How Many Presidents Are In The United States? Full List and Interesting Facts

Rosemary October 02, 2021 | 06:42

The US has 46 Presidents so far. Who are they and how long did they serve?

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From 1789 until 1933, the terms of President and Vice President and the term of the Congress coincided, beginning on March 4 and ending on March 3. This changed when the 20th amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1933. Beginning in 1934, the convening date for Congress became January 3 (unless Congress by law appoints a different day), and beginning in 1937 the starting date for the presidential term became January 20. Because of this change, the number of Congresses overlapping with a presidential term increased from two to three, although the third only overlaps by a few weeks.

Here is the full list of 46 US Presidents in the history:

No.	President	Vice President	Years of Service	Congresses
1.	George Washington	John Adams	Apr. 30, 1789–Mar. 3, 1797	1, 2, 3, 4
2.	John Adams	Thomas Jefferson	Mar. 4, 1797–Mar. 3, 1801	5, 6
3.	Thomas Jefferson	Aaron Burr	Mar. 4, 1801–Mar. 3, 1805	7, 8
Thomas Jefferson	George Clinton	Mar. 4, 1805–Mar. 3, 1809	9, 10
4.	James Madison	George Clinton¹	Mar. 4, 1809–Mar. 3, 1813	11, 12
James Madison	Elbridge Gerry²	Mar. 4, 1813–Mar. 3, 1817	13, 14
5.	James Monroe	Daniel D. Tompkins	Mar. 4, 1817–Mar. 3, 1825	15, 16, 17, 18
6.	John Quincy Adams	John C. Calhoun	Mar. 4, 1825–Mar. 3, 1829	19, 20
7.	Andrew Jackson	John C. Calhoun³	Mar. 4, 1829–Mar. 3, 1833	21, 22
Andrew Jackson	Martin Van Buren	Mar. 4, 1833–Mar. 3, 1837	23, 24
8.	Martin Van Buren	Richard M. Johnson	Mar. 4, 1837–Mar. 3, 1841	25, 26
9.	William Henry Harrison⁴	John Tyler	Mar. 4, 1841–Apr. 4, 1841	27
10.	John Tyler	............	Apr. 6, 1841–Mar. 3, 1845	27, 28
11.	James K. Polk	George M. Dallas	Mar. 4, 1845–Mar. 3, 1849	29, 30
12.	Zachary Taylor⁴	Millard Fillmore	Mar. 5, 1849–July 9, 1850	31
13.	Millard Fillmore	............	July 10, 1850–Mar. 3, 1853	31, 32
14.	Franklin Pierce	William R. King⁵	Mar. 4, 1853–Mar. 3, 1857	33, 34
15.	James Buchanan	John C. Breckinridge	Mar. 4, 1857–Mar. 3, 1861	35, 36
16.	Abraham Lincoln	Hannibal Hamlin	Mar. 4, 1861–Mar. 3, 1865	37, 38
Abraham Lincoln ⁴	Andrew Johnson	Mar. 4, 1865–Apr. 15, 1865	39
17.	Andrew Johnson	............	Apr. 15, 1865–Mar. 3, 1869	39, 40
18.	Ulysses S. Grant	Schuyler Colfax	Mar. 4, 1869–Mar. 3, 1873	41, 42
Ulysses S. Grant	Henry Wilson⁶	Mar. 4, 1873–Mar. 3, 1877	43, 44
19.	Rutherford B. Hayes	William A. Wheeler	Mar. 4, 1877–Mar. 3, 1881	45, 46
20.	James A. Garfield⁴	Chester A. Arthur	Mar. 4, 1881–Sept. 19, 1881	47
21.	Chester A. Arthur	............	Sept. 20, 1881–Mar. 3, 1885	47, 48
22.	Grover Cleveland	Thomas A. Hendricks⁷	Mar. 4, 1885–Mar. 3, 1889	49, 50
23.	Benjamin Harrison	Levi P. Morton	Mar. 4, 1889–Mar. 3, 1893	51, 52
24.	Grover Cleveland	Adlai E. Stevenson	Mar. 4, 1893–Mar. 3, 1897	53, 54
25.	William McKinley	Garret A. Hobart⁸	Mar. 4, 1897–Mar. 3, 1901	55, 56
William McKinley⁴	Theodore Roosevelt	Mar. 4, 1901–Sept. 14, 1901	57
26.	Theodore Roosevelt	............	Sept. 14, 1901–Mar. 3, 1905	57, 58
Theodore Roosevelt	Charles W. Fairbanks	Mar. 4, 1905–Mar. 3, 1909	59, 60
27.	William H. Taft	James S. Sherman⁹	Mar. 4, 1909–Mar. 3, 1913	61, 62
28.	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas R. Marshall	Mar. 4, 1913–Mar. 3, 1921	63, 64, 65, 66
29.	Warren G. Harding⁴	Calvin Coolidge	Mar. 4, 1921–Aug. 2, 1923	67, 68
30.	Calvin Coolidge	............	Aug. 3, 1923–Mar. 3, 1925	68
Calvin Coolidge	Charles G. Dawes	Mar. 4, 1925–Mar. 3, 1929	69, 70
31.	Herbert C. Hoover	Charles Curtis	Mar. 4, 1929–Mar. 3, 1933	71, 72
32.	Franklin D. Roosevelt	John N. Garner	Mar. 4, 1933–Jan. 20, 1941	73, 74, 75, 76, 77
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry A. Wallace	Jan. 20, 1941–Jan. 20, 1945	77, 78, 79
Franklin D. Roosevelt ⁴	Harry S. Truman	Jan. 20, 1945–Apr. 12, 1945	79
33.	Harry S. Truman	............	Apr. 12, 1945–Jan. 20, 1949	79, 80, 81
Harry S. Truman	Alben W. Barkley	Jan. 20, 1949–Jan. 20, 1953	81, 82, 83
34.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Richard M. Nixon	Jan. 20, 1953–Jan. 20, 1961	83, 84, 85, 86, 87
35.	John F. Kennedy⁴	Lyndon B. Johnson	Jan. 20, 1961–Nov. 22, 1963	87, 88
36.	Lyndon B. Johnson	............	Nov. 22, 1963–Jan. 20, 1965	88, 89
Lyndon B. Johnson	Hubert H. Humphrey	Jan. 20, 1965–Jan. 20, 1969	89, 90, 91
37.	Richard M. Nixon	Spiro T. Agnew¹⁰	Jan. 20, 1969–Dec. 6, 1973	91, 92, 93
Richard M. Nixon ¹²	Gerald R. Ford¹¹	Dec. 6, 1973–Aug. 9, 1974	93
38.	Gerald R. Ford	............	Aug. 9, 1974–Dec. 19, 1974	93
Gerald R. Ford	Nelson A. Rockefeller ¹³	Dec. 19, 1974–Jan. 20, 1977	93, 94, 95
39.	James Earl Carter	Walter F. Mondale	Jan. 20, 1977–Jan. 20, 1981	95, 96, 97
40.	Ronald Reagan	George Bush	Jan. 20, 1981–Jan. 20, 1989	97, 98, 99, 100, 101
41.	George Bush	Dan Quayle	Jan. 20, 1989–Jan. 20, 1993	101, 102, 103,
42.	William J. Clinton	Albert Gore	Jan. 20, 1993–Jan. 20, 2001	103, 104, 105, 106, 107
43.	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	Jan. 20, 2001–Jan. 20, 2009	107, 108, 109, 110, 111
44.	Barack H. Obama	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Jan. 20, 2009–Jan. 20, 2017	111, 112, 113, 114, 115
45.	Donald J. Trump	Michael Pence	Jan. 20, 2017–Jan. 20, 2021	115, 116, 117
46.	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Kamala D. Harris	Jan. 20, 2021–present	117

Footnotes

¹Died Apr. 20, 1812

²Died Nov. 23, 1814

³Resigned Dec. 28, 1832, to become United States Senator

⁴Died in office

⁵Died Apr. 18, 1853

⁶Died Nov. 22, 1875

⁷Died Nov. 25, 1885

⁸Died Nov. 21, 1899

⁹Died Oct. 30, 1912

¹⁰Resigned Oct. 10, 1973

¹¹First Vice President nominated by the President and confirmed by the Congress pursuant to the 25th amendment to the Constitution; took the oath of office on Dec. 6, 1973 in the Hall of the House of Representatives

¹²Resigned from office

¹³Nominated to be Vice President by President Gerald R. Ford on Aug. 20, 1974; confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 10, 1974; confirmed by the House and took the oath of office on Dec. 19, 1974 in the Senate Chamber

How many presidents have been impeached in American history? Who were they?

Three presidents have been impeached in American history. They were Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.

Does impeachment remove a US president from office?

Impeachment by the House of Representatives alone cannot remove a sitting president from office. Once the articles of impeachment have been voted on and passed by the House, a trial is held in the Senate.The president is forced out only if they are convicted during this trial. In fact, no president has actually left office due to impeachment as they were all acquitted by the Senate.

Can a US president hold office for 10 years?

Yes, a US president could hold office for 10 years. This can happen only when a vice president takes over the presidency with two years of the term left, and then wins election twice. If the VP serves more than two years of the previous president’s term however, they can stand for elections only one more time.

How many US presidents have been from the Republican party and how many have been from the Democratic party?

Nineteen US presidents have been from the Republican party, while sixteen have been from the Democratic party.

How much does the president of the United States make in a year?

The president of the United States receives a salary of $400,000 a year. Additionally, they are allotted a 50,000 annual expense account, $100,000 nontaxable travel account, and $19,000 for entertainment. They also receive a pension upon leaving office.

Interesting Facts about US Presidents

Many presidents had unusual careers before entering the White House. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, was a peanut farmer. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president, was a famous movie star. And Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, once worked chopping rails for fences.

And if the phrase "clothes make the man" is true, so is this one: "Presidents make the clothes." Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, was a tailor before he was president. Harry Truman, the 33rd president, was a haberdasher, someone who deals in men's clothing and accessories, particularly hats.

• Abraham Lincoln was 6 feet, 4 inches (1.9 meters), making him the tallest U.S. president.

• The first left-handed president was James Garfield, the 20th president.

• Millard Fillmore, the 13th president, was the first president to have a stepmother.

• The only president who studied to become a medical doctor was William Henry Harrison, the ninth president.

• The 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse and buggy too fast down a street in Washington, D.C.

• The White House's first website went online in October 1994 during President Bill Clinton's administration.

• Donald Trump has appeared in numerous movies including "Zoolander" and "Home Alone 2." He's also the only president to be impeached twice.

• Obama's first job was scooping ice cream at Baskin Robbins and he says that he ate so much he no longer likes it.

• George W. Bush (2001-2009) is the first president who has an MBA. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1975.

Inauguration

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A complete list of inauguration dates of American president inauguration dates from George Washington to Joe Biden.

PRESIDENT	FIRST	SECOND	THIRD	FOURTH
George Washington	4/30/1789	3/4/1793
John Adams	3/4/1797
Thomas Jefferson	3/4/1801	3/4/1805
James Madison	3/4/1809	3/4/1813
James Monroe	3/4/1817	3/5/1821
John Quincy Adams	3/4/1825
Andrew Jackson	3/4/1829	3/4/1833
Martin Van Buren	3/4/1837
William Henry Harrison	3/4/1841
John Tyler	4/6/1841
James Knox Polk	3/4/1845
Zachary Taylor	3/5/1849
Millard Fillmore	7/10/1850
Franklin Pierce	3/4/1853
James Buchanan	3/4/1857
Abraham Lincoln	3/4/1861	3/4/1865
Andrew Johnson	4/15/1865
Ulysses S. Grant	3/4/1869	3/4/1873
Rutherford B. Hayes	3/5/1877
James A. Garfield	3/4/1881
Chester Arthur	9/20/1881
Grover Cleveland	3/4/1885
Benjamin Harrison	3/4/1889
Grover Cleveland	3/4/1893
William McKinley	3/4/1897	3/4/1901
Theodore Roosevelt	9/14/1901	3/4/1905
William Howard Taft	3/4/1909
Woodrow Wilson	3/4/1913	3/5/1917
Warren G. Harding	3/4/1921
Calvin Coolidge	8/3/1923	3/4/1925
Herbert Hoover	3/4/1929
Franklin D. Roosevelt	3/4/1933	1/20/1937	1/20/1941	1/20/1945
Harry S. Truman	4/12/1945	1/20/1949
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1/20/1953	1/21/1957
John F. Kennedy	1/20/1961
Lyndon B. Johnson	11/22/1963	1/20/1965
Richard M. Nixon	1/20/1969	1/20/1973
Gerald R. Ford	8/9/1974
Jimmy Carter	1/20/1977
Ronald Reagan	1/20/1981	1/21/1985
George Bush	1/20/1989
William J. Clinton	1/20/1993	1/20/1997
George W. Bush	1/20/2001	1/20/2005
Barack Obama	1/20/2009	1/21/2013
Donald J. Trump	1/20/2017
Joe Biden	1/20/2021

The First US President: George Washington

How Many Presidents Are In The United States? Full List and Interesting Facts

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Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman.

He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him.

Fun fact: Washington had terrible, decaying teeth so he wore dentures made from (among other things) ivory, spring, and brass screws.

Current US President (46^th President): Joe Biden

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Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four children of Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr. In 1953, the Biden family moved to Claymont, Delaware. President Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council.

On April 25, 2019, Biden announced his candidacy for President of the United States. Biden’s candidacy was built from the beginning around 3 pillars: the battle for the soul of our nation, the need to rebuild our middle class — the backbone of our country, and a call for unity, to act as One America. It was a message that would only gain more resonance in 2020 as we confront a pandemic, an economic crisis, urgent calls for racial justice, and the existential threat of climate change.

At age 78, Biden became the oldest president in the history of the US. Previously, this title was held by Reagan who was 77 when he left office.

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