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| President | Term of Office | Home |
Formerly |
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| Presidents
of the Continental Congress |
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| 1 |
Peyton Randolph | 5 Sep 1774 - 22 Oct 1774 | Virginia |
King's Attorney of Virginia |
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| 2 |
Henry Middleton | 22 Oct 1774 - 10 May 1775 | South Carolina |
South Carolina Council Member |
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| 3 |
Peyton Randolph |
10 May 1775 - 23 May 1775 |
Virginia |
President 1774 | |||||||
| 4 |
John Hancock | 24 May 1775 - 1 Nov 1777 | Massachusetts |
Merchant, Ship Owner |
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| 5 |
Henry Laurens | 1 Nov 1777 - 10 Dec 1778 | South Carolina |
Vice President of South
Carolina |
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| 6 |
John Jay | 10 Dec 1778 - 28 Sep 1779 | New York |
Lawyer, Legislator |
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| 7 |
Samuel Huntington | 28 Sep 1779 - 10 Jul 1781 | Connecticut |
Associate
Superior Court Judge |
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| 8 |
Thomas McKean | 10 Jul 1781 - 5 Nov 1781 | Delaware |
Lawyer, Judge, Legislator,
Governor |
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| Presidents
of the United States in Congress
Assembled |
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| 9 |
John Hanson | 5 Nov 1781 - 4 Nov 1782 | Maryland |
Planter, Legislator |
1 |
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| 10 |
Elias Boudinot | 4 Nov 1782 - 3 Nov 1783 | New Jersey |
Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
2 |
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| 11 |
Thomas Mifflin | 3 Nov 1783 - 30 Nov 1784 | Pennsylvania |
Quartermaster
General - Cont'l Army |
3 |
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| 12 |
Richard Henry Lee | 30 Nov 1784 - 23 Nov 1785 | Virginia |
Planter, Legislator, Governor |
4 |
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| 13 |
John Hancock | 23 Nov 1785 - 29 May 1786 | Massachusetts |
President 1775-77 |
5 |
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| 14 |
Nathaniel Gorham | 6 Jun 1786 - 2 Feb 1787 | Massachusetts |
County Judge, Legislator |
6 |
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| 15 |
Arthur St. Clair | 2 Feb 1787 - 22 Jan 1788 | Pennsylvania |
Navy & Army Officer,
Legislator |
7 |
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| 16 |
Cyrus Griffin | 22 Jan 1788 - 2 Mar 1789 | Virginia |
Lawyer, Legislator |
8 |
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| Constitutional
Presidents of the United States |
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| 17 |
George Washington |
30 Apr 1789 - 4 Mar 1793 |
Virginia |
Planter, Soldier, Legislator |
1 |
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| 18 |
John
Adams |
4 Mar 1797 - 4 Mar 1801 |
Massachusetts |
Lawyer, Legislator, Vice President |
2 |
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| 19 |
Thomas Jefferson |
4 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1809 |
Virginia |
Lawyer, Legislator, Vice President |
3 |
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| 20 |
James Madison |
4 Mar 1809 - 4 Mar 1817 |
Virginia |
Lawyer, Legislator, Cabinet |
4 |
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| 21 |
James Monroe |
4 Mar 1817 - 4 Mar 1825 |
Virginia |
Lawyer, Legislator, Governor, Cabinet |
5 |
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| 22 |
John
Quincy Adams |
4 Mar 1825 - 4 Mar 1829 |
Massachusetts |
Lawyer, Legislator, Diplomat, Cabinet |
6 |
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| 23 |
Andrew Jackson, Jr. |
4 Mar 1829 - 4 Mar 1837 |
Kentucky |
Soldier, Legislator, Justice, Governor |
7 |
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| 24 |
Martin Van Buren |
4 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841 |
New York |
Lawyer, Legislator, Vice President |
8 |
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| 25 |
William Henry Harrison |
4 Mar 1841 - 6 Apr 1841 |
Virginia |
Legislator, Governor, Diplomat |
9 |
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| 26 |
John Tyler, Jr. |
6 Apr 1841 - 4 Mar 1845 |
Virginia |
Lawyer, Governor, Vice President |
10 |
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| 27 |
James Knox Polk |
4 Mar 1845 - 5 Mar 1849 |
Tennessee |
Lawyer, Legislator, Governor |
11 |
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| 28 |
Zachary Taylor |
5 Mar 1849 - 10 Jul 1850 |
Virginia |
Soldier |
12 |
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| 29 |
Millard Fillmore |
10 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 |
New York |
Lawyer, Legislator, Vice President |
13 |
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| 30 |
Franklin Pierce |
4 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 |
New Hampshire |
Lawyer, Legislator |
14 |
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| 31 |
James Buchanan |
4 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 |
Pennsylvania |
Lawyer,
Legislator, Diplomat, Cabinet |
15 |
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| 32 |
Abraham Lincoln |
4 Mar 1861 - 15 Apr 1865 |
Illinois |
Lawyer, Legislator |
16 |
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| 33 |
Andrew Johnson |
15 Apr 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 |
Tennessee |
Tailor, Legislator, Vice President |
17 |
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| 34 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
4 Mar 1869 - 5 Mar 1877 |
Illinois |
Soldier |
18 |
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| 35 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
5 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 |
Ohio |
Lawyer, Legislator, Governor |
19 |
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| 36 |
James A. Garfield |
4 Mar 1881 - 20 Sep 1881 |
Ohio |
Teacher, Legislator |
20 |
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| 37 |
Chester A. Arthur |
20 Sep 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 |
Vermont |
Lawyer, Vice President |
21 |
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| 38 |
S. Grover Cleveland |
4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 |
New York |
Lawyer, Mayor, Sheriff, Governor |
22 |
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| 39 |
Benjamin Harrison |
4 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 |
Ohio |
Lawyer, Legislator |
23 |
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| 40 |
S. Grover Cleveland | 4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 |
New York |
President 1885-89 |
24 |
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| 41 |
William McKinley, Jr. |
4 Mar 1897 - 14 Sep 1901 |
Ohio |
Lawyer, Legislator, Governor |
25 |
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| 42 |
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. |
14 Sep 1901 - 4 Mar 1909 |
New York |
Lawyer, Gov., Un.Sec. Navy, V.Pres. |
26 |
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| 43 |
William Howard Taft |
4 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 |
Ohio |
Lawyer, Judge, Governor, Cabinet |
27 |
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| 44 |
T. Woodrow Wilson |
4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 |
New Jersey |
Teacher, Governor |
28 |
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| 45 |
Warren G. Harding |
4 Mar 1921 - 3 Aug 1923 |
Ohio |
Publisher, Legislator, Lieut. Governor |
29 |
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| 46 |
John C. Coolidge, Jr. |
3 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1929 |
Massachusetts |
Lawyer, Governor, Vice President |
30 |
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| 47 |
Herbert C. Hoover |
4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 |
Iowa |
Engineer, Cabinet |
31 |
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| 48 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 |
New York |
Lawyer, Legis., Un.Sec. Navy, Gov. |
32 |
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| 49 |
Harry S. Truman |
12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 |
Missouri |
Judge, Legislator, Vice President |
33 |
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| 50 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 |
Texas |
Soldier |
34 |
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| 51 |
John F. Kennedy |
20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 |
Massachusetts |
Sailor, Author, Legislator |
35 |
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| 52 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 |
Texas |
Teacher, Legislator, Vice President |
36 |
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| 53 |
Richard M. Nixon |
20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 |
California |
Lawyer, Legislator, Vice President |
37 |
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| 54 |
Gerald R. Ford |
9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 |
Michigan |
Lawyer, Legislator, Vice President |
38 |
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| 55 |
James E. Carter, Jr. |
20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 |
Georgia |
Farmer,
Scientist, Legislator, Governor |
39 |
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| 56 |
Ronald W. Reagan |
20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 |
California |
Actor, Labor Leader, Governor |
40 |
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| 57 |
George
H.W. Bush |
20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 |
Maine |
Legislator, Dir CIA, Vice President |
41 |
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| 58 |
William J. Clinton |
20 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 |
Arkansas |
Lawyer, State Atty General, Governor |
42 |
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| 59 |
George
W. Bush |
20 Jan 2001 - 20 Jan 2009 |
Texas |
Jet Pilot, Businessman, Governor |
43 |
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| Presidents' names
with like-colored
backgrounds denote 'father
and son' Presidents.
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