History / Offices

President of the United States

47 people have held this office since Apr 30, 1789. Now: Donald J. Trump R.

Holders
47
20 R · 17 D · 4 DR · 4 W · 1 np · 1 F
Longest tenure
12 years
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Current
21 months
Donald J. Trump, since Jan 20, 2025
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020George Washington · 1789-04-30 – 1797-03-04 · no partyJohn Adams · 1797-03-04 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistThomas Jefferson · 1801-03-04 – 1809-03-04 · Democratic-RepublicanJames Madison · 1809-03-04 – 1817-03-04 · Democratic-RepublicanJames Monroe · 1817-03-04 – 1825-03-04 · Democratic-RepublicanJohn Quincy Adams · 1825-03-04 – 1829-03-04 · Democratic-RepublicanAndrew Jackson · 1829-03-04 – 1837-03-04 · DemocratMartin Van Buren · 1837-03-04 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Harrison · 1841-03-04 – 1841-04-04 · WhigJohn Tyler · 1841-04-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJames Knox Polk · 1845-03-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratZachary Taylor · 1849-03-04 – 1850-07-09 · WhigMillard Fillmore · 1850-07-09 – 1853-03-04 · WhigFranklin Pierce · 1853-03-04 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJames Buchanan · 1857-03-04 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratAbraham Lincoln · 1861-03-04 – 1865-04-15 · RepublicanAndrew Johnson · 1865-04-15 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratUlysses Simpson Grant · 1869-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanRutherford Birchard Hayes · 1877-03-04 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJames Abram Garfield · 1881-03-04 – 1881-09-19 · RepublicanChester Alan Arthur · 1881-09-19 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanGrover Cleveland · 1885-03-04 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Harrison · 1889-03-04 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanGrover Cleveland · 1893-03-04 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McKinley Jr. · 1897-03-04 – 1901-09-14 · RepublicanTheodore Roosevelt · 1901-09-14 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft · 1909-03-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWoodrow Wilson · 1913-03-04 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWarren Gamaliel Harding · 1921-03-04 – 1923-08-02 · RepublicanCalvin Coolidge · 1923-08-02 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHerbert Clark Hoover · 1929-03-04 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFranklin Delano Roosevelt · 1933-03-04 – 1945-04-12 · DemocratHarry S. Truman · 1945-04-12 – 1953-01-20 · DemocratDwight David Eisenhower · 1953-01-20 – 1961-01-20 · RepublicanJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy · 1961-01-20 – 1963-11-22 · DemocratLyndon Baines Johnson · 1963-11-22 – 1969-01-20 · DemocratRichard Milhous Nixon · 1969-01-20 – 1974-08-09 · RepublicanGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. · 1974-08-09 – 1977-01-20 · RepublicanJames Earl Carter · 1977-01-20 – 1981-01-20 · DemocratRonald Wilson Reagan · 1981-01-20 – 1989-01-20 · RepublicanGeorge Herbert Walker Bush · 1989-01-20 – 1993-01-20 · RepublicanWilliam Jefferson Clinton · 1993-01-20 – 2001-01-20 · DemocratGeorge Walker Bush · 2001-01-20 – 2009-01-20 · RepublicanBarack Hussein Obama · 2009-01-20 – 2017-01-20 · DemocratDonald J. Trump · 2017-01-20 – 2021-01-20 · RepublicanJoseph Robinette Biden Jr. · 2021-01-20 – 2025-01-20 · DemocratDonald J. Trump · 2025-01-20 – present · Republican
Donald J. Trump R
Jan 20, 2025 – present · 21 months
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. D
Jan 20, 2021 – Jan 20, 2025 · 4 years
Donald J. Trump R
Jan 20, 2017 – Jan 20, 2021 · 4 years
Barack Hussein Obama D
Jan 20, 2009 – Jan 20, 2017 · 8 years
George Walker Bush R
Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 20, 2009 · 8 years
William Jefferson Clinton D
Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 20, 2001 · 8 years
George Herbert Walker Bush R
Jan 20, 1989 – Jan 20, 1993 · 4 years
Ronald Wilson Reagan R
Jan 20, 1981 – Jan 20, 1989 · 8 years
James Earl Carter D
Jan 20, 1977 – Jan 20, 1981 · 4 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Aug 9, 1974 – Jan 20, 1977 · 2.5 years
Richard Milhous Nixon R
Jan 20, 1969 – Aug 9, 1974 · 5.5 years
Lyndon Baines Johnson D
Nov 22, 1963 – Jan 20, 1969 · 5.2 years
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D
Jan 20, 1961 – Nov 22, 1963 · 2.8 years
Dwight David Eisenhower R
Jan 20, 1953 – Jan 20, 1961 · 8 years
Harry S. Truman D
Apr 12, 1945 – Jan 20, 1953 · 7.8 years
Franklin Delano Roosevelt D
Mar 4, 1933 – Apr 12, 1945 · 12 years
Herbert Clark Hoover R
Mar 4, 1929 – Mar 4, 1933 · 4 years
Calvin Coolidge R
Aug 2, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.6 years
Warren Gamaliel Harding R
Mar 4, 1921 – Aug 2, 1923 · 2.4 years
Woodrow Wilson D
Mar 4, 1913 – Mar 4, 1921 · 8 years
William Howard Taft R
Mar 4, 1909 – Mar 4, 1913 · 4 years
Theodore Roosevelt R
Sep 14, 1901 – Mar 4, 1909 · 7.5 years
William McKinley Jr. R
Mar 4, 1897 – Sep 14, 1901 · 4.5 years
Grover Cleveland D
Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 4, 1897 · 4 years
Benjamin Harrison R
Mar 4, 1889 – Mar 4, 1893 · 4 years
Grover Cleveland D
Mar 4, 1885 – Mar 4, 1889 · 4 years
Chester Alan Arthur R
Sep 19, 1881 – Mar 4, 1885 · 3.5 years
James Abram Garfield R
Mar 4, 1881 – Sep 19, 1881 · 7 months
Rutherford Birchard Hayes R
Mar 4, 1877 – Mar 4, 1881 · 4 years
Ulysses Simpson Grant R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1877 · 8 years
Andrew Johnson D
Apr 15, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.9 years
Abraham Lincoln R
Mar 4, 1861 – Apr 15, 1865 · 4.1 years
James Buchanan D
Mar 4, 1857 – Mar 4, 1861 · 4 years
Franklin Pierce D
Mar 4, 1853 – Mar 4, 1857 · 4 years
Millard Fillmore W
Jul 9, 1850 – Mar 4, 1853 · 2.7 years
Zachary Taylor W
Mar 4, 1849 – Jul 9, 1850 · 16 months
James Knox Polk D
Mar 4, 1845 – Mar 4, 1849 · 4 years
John Tyler W
Apr 4, 1841 – Mar 4, 1845 · 3.9 years
William Henry Harrison W
Mar 4, 1841 – Apr 4, 1841 · 31 days
Martin Van Buren D
Mar 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1841 · 4 years
Andrew Jackson D
Mar 4, 1829 – Mar 4, 1837 · 8 years
John Quincy Adams DR
Mar 4, 1825 – Mar 4, 1829 · 4 years
James Monroe DR
Mar 4, 1817 – Mar 4, 1825 · 8 years
James Madison DR
Mar 4, 1809 – Mar 4, 1817 · 8 years
Thomas Jefferson DR
Mar 4, 1801 – Mar 4, 1809 · 8 years
John Adams F
Mar 4, 1797 – Mar 4, 1801 · 4 years
George Washington np
Apr 30, 1789 – Mar 4, 1797 · 7.8 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.