 1881
 * September 19, 1881 A
 * Republican
 * Chester A. Arthur
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 24
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 21
 * [[Image:Chester A. Arthur.PNG|100px]]
 * Chester A. Arthur
 * September 19, 1881
 * March 4, 1885
 * Republican
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=2 | 22
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Grover Cleveland 1.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Grover Cleveland
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1885
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1889
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * Thomas A. Hendricks D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 25
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 23
 * [[Image:Benjamin Harrison.png|100px]]
 * Benjamin Harrison
 * March 4, 1889
 * March 4, 1893
 * Republican
 * Levi P. Morton
 * align=center | 26
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 24
 * [[Image:Grover Cleveland 2.png|100px]]
 * Grover Cleveland
 * March 4, 1893
 * March 4, 1897
 * Democratic
 * Adlai E. Stevenson I
 * align=center | 27
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=3 | 25
 * rowspan=3 | [[Image:William McKinley.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=3 | William McKinley
 * rowspan=3 | March 4, 1897
 * rowspan=3 | September 14, 1901 A
 * rowspan=3 | Republican
 * Garret Hobart D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 28
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 29
 * - style="background:#ffc2e1"
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 26
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Theodore Roosevelt.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Theodore Roosevelt
 * rowspan=2 | September 14, 1901
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1909
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * Charles W. Fairbanks
 * align=center | 30
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 27
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:William H. Taft.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | William Howard Taft
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1909
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1913
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * James S. Sherman D
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 31
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=2 | 28
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Woodrow Wilson.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Woodrow Wilson
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1913
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1921
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * rowspan=2 | Thomas R. Marshall
 * align=center | 32
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * align=center | 33
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 29
 * [[Image:Warren G. Harding.PNG|100px]]
 * Warren G. Harding
 * March 4, 1921
 * August 2, 1923 D
 * Republican
 * Calvin Coolidge
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 34
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 30
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Calvin Coolidge.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Calvin Coolidge
 * rowspan=2 | August 2, 1923
 * rowspan=2 | March 4, 1929
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * Charles G. Dawes
 * align=center | 35
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 31
 * [[Image:Herbert Hoover.PNG|100px]]
 * Herbert Hoover
 * March 4, 1929
 * March 4, 1933
 * Republican
 * Charles Curtis
 * align=center | 36
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=4 | 32
 * rowspan=4 | [[Image:Franklin D. Roosevelt.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=4 | Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * rowspan=4 | March 4, 1933
 * rowspan=4 | April 12, 1945 D
 * rowspan=4 | Democratic
 * rowspan=2 | John Nance Garner
 * align=center | 37
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * align=center | 38
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * Henry A. Wallace
 * align=center |39
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * Harry S. Truman
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 40
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=2 | 33
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Harry S. Truman.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Harry S. Truman
 * rowspan=2 | April 12, 1945
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1953
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * Alben W. Barkley
 * align=center | 41
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 34
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Dwight D. Eisenhower.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1953
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1961
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * rowspan=2 | Richard Nixon
 * align=center | 42
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * align=center | 43
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 35
 * [[Image:John F. Kennedy.png|100px]]
 * John F. Kennedy
 * January 20, 1961
 * November 22, 1963 A
 * Democratic
 * Lyndon B. Johnson
 * rowspan=2 align=center | 44
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=2 | 36
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Lyndon B. Johnson.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Lyndon B. Johnson
 * rowspan=2 | November 22, 1963
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1969
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * Hubert Humphrey
 * align=center | 45
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=4 | 37
 * rowspan=4 | [[Image:Richard Nixon.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=4 | Richard Nixon
 * rowspan=4 | January 20, 1969
 * rowspan=4 | August 9, 1974 R
 * rowspan=4 | Republican
 * rowspan=2 | Spiro Agnew R
 * align=center | 46
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=5 align=center | 47
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * Gerald Ford
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 38
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Gerald R. Ford.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Gerald Ford]
 * rowspan=2 | August 9, 1974
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1977
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * vacant
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * Nelson Rockefeller
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * 39
 * [[Image:James E. Carter.png|100px]]
 * Jimmy Carter
 * January 20, 1977
 * January 20, 1981
 * Democratic
 * Walter Mondale
 * align=center | 48
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 40
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Ronald Reagan.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Ronald Reagan
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1981
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1989
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * rowspan=2 | George H. W. Bush
 * align=center | 49
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * align=center | 50
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 41
 * [[Image:George H. W. Bush.png|100px]]
 * George H. W. Bush
 * January 20, 1989
 * January 20, 1993
 * Republican
 * Dan Quayle
 * align=center | 51
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * rowspan=2 | 42
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:Bill Clinton.png|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | Bill Clinton
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 1993
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 2001
 * rowspan=2 | Democratic
 * rowspan=2 | Al Gore
 * align=center | 52
 * -style="background:#CCEEFF;"
 * align=center | 53
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * rowspan=2 | 43
 * rowspan=2 | [[Image:John McCain 2001.PNG|100px]]
 * rowspan=2 | John McCain
 * rowspan=2 | January 20, 2001
 * rowspan=2 | Incumbent
 * rowspan=2 | Republican
 * rowspan=2 | George W. Bush
 * align=center | 54
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * align=center | 55
 * -style="background:#FFB6B6;"
 * 44
 * [[Image:George W. Bush.png|100px]]
 * George W. Bush
 * January 20, 2009
 * present
 * Republican
 * Colin Powell
 * align=center | 56
 * }