Sequential list of US Presidents

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US Presidents

1. George Washington (1732 - 1799)

• Birthplace: Popes Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia
• Political Party: unafiliated
• Commander in Chief of the Continental Army; led American military forces during the Revolution
• First President of the United States, served two terms from 1789 to 1797

2. John Adams (1735 - 1826)

• Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts
• Political Party: Federalist
• Term as President: from 1797 to 1801
• Served two terms as Vice President under George Washington
• Member of the Continental Congress
• Was an attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father

3. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

• Birthplace: Shadwell, Virginia
• Political Party: Democratic-Republican
• Term as President: from 1801 to 1805
• Served as Vice President under John Adams from 1797 - 1801
• Was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father

4 James Madison Jr. (1751 - 1836)

• Birthplace: near Port Conway, Virginia
• Political Party: Democratic-Republican
• Term as President: 1809 to 1817 (two terms)
• Was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, philosopher, and Founding Father
• Was president during the War of 1812
• Served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates during the Revolution

5 James Monroe (1758 - 1831)

• Birthplace: Westmorelnd County, Virginia
• Political Party: Democratic-Republican
• Term as President: 1817 to 1825 (two terms)
• Was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father
• Served as an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolution
• Administration most known for the "Monroe Doctrine"

6 John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)

• Birthplace: Braintree (now Qunicy), Massachusetts
• Political Party: Democratic-Republican
• Term as President: 1825 to 1829
• Served as a Senator, US Secretary of State, and as an Ambassador
• Was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist

7 Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845)

• Birthplace: Waxhaws, Carolinas (presently South Carolina)
• Political Party: Democratic
• Term as President: 1829 to 1837 (two terms)
• Was an American soldier, statesman, and general in the US Army fighting in Indian wars and the War of 1812; served in both houses of Congress before being elected President

8 Martin Van Buren Sr. (1782 - 1862)

• Birthplace: Kinderhook, New York
• Political Party: Democratic
• Term as President: 1837 to 1841
• Served as Vice President under Andrew Jackson 1833 to 1837
• Was a founder of the Democratic Party, Governor of New York, and US Secretary of State
• First President born a US citizen

9 William Henry Harrison (1773 - 1841)

• Birthplace: Charles City County, Virginia
• Political Party: Whig
• Term as President: March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841; died in office after 31 days
• Was an American military officer, Governor of Indiana Territory, and US Senator
• Memorable campaign slogan (and song) was "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" which referred to an 1811 battle of US forces against the Shawnee Indians

10 John Tyler (1790 - 1862)

• Birthplace: Charles City County, Virginia
• Political Party: initially Whig, later unaffiliated
• Term as President: 1841 to 1845
• Was Virginia state legislator, governor, US Representative, and US Senator
• Elected as Vice President under William Henry Harrison; first unelected President

11 James Knox Polk (1795 - 1849)

• Birthplace: Pineville, North Carolina
• Political Party: Democratic
• Term as President: 1845 to 1849
• Was a lawyer, the former governor of Tennessee, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives and is considered by historians as the most effective pre-Civil War president
• The Polk administration was best known for American expansion west securing the Oregon Territory from England and most of the US southwest from Mexico

12 Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850)

• Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia
• Political Party: Whig
• Term as President: 1849 to 1850 (died 16 months into his term)
• Was a Major General and war hero with notable service in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican-American War

13. Millard Fillmore (1800 - 1874)

• Birthplace: Finger Lakes area of New York state
• Political Party: Whig
• Term as President: 1850 to 1853
• Was born to an impoverished family and through hard study became an attorney and eventually rose to become a Congressman representing New York before being elected as the Vice President
• Assumed the office of the Presidency after the death of Zachary Taylor

14. Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869)

• Birthplace: Hillsborough, New Hampshire
• Political Party: Democratic
• Term as President: 1853 to 1857
• Was a brigadier general in the US Army, serving in the Mexican-American War; a US Representative; and US Senator
• Generally regarded as one of the worst and least memorable Presidents

15. James Buchanan Jr. (1791 - 1868)

• Birthplace: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
• Political Party: Democratic
• Term as President: 1857 to 1861
• Was Secretary of State under James K. Polk and also served in the House of Representatives and Senate

16. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

• Birthplace: near Hodgenville, Kentucky
• Political Party: the first Republican to be elected President; previously a Whig
• Term as President: 1861 to 1865 (assassinated early in his second term)
• Was a self-educated lawyer, state legislator, and Illinois Congressman
• Generally regarded as one of the greatest US Presidents, he led the United States throughout the Civil War, our greatest crisis, and is also credited with modernizing the US economy, among other achievements

17. Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875)

• Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina
• Political Party: National Union to 1868, then Democratic
• Term as President: 1865 to 1869 (assumed office when Lincoln was assassinated)
• Was Governor of Tennessee and US Senator, among other offices held; first President to be impeached, due to conflicts with the Republican Congress during Reconstruction; acquitted by one vote

18. Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822 - 1885)

• Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1869 to 1877 (two terms)
• Was a West Point graduate who served with distinction in the Mexican-American War, later leading the Union Army to victory in the Civil War

19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822 - 1893)

• Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1877 to 1881
• Was a lawyer, Union Army officer, and Governor of Ohio before becoming President; oversaw the end of Reconstruction

20. James Abram Garfield (1831 - 1881)

• Birthplace: Orange Township, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881; assassinated (shot July 2 and later died of his wounds)
• Was a U.S. Senator, major general in the Union Army, then elected to the House of Representatives; the only sitting House member ever to be elected President

21. Chester Alan Arthur (1829 - 1886)

• Birthplace: Fairfield, Vermont
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1881 to 1885
• Was Vice President and succeeded to the presidency after President Garfield was assassinated
• Was an attorney and a Civil War Army officer
• His administration was best known for reforming the civil service, the navy, and for the Chinese Exclusion act that prevented Chinese residents from becoming citizens

22. Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908)

• Birthplace: Caldwell, New Jersey
• Political Party: Democrat
• Term as President: (first term) 1885 to 1889
• Grover Cleveland was the only president in US history to serve two non-consecutive terms; he was the 22nd and 24th American president
• President Cleveland's first term as president is best known for his opposition to high tarrifs, free silver, inflation, and imperialism; his fiscal conservatism made him popular with American conservatives

23. Benjamin Harrison (1833 - 1901)

• Birthplace: North Bend, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican (was a Whig before 1856)
• Term as President: 1889 to 1893
• Was the grandson of President William Harrison (9th US President) and great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, an American Founding Father
• President Harrison was an attorney, a Presbyterian Church leader, an Indiana politician, and a Civil War Army officer
• The Harrrison administration was best known for legislation that led to high tariffs, legislation supporting business competition, and the creation of the national forest reserves

24. Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908) (2nd non-sequential term)

• Was also 22nd US President
• Birthplace: Caldwell, New Jersey
• Political Party: Democrat
• Term as President: (second term) 1893-1897
• Cleveland, in his second term, was unable to reverse the disastrous Panic of 1893 and the severe national depression that followed, which resulted in the subsequent Republican victory
• Unpopular by the end of his term, he nevertheless retained his reputation for good character, and is today considered one of the better Presidents

25. William McKinley Jr. (1843 - 1901)

• Birthplace: Niles, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1897 to 1901 (died in office; assassinated six months into his second term)
• Led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War and later oversaw the annexation of Hawaii; considered an innovator of American interventionism and pro-business sentiment including protective tariffs

26. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858 - 1919)

• Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, New York
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1901 to 1909
• Assumed the presidency after William McKinley was assasinated in 1901
• Was a very popular president and has been regarded as one of the "five best American Presidents"
• Roosevelt had a colorful life including a Harvard education; he is a noted military historical author, a boxer, naturalist, war hero, and politician best known for championing the idea that the government should be neutral and serve both the interests of the corporation and the common man
• For his assault on Kettle Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, he was postumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001

27. William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930)

• Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1909 to 1913
• Was a Yale professor and the only President who also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; his Presidential term was characterized by conflict between liberal and conservative elements in the Republican party

28. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)

• Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia
• Political Party: Democrat
• Term as President: 1913 - 1921
• Was a lawyer and an academic. His administration was best known for leading America into World War I, for his activist foreign policy that was called "Wilsonianism," and as the leading architect for the League of Nations. He earned a PhD in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.

29. Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923)

• Birthplace: Blooming Grove, Ohio
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1921 - 1923
• Was the owner of The Marion Star, an Ohio newspaper. He lived most of his life in rural Ohio and after rising to the presidency he was considered one of the most popular presidents in American history. He died suddenly less than 2 years into his presidency. News of the Teapot Dome Scandal and his affair with Nan Britton came to light after his death greatly tarnishing his reputation and lowering his popularity.

30. John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872 - 1933)

• Birthplace: Plymouth Notch, Vermont
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1923 - 1929
• Was a lawyer who worked his way up Massachusetts politics and served as the Governor and later was elected as the Vice President. He succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Warren Harding and was reelected in 1924. He restored public confidence after the Harding scandals and left the presidency with a high approval rating.

31. Herbert Clark Hoover (1874 - 1964)

• Birthplace: West Branch, Iowa
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1929-1933
• Was an engineer, businessman, and politician.
• He was president when the stock market crashed in 1929 ushering in the Great Depression. The Depression became the central issue of his presidency.
• He championed a number of policies and rejected the call for Federal intervention to end the Depression. He was soundly defeated by rival Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)

• Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York
• Political Party: Democrat
• Term as President: 1933-1945; elected four times as President, a record that won't be repeated due to the 22nd amendment; died less than three months after his fourth term began
• Was one of the most important Presidents in U.S. history; presided over most of the Great Depression and World War II
• Before being elected President, served as New York State Senator, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New York
• A polio victim--and survivor--though many people didn't realize the extent of his disability at the time; founded the Warm Springs treatment center in Georgia
• As President, responsible for many progressive U.S. policies and institutions, both temporary and permanent, including New Deal programs of banking regulation, public works, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Social Security Act
• Oversaw entry of the U.S. into World War II, and preceding that, oversaw a military buildup that helped end the Great Depression by creating new jobs; oversaw development of the first nuclear bomb, although it was left to his successor, Harry Truman, to use it

33. Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)

• Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri
• Political Party: Democrat
• Term as President: 1945-1953
• Served as Vice President under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, assuming the presidency at his death
• Was a US Senator and judge
• Ordered the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Desegregated the U.S. Armed Forces

34. Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)

• Birthplace: Denison, Texas
• Political Party: Republican
• Term as President: 1953-1961
• Was Chief of Staff of the Army
• Established NASA

35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

• Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts
• Political Party: Democrat
• Term as President: 1961-1963

36. Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973)

37. Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 - 1994)

38. Gerald Ford Jr. (Leslie Lynch (King) Ford Jr. on WikiTree) (1913 - 2006)

39. Jimmy Carter (living)

40. Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004)

41. George Herbert Walker Bush (1924 - 2018)

42. Bill Clinton (living)

43. George W. Bush (living)

44. Barack Obama (living)

45. Donald Trump (living)

46. Joe Biden (living)

Some interesting and useful links

• WikiTree Space Page: US Presidential Firsts
• WhiteHouse.gov provides handsome portraits and interesting, if sometimes very rosy, biographies of the Presidents
• WikiTree US Presidents Project
• Slavery in the President's Neighborhood FAQ
• US Postage Stamps - United States Presidents

Sources

• Wikipedia List of Presidents of the United States including portraits of the Presidents
• More detailed Wikipedia articles about the various presidents, found through links at the page noted above, have also been used