List of US Presidents: Under Article II of the American Constitution, the President of the United States serves as the head of State and Government as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces. US Presidents are elected through an electoral college system for a term of 4 years. Following the 22nd Amendment established in 1951, no individual can serve as president for more than two terms. As the leader of the government, the president is often regarded as one of the most powerful figures worldwide.
As of 2025, Joe R. Biden is the 46th President of the United States, with Jill Biden as First Lady and Kamala Harris serving as Vice President. The list of US Presidents has grown to 46 since the first election.
US Presidents from 1789 to 2025
Complete List of Presidents of the United States: George Washington was the first President, with Martha Washington as First Lady and John Adams as the first Vice President. Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the record for the longest-serving president, with a total of 12 years in office, while William Henry Harrison had the shortest presidency, lasting only 31 days. Below is the detailed list of US Presidents:
Currently, Joe R. Biden is the 46th President, serving alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. The chronological list of all Presidents and Vice-Presidents, along with their political parties and terms of service until 2025, is presented below:
S.No | Name of President | Political Party | Term of Office | Vice President |
1 | George Washington | Unaffiliated | 1789 – 1797 | John Adams |
2 | John Adams | Federalist | 1797 – 1801 | Thomas Jefferson |
3 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 1801 – 1809 | Aaron Burr, George Clinton |
4 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | 1809 – 1817 | Elbridge Gerry |
5 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 1817 – 1825 | Daniel D. Tompkins |
6 | John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | 1825 – 1829 | John C. Calhoun |
7 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 1829 – 1837 | Martin Van Buren |
8 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 1837 – 1841 | Richard Mentor Johnson |
9 | William Henry Harrison | Whig | 1841 | John Tyler |
10 | John Tyler | Whig | 1841 – 1845 | Vacant throughout presidency |
11 | James Polk | Democratic | 1845 – 1849 | George M. Dallas |
12 | Zachary Taylor | Whig | 1849 – 1850 | Millard Fillmore |
13 | Millard Fillmore | Whig | 1850 – 1853 | Vacant throughout presidency |
14 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 1853 – 1857 | William R. King |
15 | James Buchanan | Democratic | 1857 – 1861 | John C. Breckinridge |
16 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 1861 – 1865 | Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson |
17 | Andrew Johnson | National Union | 1865 – 1869 | Vacant throughout presidency |
18 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 1869 – 1877 | Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson |
19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 1877 – 1881 | William A. Wheeler |
20 | James Abram Garfield | Republican | 1881 | Chester Arthur |
21 | Chester Alan Arthur | Republican | 1881 – 1885 | Vacant throughout presidency |
22 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 1885 – 1889 | Thomas A. Hendricks |
23 | Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 1889 – 1893 | Levi P. Morton |
24 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 1893 – 1897 | Adlai Stevenson |
25 | William McKinley | Republican | 1897 – 1901 | Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt |
26 | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 1901 – 1909 | Charles W. Fairbanks |
27 | William Howard Taft | Republican | 1909 – 1913 | James S. Sherman |
28 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 1913 – 1921 | Thomas R. Marshall |
29 | Warren G. Harding | Republican | 1921 – 1923 | Calvin Coolidge |
30 | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 1923 – 1929 | Charles G. Dawes |
31 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | 1929 – 1933 | Charles Curtis |
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 1933 – 1945 | John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman |
33 | Harry S. Truman | Democratic | 1945 – 1953 | Alben W. Barkley |
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 1953 – 1961 | Richard Nixon |
35 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | 1961 – 1963 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 1963 – 1969 | Hubert Humphrey |
37 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 1969 – 1974 | Spiro Agnew |
38 | Gerald Ford | Republican | 1974 – 1977 | Nelson Rockefeller |
39 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 1977 – 1981 | Walter Mondale |
40 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 1981 – 1989 | George H.W. Bush |
41 | George H.W. Bush | Republican | 1989 – 1993 | Dan Quayle |
42 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | 1993 – 2001 | Al Gore |
43 | George W. Bush | Republican | 2001 – 2009 | Dick Cheney |
44 | Barack Obama | Democratic | 2009 – 2017 | Joe Biden |
45 | Donald Trump | Republican | 2017 – 2021 | Mike Pence |
46 | Joe Biden | Democratic | 2021 – Incumbent | Kamala Harris |
List of Vice Presidents of the United States
For the Vice Presidents of the United States, please refer to the following link: US Presidents List PDF.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/057_chron.html
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