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The list of Presidents of the United States consists of the 43 (as of 2005) heads of state in the history of the United States. The list includes only those persons who have held the office of the President of the United States following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect in 1789. For American leaders prior to this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress.

The numbering reflects the uninterrupted time in office served by a single person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Gerald Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, serving out the remainder of what would have been Nixon's second term. The fact that Ford was not voted into office does not affect the numbering, which makes him the 38th president. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as both the 22nd and the 24th U.S. President. Because of this, the list below contains 43 presidencies, but only 42 people.

#	Name		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President(s)
1	George Washington		1789	1797	No party	John Adams
2	John Adams		1797	1801	Federalist	Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas Jefferson		1801	1809	Democratic-Republican	Aaron Burr and George ClintonTemplate:Ref 1
4	James Madison		1809	1817	Democratic-Republican	George ClintonTemplate:Ref 1 and Elbridge GerryTemplate:Ref 1
5	James Monroe		1817	1825	Democratic-Republican	Daniel D. Tompkins
6	John Quincy Adams		1825	1829	Democratic-Republican	John C. Calhoun
7	Andrew Jackson	File:Andrew jackson head.gif	1829	1837	Democrat	John C. CalhounTemplate:Ref 2 and Martin Van Buren
8	Martin Van Buren		1837	1841	Democrat	Richard Mentor Johnson
9	William Henry HarrisonTemplate:Ref 3		1841	1841	Whig	John Tyler
10	John Tyler		1841	1845	WhigTemplate:Ref 4	none
11	James Knox Polk		1845	1849	Democrat	George M. Dallas
12	Zachary TaylorTemplate:Ref 3		1849Template:Ref 9	1850	Whig	Millard Fillmore
13	Millard Fillmore		1850	1853	Whig	none
14	Franklin Pierce		1853	1857	Democrat	William R. KingTemplate:Ref 5
15	James Buchanan		1857	1861	Democrat	John C. Breckinridge
16	Abraham LincolnTemplate:Ref 6		1861	1865	Republican	Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson
17	Andrew Johnson		1865	1869	DemocratTemplate:Ref 7	none
18	Ulysses Simpson Grant		1869	1877	Republican	Schuyler Colfax and Henry WilsonTemplate:Ref 5
19	Rutherford Birchard Hayes	File:Rbhayes.jpe	1877	1881	Republican	William A. Wheeler
20	James Abram GarfieldTemplate:Ref 6		1881	1881	Republican	Chester A. Arthur
21	Chester Alan Arthur		1881	1885	Republican	none
22	Stephen Grover Cleveland		1885	1889	Democrat	Thomas A. HendricksTemplate:Ref 5
23	Benjamin Harrison		1889	1893	Republican	Levi P. Morton
24	Stephen Grover Cleveland		1893	1897	Democrat	Adlai E. Stevenson
25	William McKinleyTemplate:Ref 6		1897	1901	Republican	Garret A. HobartTemplate:Ref 5 then Theodore Roosevelt
26	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.		1901	1909	Republican	None then Charles W. Fairbanks
27	William Howard Taft		1909	1913	Republican	James S. ShermanTemplate:Ref 5
28	Thomas Woodrow Wilson		1913	1921	Democrat	Thomas R. Marshall
29	Warren Gamaliel HardingTemplate:Ref 3	File:Wharding.jpg	1921	1923	Republican	Calvin Coolidge
30	John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.	File:Ccool.jpg	1923	1929	Republican	None then Charles G. Dawes
31	Herbert Clark Hoover		1929	1933	Republican	Charles Curtis
32	Franklin Delano RooseveltTemplate:Ref 3		1933	1945	Democrat	John Nance Garner and Henry A. Wallace and Harry S. Truman
33	Harry S. Truman		1945	1953	Democrat	None then Alben W. Barkley
34	Dwight David Eisenhower		1953	1961	Republican	Richard M. Nixon
35	John Fitzgerald KennedyTemplate:Ref 6	File:JFKofficial.jpg	1961	1963	Democrat	Lyndon B. Johnson
36	Lyndon Baines Johnson	File:Lindon B Johnson US Prez.jpg	1963	1969	Democrat	None then Hubert H. Humphrey
37	Richard Milhous NixonTemplate:Ref 8	File:Nixon 30-0316a.gif	1969	1974	Republican	Spiro AgnewTemplate:Ref 2 then None then Gerald Ford
38	Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.	File:Jerryford.jpg	1974	1977	Republican	None then Nelson Rockefeller
39	James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.	File:Presidentcarter.jpg	1977	1981	Democrat	Walter F. Mondale
40	Ronald Wilson Reagan		1981	1989	Republican	George H. W. Bush
41	George Herbert Walker Bush	File:Georgebush.jpg	1989	1993	Republican	James Danforth Quayle III
42	William Jefferson Clinton		1993	2001	Democrat	Albert A. Gore, Jr.
43	George Walker Bush		2001	Incumbent	Republican	Richard B. Cheney

Template:Ref 1 Died while Vice President.
Template:Ref 2 Resigned as Vice President.
Template:Ref 3 Died in office of natural causes.
Template:Ref 4 Democrat on Whig ticket.
Died while Vice President, not replaced.
Template:Ref 6 Assassinated.
Template:Ref 7 Democrat who ran on Union ticket with Republican Lincoln.
Template:Ref 8 Resigned.
Template:Ref 9 Sworn in later than expected (see last fact in the Presidential Facts: Transition Events for more information.)

References

• Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey, "The Presidents of the United States". The White House.
• Robert S. Summers, "POTUS: Presidents of the United States". Internet Public Library.

• Lists of American people
• Executive Branch of the United States Government