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 (1788 • 1792) |
April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 |
Independent | John Adams | Henry I (1789-1802) | |
|
John Adams (1796) |
March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
Federalist | Thomas Jefferson | ||
|
Thomas Jefferson (1800 • 1804) |
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 |
Constitutionalist | Aaron Burr
George Clinton |
Augustus I (1802-1843) | |
|
James Madison (1808 • 1812) |
March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817 |
Constitutionalist | George Clinton
Elmbridge Gerry | ||
|
James Monroe (1816 • 1820) |
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |
Constitutionalist | Daniel D. Tompkins | ||
| John Quincy Adams (1824) |
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
Constitutionalist | John C. Calhoun | |||
|
Andrew Jackson (1828 • 1832) |
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |
Democratic |
John C. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren | ||
|
Martin Van Buren (1836) |
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
Democratic |
Richard M. Johnson | ||
|
William H. Harrison (1840) |
March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 |
Whig |
John Tyler | ||
|
John Tyler (-) |
April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |
Whig |
vacant | Henry II (1843-1846) | |
| James K. Polk (1844) |
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
Democratic |
George Dallas | ![]() Charles (1846-1883) | ||
|
Zachary Taylor (1848) |
March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |
Whig |
Millard Fillmore | ||
|
Millard Fillmore (-) |
July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 |
Whig |
vacant | ||
|
Winfield Scott (1852) |
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 |
Whig |
William A. Graham | ||
|
James Buchanan (1856) |
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |
Democratic |
John Breckinridge | ||
|
Abraham Lincoln (1860 • 1864) |
March 4, 1861 - March 4, 1869 |
National |
Hannibal Hamelin
Benjamin Butler | ||
|
Ulysses S. Grant (1868 • 1872) |
March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877 |
National |
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson | ||
|
Rutherford B. Hayes (1876) |
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 |
National |
William Wheeler | ||
|
James Garfield (1880) |
March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |
National |
Chester Arthur | ||
| Chester Arthur (-) |
September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |
National |
vacant | ![]() George (1883-1902) | ||
|
Grover Cleveland (1884) |
March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 |
Democratic |
Thomas Hendricks | ||
|
Benjamin Harrison (1888) |
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
National |
Levi P. Morton | ||
|
Grover Cleveland (1892) |
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |
Democratic |
Adlai Stevenson I | ||
|
William McKinley (1896 • 1900) |
March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 |
National |
Garret Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt | ||
|
Theodore Roosevelt (- • 1904) |
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 |
National |
Charles Fairbanks | ![]() Henry III (1902-1929) | |
| William Howard Taft (1908) |
March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
National |
James S. Sherman | |||
|
Woodrow Wilson (1912 • 1916) |
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
Democratic |
Thomas Marshall | ||
|
Warren G. Harding (1920) |
March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 |
National |
Calvin Coolidge | ||
|
Calvin Coolidge (- • 1924) |
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 |
National |
Charles G. Dawes | ||
|
Herbert Hoover (1928) |
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
National |
Charles Curtis | ![]() Augustus II (1929-1949) | |
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932 • 1936 • 1940 • 1944) |
March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 |
Democratic |
John Nance Garner
Wendell Willkie Harry S. Truman | ||
|
Harry S. Truman (- • 1948) |
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 |
Democratic |
Alben Barkley | ![]() Alexander (1949-1985) | |
|
Dwight Eisenhower (1952 • 1956) |
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |
Independent (endorsed by the Democrats) |
Earl Warren | ||
|
John F. Kennedy (1960 • 1964) |
January 20, 1961 - January 20, 1969 |
Democratic |
Lyndon B. Johnson
Terry Sanford | ||
|
Richard Nixon (1968 • 1972) |
January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1977 |
National |
George Romney | ||
|
Jimmy Carter (1976) |
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
Democratic |
Walter Mondale | ||
|
Ronald Reagan (1980 • 1984) |
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 |
National |
George Bush | ![]() Francis (Since 1985) Heir: Prince George | |
|
George Bush (1988) |
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
National |
Dan Quayle | ||
|
Bill Clinton (1992 • 1996) |
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
Democratic |
Al Gore | ||
|
Al Gore (2000) |
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 |
Democratic |
Jeanne Shaheen | ||
|
John McCain (2004) |
January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
National |
Christine Whitman | ||
|
Barack Obama (2008 • 2012) |
January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
Democratic |
Joe Biden | ||
|
Hillary Clinton (2016) |
January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021 |
Democratic |
Tim Kaine | ||
|
Nikki Haley (2020 • 2024) |
January 20, 2021 - Incumbent |
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:











































