In this resource you will find portraits of the individuals who served as presidents of the United
States, along with their occupations, political party
affiliations, and other interesting facts.
**The Republican Party during this period developed into today’s
Democratic Party. Today’s Republican Party originated in 1854.
2 John Adams
1797–1801
1801–1809
1789–1797
Lived: 1732–1799
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: Virginia
Occupations: Soldier, Planter
Party: None
Vice President: John Adams
4 James Madison
1809–1817
Lived: 1735–1826
Born in: Massachusetts
Elected from: Massachusetts
Occupations: Teacher, Lawyer
Party: Federalist
Vice President: Thomas
Jefferson
Lived: 1743–1826
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: Virginia
Occupations: Planter, Lawyer
Party: Republican**
Vice Presidents: Aaron Burr,
George Clinton
Lived: 1751–1836
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: Virginia
Occupation: Planter
Party: Republican**
Vice Presidents: George
Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
5 James Monroe
6 John Quincy Adams
7 Andrew Jackson
1817–1825
Lived: 1758–1831
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: Virginia
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican**
Vice President: Daniel D.
Tompkins
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3 Thomas Jefferson
1 George Washington
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1825–1829
Lived: 1767–1848
Born in: Massachusetts
Elected from: Massachusetts
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican**
Vice President: John C.
Calhoun
1829–1837
Lived: 1767–1845
Born in: South Carolina
Elected from: Tennessee
Occupations: Lawyer, Soldier
Party: Democratic
Vice Presidents: John C.
Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
8 Martin Van Buren
1837–1841
Lived: 1782–1862
Born in: New York
Elected from: New York
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Richard M.
Johnson
9 William H. Harrsion
1841
10 John
John Tyler
1841–1845
Lived: 1790–1862
Born in: Virginia
Elected as V.P. from: Virginia;
Succeeded Harrison
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Whig
Vice President: None
12 Zachary Taylor
13 Millard Fillmore
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Lived: 1773–1841
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: Ohio
Occupations: Soldier, Planter
Party: Whig
Vice President: John Tyler
11 James K.
K. Polk
1845–1849
Lived: 1795–1849
Born in: North Carolina
Elected from: Tennessee
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: George M.
Dallas
14 Franklin Pierce
1853–1857
Lived: 1804–1869
Born in: New Hampshire
Elected from: New Hampshire
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: William R. King
1849–1850
Lived: 1784–1850
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: Louisiana
Occupation: Soldier
Party: Whig
Vice President: Millard
Fillmore
15 James Buchanan
1857–1861
Lived: 1791–1868
Born in: Pennsylvania
Elected from: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: John C.
Breckinridge
1850–1853
Lived: 1800–1874
Born in: New York
Elected as V.P. from: New York;
Succeeded Taylor
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Whig
Vice President: None
16 Abraham Lincoln
1861–1865
Lived: 1809–1865
Born in: Kentucky
Elected from: Illinois
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Hannibal
Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
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17 Andrew Johnson
1865–1869
1869–1877
Lived: 1822–1885
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Illinois
Occupations: Farmer, Soldier
Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Schuyler
Colfax, Henry Wilson
19 Rutherford B. Hayes
1877–1881
Lived: 1822–1893
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Ohio
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice President: William A.
Wheeler
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Lived: 1808–1875
Born in: North Carolina
Elected as V.P. from:
Tennessee; Succeeded
Lincoln
Occupation: Tailor
Party: Republican
Vice President: None
18 Ulysses S. Grant
20 James A. Garfield
1881
1881–1885
Lived: 1831–1881
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Ohio
Occupations: Laborer, Professor
Party: Republican
Vice President: Chester A.
Arthur
Lived: 1830–1886
Born in: Vermont
Elected as V.P. from: New York;
Succeeded Garfield
Occupations: Teacher, Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice President: None
23 Benjamin Harrison
24 Grover Cleveland
1889–1893
Lived: 1833–1901
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Indiana
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice President: Levi P. Morton
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21 Chester A. Arthur
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1893–1897
Lived: 1837–1908
Born in: New Jersey
Elected from: New York
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Adlai E.
Stevenson
22 Grover Cleveland
1885–1889
Lived: 1837–1908
Born in: New Jersey
Elected from: New York
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Thomas A.
Hendricks
Wiilllliiam
am McKinley
25 W
1897–1901
Lived: 1843–1901
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Ohio
Occupations: Teacher, Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Garret Hobart,
Theodore Roosevelt
26 Theodore Roosevelt
1901–1909
Lived: 1858–1919
Born in: New York
Elected as V.P. from: New York;
Succeeded McKinley
Occupations: Historian, Rancher
Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles W.
Fairbanks
27 William H. Taft
1909–1913
Lived: 1857–1930
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Ohio
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice President: James S.
Sherman
28 Woodrow Wilson
1913–1921
Lived: 1856–1924
Born in: Virginia
Elected from: New Jersey
Occupation: College Professor
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Thomas R.
Marshall
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29 Warren G. Harding
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30 Calvin Coolidg
31 Herbert C. Hoover
1921–1923
1923–1929
1929–1933
Lived: 1865–1923
Born in: Ohio
Elected from: Ohio
Occupations: Newspaper Editor,
Publisher
Party: Republican
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge
Lived: 1872–1933
Born in: Vermont
Elected as V.P. from:
Massachusetts; Succeeded
Harding
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles G.
Dawes
Lived: 1874–1964
Born in: Iowa
Elected from: California
Occupation: Engineer
Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles Curtis
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
33 Harr y S. Tr uman
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower
1933–1945
Lived: 1882–1945
Born in: New York
Elected from: New York
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice Presidents: John N.
Garner, Henry A. Wallace,
Harry S. Truman
1945–1953
Lived: 1884–1972
Born in: Missouri
Elected as V.P. from: Missouri;
Succeeded Roosevelt
Occupations: Clerk, Farmer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Alben W.
Barkley
1953–1961
Lived: 1890–1969
Born in: Texas
Elected from: New York
Occupation: Soldier
Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard M.
Nixon
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35 John F. Kennedy
1961–1963
1963–1969
Lived: 1908–1973
Born in: Texas
Elected as V.P. from: Texas;
Succeeded Kennedy
Occupation: Teacher
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Hubert H.
Humphrey
37 Richard M. Nixon
1969–1974
Lived: 1913–1994
Born in: California
Elected from: New York
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew,
Gerald R. Ford
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Lived: 1917–1963
Born in: Massachusetts
Elected from: Massachusetts
Occupations: Author, Reporter
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Lyndon B.
Johnson
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38 Gerald R. Ford
1974–1977
1977–1981
40 Ronald W. Reagan
1981–1989
Lived: 1913–
Born in: Nebraska; Appointed
as V.P. upon Agnew’s
resignation; Succeeded
Nixon
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Republican
Vice President: Nelson A.
Rockefeller
Lived: 1924–
Born in: Georgia
Elected from: Georgia
Occupations: Business, Farmer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Walter F.
Mondale
Lived: 1911–2004
Born in: Illinois
Elected from: California
Occupations: Actor, Lecturer
Party: Republican
Vice President: George H.W.
Bush
41 George H. W. Bush
iam J. Clinton
42 William
43 George W. Bush
1989–1993
Lived: 1924–
Born in: Massachusetts
Elected from: Texas
Occupation: Business
Party: Republican
Vice President: J. Danforth
Quayle
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39 James E. Carter, Jr.
1993–2001
Lived: 1946–
Born in: Arkansas
Elected from: Arkansas
Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic
Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.
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2001–
Lived: 1946–
Born in: Connecticut
Elected from: Texas
Occupation: Business
Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard B.
Cheney