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The complete record of the American presidency.

Biographies of every president from George Washington to the present day — alongside the full text of every inaugural address, State of the Union message, and the speeches that shaped the nation.

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Portrait of George Washington
George Washington, first President of the United States

Presidents of the United States

Every presidency in order, with party and term of office. Select any president for a full biography, fast facts, and links to their addresses. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms (22nd and 24th), as has Donald Trump (45th and 47th) — so the 47 presidencies have been held by 45 individuals.

No.PresidentTerm of OfficeParty
1George Washington1789 – 1797No party
2John Adams1797 – 1801Federalist
3Thomas Jefferson1801 – 1809Democratic-Republican
4James Madison1809 – 1817Democratic-Republican
5James Monroe1817 – 1825Democratic-Republican
6John Quincy Adams1825 – 1829Democratic-Republican
7Andrew Jackson1829 – 1837Democrat
8Martin Van Buren1837 – 1841Democrat
9William Henry Harrison1841Whig
10John Tyler1841 – 1845Whig *
11James K. Polk1845 – 1849Democrat
12Zachary Taylor1849 – 1850Whig
13Millard Fillmore1850 – 1853Whig
14Franklin Pierce1853 – 1857Democrat
15James Buchanan1857 – 1861Democrat
16Abraham Lincoln1861 – 1865Republican
17Andrew Johnson1865 – 1869National Union **
18Ulysses S. Grant1869 – 1877Republican
19Rutherford B. Hayes1877 – 1881Republican
20James A. Garfield1881Republican
21Chester A. Arthur1881 – 1885Republican
22Grover Cleveland1885 – 1889Democrat
23Benjamin Harrison1889 – 1893Republican
24Grover Cleveland1893 – 1897Democrat
25William McKinley1897 – 1901Republican
26Theodore Roosevelt1901 – 1909Republican
27William Howard Taft1909 – 1913Republican
28Woodrow Wilson1913 – 1921Democrat
29Warren G. Harding1921 – 1923Republican
30Calvin Coolidge1923 – 1929Republican
31Herbert Hoover1929 – 1933Republican
32Franklin D. Roosevelt1933 – 1945Democrat
33Harry S. Truman1945 – 1953Democrat
34Dwight D. Eisenhower1953 – 1961Republican
35John F. Kennedy1961 – 1963Democrat
36Lyndon B. Johnson1963 – 1969Democrat
37Richard Nixon1969 – 1974Republican
38Gerald Ford1974 – 1977Republican
39Jimmy Carter1977 – 1981Democrat
40Ronald Reagan1981 – 1989Republican
41George H. W. Bush1989 – 1993Republican
42Bill Clinton1993 – 2001Democrat
43George W. Bush2001 – 2009Republican
44Barack Obama2009 – 2017Democrat
45Donald Trump2017 – 2021Republican
46Joe Biden2021 – 2025Democrat
47Donald Trump2025 – PresentRepublican
* John Tyler was elected on the Whig ticket but was expelled from the party in 1841. ** Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, was elected vice president on the National Union ticket with Abraham Lincoln.

The Presidential Archives

Every four years

Inaugural Addresses

The full text of every inaugural address, from Washington's oath in New York City in 1789 to the present day.

"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
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The annual message

State of the Union

More than two centuries of annual messages to Congress — the president's own report on the condition of the nation, in full.

"The Union, next to our liberty, the most dear."
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Words that made history

Historic Speeches

The Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, farewell addresses, wartime broadcasts, and more — as delivered.

"…government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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