Alternative History

This page shows the list of the Prime Ministers of the United States of America.

† Died while in office.

Prime Minister Term Political Party Deputy Monarch
George-Washington-big-1- George Washington
(1788 • 1792)
April 30, 1789

March 4, 1797
Independent John Adams Wappen Hohenzollern 2
Henry I
(1789-1802)
Adamstrumbull John Adams
(1796)
March 4, 1797

March 4, 1801
Federalist Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800 Thomas Jefferson
(1800 • 1804)
March 4, 1801

March 4, 1809
Constitutionalist Aaron Burr
George Clinton
Wappen Hohenzollern 2
Augustus I
(1802-1843)
James Madison James Madison
(1808 • 1812)
March 4, 1809

March 4, 1817
Constitutionalist George Clinton
Elmbridge Gerry
Samuel F. B. Morse - James Monroe - Google Art Project James Monroe
(1816 • 1820)
March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825
Constitutionalist Daniel D. Tompkins
John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams
(1824)
March 4, 1825

March 4, 1829
Constitutionalist John C. Calhoun
Andrew jackson head Andrew Jackson
(1828 • 1832)
March 4, 1829

March 4, 1837
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren
MartinVanBuren Martin Van Buren
(1836)
March 4, 1837

March 4, 1841
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Richard M. Johnson
William Henry Harrison daguerreotype edit William H. Harrison
(1840)
March 4, 1841

April 4, 1841
Whig Party Logo Sovereignty
Whig
John Tyler
John Tyler John Tyler
(-)
April 4, 1841

March 4, 1845
Whig Party Logo Sovereignty
Whig
vacant Wappen Hohenzollern 2
Henry II
(1843-1846)
James K. Polk James K. Polk
(1844)
March 4, 1845

March 4, 1849
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
George Dallas Coa house hohenzollern american branch by tiltschmaster
Charles
(1846-1883)
Zachary Taylor2 Zachary Taylor
(1848)
March 4, 1849

July 9, 1850
Whig Party Logo Sovereignty
Whig
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore
(-)
July 9, 1850

March 4, 1853
Whig Party Logo Sovereignty
Whig
vacant
General-Winfield-Scott-(1786-1866)1835 Winfield Scott
(1852)
March 4, 1853

March 4, 1857
Whig Party Logo Sovereignty
Whig
William A. Graham
James Buchanan-0 James Buchanan
(1856)
March 4, 1857

March 4, 1861
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
John Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait Abraham Lincoln
(1860 • 1864)
March 4, 1861
-
March 4, 1869
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Hannibal Hamelin
Benjamin Butler
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant
(1868 • 1872)
March 4, 1869
-
March 4, 1877
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson
Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes
(1876)
March 4, 1877

March 4, 1881
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
William Wheeler
James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated James Garfield
(1880)
March 4, 1881

September 19, 1881
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Chester Arthur
Chester A. Arthur Chester Arthur
(-)
September 19, 1881

March 4, 1885
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
vacant Coa house hohenzollern american branch by tiltschmaster
George
(1883-1902)
StephenGroverCleveland Grover Cleveland
(1884)
March 4, 1885

March 4, 1889
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Thomas Hendricks
Pach Brothers - Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison
(1888)
March 4, 1889

March 4, 1893
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Levi P. Morton
StephenGroverCleveland Grover Cleveland
(1892)
March 4, 1893

March 4, 1897
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson I
William McKinley William McKinley
(1896 • 1900)
March 4, 1897

September 14, 1901
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Garret Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
(- • 1904)
September 14, 1901

March 4, 1909
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Charles Fairbanks Coa house hohenzollern american branch by tiltschmaster
Henry III
(1902-1929)
William H. Taft William Howard Taft
(1908)
March 4, 1909

March 4, 1913
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
James S. Sherman
Woodrow Wilson-H&E Woodrow Wilson
(1912 • 1916)
March 4, 1913

March 4, 1921
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Thomas Marshall
President Warren Harding Warren G. Harding
(1920)
March 4, 1921

August 2, 1923
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Calvin Coolidge
US President Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge
(- • 1924)
August 2, 1923

March 4, 1929
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Charles G. Dawes
Herbert Hoover UKS Herbert Hoover
(1928)
March 4, 1929

March 4, 1933
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Charles Curtis Coa house hohenzollern american branch by tiltschmaster
Augustus II
(1929-1949)
FDR in UKS Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1932 • 1936 • 1940 • 1944)
March 4, 1933

April 12, 1945
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
John Nance Garner
Wendell Willkie

Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman UKS Harry S. Truman
(- • 1948)
April 12, 1945

January 20, 1953
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Alben Barkley Coa house hohenzollern american branch by tiltschmaster
Alexander
(1949-1985)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, UKS Dwight Eisenhower
(1952 • 1956)
January 20, 1953

January 20, 1961
Independent
(endorsed by the Democrats)
Earl Warren
JFK UKS John F. Kennedy
(1960 • 1964)
January 20, 1961
-
January 20, 1969
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson
Terry Sanford
Richard Nixon (UKS) Richard Nixon
(1968 • 1972)
January 20, 1969
-
January 20, 1977
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
George Romney
JimmyCarterPortrait2 Jimmy Carter
(1976)
January 20, 1977

January 20, 1981
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Walter Mondale
Presidential Portait of 38th President Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
(1980 • 1984)
January 20, 1981

January 20, 1989
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
George Bush Coa house hohenzollern american branch by tiltschmaster
Francis
(Since 1985)

Heir: Prince George

George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped2) George Bush
(1988)
January 20, 1989

January 20, 1993
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Dan Quayle
Bill Clinton Bill Clinton
(1992 • 1996)
January 20, 1993

January 20, 2001
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Al Gore
Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 Al Gore
(2000)
January 20, 2001

January 20, 2005
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Jeanne Shaheen
Official portrait of john mccain John McCain
(2004)
January 20, 2005

January 20, 2009
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Christine Whitman
Barack Obama portrait cropped Barack Obama
(2008 • 2012)
January 20, 2009

January 20, 2017
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Joe Biden
President H Clinton Hillary Clinton
(2016)
January 20, 2017
-
January 20, 2021
Democratic Party Disc
Democratic
Tim Kaine
President Nikki Haley official portrait Nikki Haley
(2020 • 2024)
January 20, 2021
-
Incumbent
Republican Disc (Carpe Diem)
National
Todd Young


Living former Prime Ministers[]

Currently, there are 5 living former Prime Ministers. The most recent death of a former Prime Minister was that of Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) who died on December 29, 2024 aged 100. Pictured in order of service: