This page shows the list of the Prime Ministers of the United States of America.
† Died while in office.
# | Portrait | Name | Term | Political Party | Election | Monarch |
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1 | George Washington | April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 |
Independent | 1788
1792 |
Henry I (1789-1802) | |
2 | John Adams | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
Federalist | 1796 | ||
3 | Thomas Jefferson | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 |
Constitutionalist | 1800
1804 |
Augustus I (1802-1843) | |
4 | James Madison | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817 |
Constitutionalist | 1808
1812 | ||
5 | James Monroe | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |
Constitutionalist | 1816
1820 | ||
6 | John Quincy Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
Constitutionalist | 1824 | ||
7 | Andrew Jackson | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |
Democratic | 1828
1832 | ||
8 | Martin Van Buren | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
Democratic | 1836 | ||
9 | William Henry Harrison | March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 |
Whig | 1840 | ||
10 | John Tyler | April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |
Whig | Henry II (1843-1846) | ||
11 | James K. Polk | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
Democratic | 1844 | Charles (1846-1883) | |
12 | Zachary Taylor | March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |
Whig | 1848 | ||
13 | Millard Fillmore | July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 |
Whig | |||
14 | Winfield Scott | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 |
Whig | 1852 | ||
15 | James Buchanan | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |
Democratic | 1856 | ||
16 | Abraham Lincoln | March 4, 1861 - March 4, 1869 |
National | 1860
1864 | ||
17 | Ulysses S. Grant | March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877 |
National | 1868
1872 | ||
18 | Rutherford Hayes | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 |
National | 1876 | ||
19 | James Garfield | March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |
National | 1880 | ||
20 | Chester Arthur | September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |
National | George (1883-1902) | ||
21 | Grover Cleveland | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 |
Democratic | 1884 | ||
22 | Benjamin Harrison | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
National | 1888 | ||
23 | Grover Cleveland | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |
Democratic | 1892 | ||
24 | William McKinley | March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 |
National | 1896
1900 | ||
25 | Theodore Roosevelt | September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 |
National | 1904 | Henry III (1902-1929) | |
26 | William Howard Taft | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
National | 1908 | ||
27 | Woodrow Wilson | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
Democratic | 1912
1916 | ||
28 | Warren G. Harding | March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 |
National | 1920 | ||
29 | Calvin Coolidge | August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 |
National | 1924 | ||
30 | Herbert Hoover | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
National | 1928 | Augustus II (1929-1949) | |
31 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 |
Democratic | 1932
1936 1940 1944 | ||
32 | Harry S. Truman | April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 |
Democratic | 1948 | Alexander (1949-1985) | |
33 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |
Independent | 1952
1956 | ||
34 | John F. Kennedy | January 20, 1961 - January 20, 1969 |
Democratic | 1960
1964 | ||
35 | Richard M. Nixon | January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1977 |
Conservative | 1968
1972 | ||
36 | Jimmy Carter | January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
Democratic | 1976 | ||
37 | Ronald Reagan | January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 |
Conservative | 1980
1984 |
Francis (Since 1985) Heir: Prince George | |
38 | George Bush | January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
Conservative | 1988 | ||
39 | Bill Clinton | January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
Democratic | 1992
1996 | ||
40 | Al Gore | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 |
Democratic | 2000 | ||
41 | John McCain | January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
Conservative | 2004 | ||
42 | Barack Obama | January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
Democratic | 2008
2012 | ||
43 | Hillary Clinton | January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021 |
Democratic | 2016 | ||
44 | Tiger Woods | January 20, 2021 - Incumbent |
Conservative | 2020 |
Living former Prime Ministers[]
Currently, there are 6 living former Prime Ministers. The most recent death of a former Prime Minister was that of George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) who died on November 30, 2018, aged 94. Pictured in order of service: