List of presidents of the United States

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term by the people through the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

Listed here, are the Wikiquote articles for presidents of the United States along with their terms in office, in chronological order.


 * George Washington, April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
 * John Adams, March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
 * Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
 * James Madison, March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
 * James Monroe, March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
 * John Quincy Adams, March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
 * Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
 * Martin Van Buren, March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
 * William Henry Harrison, March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
 * John Tyler, April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
 * James K. Polk, March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
 * Zachary Taylor, March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
 * Millard Fillmore, July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
 * Franklin Pierce, March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
 * James Buchanan, March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
 * Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
 * Andrew Johnson, April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
 * Ulysses S. Grant, March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
 * Rutherford B. Hayes, March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
 * James A. Garfield, March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
 * Chester A. Arthur, September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
 * Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
 * Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
 * Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
 * William McKinley, March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
 * Theodore Roosevelt, September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
 * William Howard Taft, March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
 * Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
 * Warren G. Harding, March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
 * Calvin Coolidge, August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
 * Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
 * Harry S. Truman, April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
 * John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
 * Lyndon B. Johnson, November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
 * Richard Nixon, January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
 * Gerald Ford, August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
 * Jimmy Carter, January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
 * Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
 * George H. W. Bush, January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
 * Bill Clinton, January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
 * George W. Bush, January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
 * Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
 * Donald Trump, January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
 * Joseph Biden, January 20, 2021 — Present