Biographies & Portraits
The Presidents Timeline
- GEORGE WASHINGTON | 1789-1797
- JOHN ADAMS | 1797-1801
- THOMAS JEFFERSON | 1801-1809
- JAMES MADISON | 1809-1817
- JAMES MONROE | 1817-1825
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 1825-1829
- ANDREW JACKSON | 1829-1837
- MARTIN VAN BUREN | 1837-1841
- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON | 1841
- JOHN TYLER | 1841-1845
- JAMES K. POLK | 1845-1849
- ZACHARY TAYLOR | 1849-1850
- MILLARD FILLMORE | 1850-1853
- FRANKLIN PIERCE | 1853-1857
- JAMES BUCHANAN | 1857-1861
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 1861-1865
- ANDREW JOHNSON | 1865-1869
- ULYSSES S. GRANT | 1869-1877
- RUTHERFORD B. HAYES | 1877-1881
- JAMES A. GARFIELD | 1881
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR | 1881-1885
- GROVER CLEVELAND | 1885-1889 / 1893-1897
- BENJAMIN HARRISON | 1889-1893
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY | 1897-1901
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 1901-1909
- WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT | 1909-1913
- WOODROW WILSON | 1913-1921
- WARREN G. HARDING | 1921-1923
- CALVIN COOLIDGE | 1923-1929
- HERBERT HOOVER | 1929-1933
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT | 1933-1945
- HARRY S. TRUMAN | 1945-1953
- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER | 1953-1961
- JOHN F. KENNEDY | 1961-1963
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON | 1963-1969
- RICHARD M. NIXON | 1969-1974
- GERALD R. FORD | 1974-1977
- JIMMY CARTER | 1977-1981
- RONALD REAGAN | 1981-1989
- GEORGE BUSH | 1989-1993
- WILLIAM J. CLINTON | 1993-2001
- GEORGE W. BUSH | 2001-2009
- BARACK OBAMA | 2009-2017
- DONALD J. TRUMP | 2017-2021
- JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. | 2021-
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