Presidential Portraits
Gallery
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George Washington, 1st President of the United States, 1789-1797.
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in 1797. Oil on canvas, 95 x 59 13/16 inches.
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John Adams, 2nd President of the United States, 1797-1801.
Portrait by John Trumbull ca. 1792-1793. Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 24 inches.
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Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States, 1801-1809.
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale in 1800. Oil on canvas, 23 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches.
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James Madison, 4th President of the United States, 1809-1817.
Portrait by John Vanderlyn in 1816. Oil on canvas, 26 x 22 3/16 inches.
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James Monroe, 5th President of the United States, 1817-1825.
Portrait by Samuel F. B. Morse ca. 1819. Oil on canvas, 29 5/8 x 24 5/8 inches.
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John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States, 1825-1829.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1858. Oil on canvas, 62 x 47 inches.
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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States, 1829-1837.
Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl ca. 1835. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches.
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Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States, 1837-1841.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1858. Oil on canvas, 62 1/2 x 47 3/8 inches.
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William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States, 1841.
Portrait by James Reid Lambdin in 1835. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches.
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John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, 1841-1845.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1859. Oil on canvas, 62 x 47 1/8 inches.
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James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, 1845-1849.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1858. Oil on canvas, 62 1/16 x 47 1/8 inches.
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Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, 1849-1850.
Portrait by Joseph H. Bush ca. 1848. Oil on canvas, 46 1/8 x 36 inches.
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Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, 1850-1853.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1857. Oil on canvas, 94 1/8 x 58 inches.
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Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1858. Oil on canvas, 62 3/16 x 47 1/8 inches.
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James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861.
Portrait by John Henry Brown in 1851. Watercolor on ivory, 6 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches.
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Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865.
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1869. Oil on canvas, 73 3/4 x 55 5/8 inches.
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Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, 1865-1869.
Portrait by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews in 1880. Oil on canvas, 30 3/8 x 25 1/8 inches.
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Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877.
Portrait by Henry Ulke in 1875. Oil on canvas, 45 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches.
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Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, 1877-1881.
Portrait by Daniel Huntington in 1884. Oil on canvas, 66 3/16 x 40 3/8 inches.
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James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States, 1881.
Portrait by Calvin Curtis in 1881. Oil on canvas on fiberboard, 38 x 30 7/8 inches.
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Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States, 1881-1885.
Portrait by Daniel Huntington in 1885. Oil on canvas, 95 1/4 x 59 1/4 inches.
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Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President of the United States, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897.
Portrait by Jonathan Eastman Johnson in 1891. Oil on canvas, 53 3/4 x 42 3/8 inches.
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Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, 1889-1893.
Portrait by Jonathan Eastman Johnson in 1895. Oil on canvas, 60 1/16 x 40 inches.
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William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, 1897-1901.
Portrait by Harriet Anderson Stubbs Murphy in 1902. Oil on canvas, 60 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches.
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, 1901-1909.
Portrait by John Singer Sargent in 1903. Oil on canvas, 58 1/8 x 40 inches.
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William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 1909-1913.
Portrait by Anders Leonard Zorn in 1911. Oil on canvas, 46 3/8 x 35 1/8 inches.
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Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, 1913-1921.
Portrait by Frank Graham Cootes in 1936. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches.
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Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, 1921-1923.
Portrait by Edmund Hodgson Smart in 1923. Oil on canvas, 58 3/8 x 37 7/8 inches.
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Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, 1923-1929.
Portrait by Charles S. Hopkinson in 1932. Oil on canvas, 55 1/8 x 50 3/8 inches.
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Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, 1929-1933.
Portrait by Elmer Wesley Greene in 1956. Oil on canvas, 50 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1933-1945.
Portrait by Frank O. Salisbury in 1947. Oil on canvas, 50 1/4 x 40 3/8 inches.
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Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States, 1945-1953.
Portrait by Martha Greta Kempton in 1947. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 1/4 inches.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, 1953-1961.
Portrait by James Anthony Wills in 1967. Oil on panel, 48 x 38 inches.
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, 1961-1963.
Portrait by Aaron Shikler in 1970. Oil on canvas, 50 x 34 inches.
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Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States, 1963-1969.
Portrait by Elizabeth Shoumatoff in 1968. Oil on canvas, 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches.
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Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States, 1969-1974.
Portrait by James Anthony Wills in 1984. Oil on panel, 45 3/4 x 34 7/8 inches.
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Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, 1974-1977.
Portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler in 1977. Oil on canvas, 40 x 34 inches.
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Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, 1977-1981.
Portrait by Herbert E. Abrams in 1982. Oil on canvas, 38 1/16 x 32 1/16 inches.
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Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, 1981-1989.
Portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler in 1991. Oil on canvas, 50 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches.
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George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, 1989-1993.
Portrait by Herbert E. Abrams in 1994. Oil on canvas, 50 1/4 x 40 1/8 inches.
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William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, 1993-2001.
Portrait by Simmie Knox in 2002. Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 1/8 inches.
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George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, 2001-2009.
Portrait by John Howard Sanden in 2011. Oil on canvas, 49 3/4 x 40 1/8 inches.
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Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, 2009-2017.
Portrait by Robert McCurdy in 2018. Oil on canvas, 53 3/4 x 48 inches.
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Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States, 2017-2021.
Portrait by Shealah Craighead in 2017. Photograph.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr., 46th President of the United States, 2021-present.
Portrait by Adam Schulz in 2021. Photograph.
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz
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