Presidents of the USA
No. President Years Politics Notes/Comments etc.
1 George Washington 1789 to 1797 Federal
2 John Adams 1797 to 1801 Federal
3 Thomas Jefferson 1801 to 1809 Republican
4 James Madison 1809 to 1817 Republican
5 James Monroe 1817 to 1825 Republican Presided over the Aquisition of Florida from Spain.
6 John Quincey Adams 1825 to 1829 Non-Partisan Son of John Adams the second President.
7 Andrew Jackson 1829 to 1837 Democrat
8 Martin Van Buren 1837 to 1841 Democrat
9 William Henry Harrison 1841 to 1841 Whig Died of Pneumonia whilst still in office. The shortest serving president (1 month).
10 John Tyler 1841 to 1845 Whig Successfully supported the annexation of Texas as a new state.
11 James Knox Polk 1845 to 1849 Democrat Acquired land that became the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming (in part), New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. Established the 49th parallel as the US - Canadian border.
12 Zachary Taylor 1849 to 1850 Whig Championed the admission to statehood of California (1850). Died in Office at the White House (of Cholera).
13 Millard Fillmore 1850 to 1853 Whig
14 Franklin Pierce 1853 to 1857 Democrat
15 James Buchanan 1857 to 1861 Democrat
16 Abraham Lincoln 1861 to 1865 Republican Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth attending the theatre.
17 Andrew Johnson 1865 to 1869 Republican Survived an Impeachment attempt. Bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
18 Ulysses Simpson Grant 1869 to 1877 Republican
19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877 to 1881 Republican
20 James Abram Garfield 1881 to 1881 Republican Assassinated by Charles Guiteau.
21 Chester Alan Arthur 1881 to 1885 Republican
22 Grover Cleveland 1885 to 1889 Democrat
23 Benjamin Harrison 1889 to 1893 Republican
24 Grover Cleveland 1893 to 1897 Democrat The only President to be elected to a second separate period in Office.
25 William McKinley 1897 to 1901 Republican Assassinated by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz.
26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901 to 1909 Republican Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906, the first American winner.
27 William Howard Taft 1909 to 1913 Republican Admitted Arizona and New Mexico to the Union.
28 Woodrow Wilson 1913 to 1921 Democrat Unsuccessfully opposed the introduction of Prohibition in 1920.
29 Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 to 1923 Republican Died in Office at the White House.
30 Calvin Coolidge 1923 to 1929 Republican
31 Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 to 1933 Republican
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933 to 1945 Democrat Died in Office of a cerebral hæmorrhage.
33 Harry S Truman 1945 to 1953 Democrat The 'S' does not stand for any name, it was just an addition on a whim.
34 Dwight David Eisenhower 1953 to 1961 Republican Admitted Alaska and Hawaii to the Union.
35 John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1961 to 1963 Democrat Assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
36 Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963 to 1969 Democrat
37 Richard Milhous Nixon 1969 to 1974 Republican Resigned due to Watergate Scandal.
38 Gerald Rudolf Ford 1974 to 1976 Republican The only President never to be elected.
39 James Earl Carter 1976 to 1981 Democrat
40 Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981 to 1988 Republican Survived an Assassination Attempt.
41 George Herbert Walker Bush 1988 to 1993 Republican
42 William Jefferson Davis Clinton 1993 to 2001 Democrat Survived an Impeachment attempt over sex scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.
43 George Walker Bush. 2001 to 2009 Republican. Son of George Herbert Walker Bush.
Became President after Supreme Court ruled against Al Gore and his petty recounts.

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