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S.No President Took Office Left Office Party Term Previous Office Vice S.No President Took office Left office Party Term Previous office Vice President George Washington 1 Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1732 2013;1799) -1789 (1775 2013;1783) 1 April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 Independent John Adams 2 -1792 John Adams 3 2 March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Federalist Vice President Thomas Jefferson (1735 2013;1826) -1796 Thomas Jefferson Democratic- 4 Aaron Burr (1743 2013;1826) Republican -1800 March 4, 1801 2013; March 4, 1805 3 March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 Vice President 5 George Clinton -1804 March 4, 1805 2013; April 20, 1812 James Madison Democratic- 6 Secretary of State Vacant (1751 2013;1836) Republican -1808 (1801 2013;1809) April 20, 1812 2013; March 4, 1813 7 Elbridge Gerry 4 March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 -1812 March 4, 1813 2013; November 23, 1814 Vacant November 23, 1814 2013; March 4, 1817 James Monroe Democratic- 8 Secretary of State (1758 2013;1831) Republican -1816 (1811 2013;1817) 5 March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 Daniel D. Tompkins 9 -1820 John Quincy Adams Democratic- 10 Secretary of State John C. Calhoun 6 March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 (1767 2013;1848) Republican -1824 (1817 2013;1825) March 4, 1825 2013; December 28, 1832 Andrew Jackson 11 U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee Vacant (1767 2013;1845) -1828 (1823 2013;1825) December 28, 1832 2013; March 4, 1833 7 March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837 Democratic 12 Martin Van Buren -1832 March 4, 1833 2013; March 4, 1837 Martin Van Buren 13 8 March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Democratic Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson (1782 2013;1862) -1836 William Henry Harrison 14 Minister to Colombia 9 March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841 Whig John Tyler (1773 2013;1841) -1840 (1828 2013;1829) John Tyler Whig 14 (1790 2013;1862) April 4, 1841 2013; September 13, 1841 -1840 10 April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 Vice President Vacant Independent September 13, 1841 2013; March 4, 1845 James K. Polk 15 Governor of Tennessee 11 March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849 Democratic George M. Dallas (1795 2013;1849) -1844 (1839 2013;1841) Zachary Taylor 16 U.S. Army Major general from the 1st Infantry Regiment 12 March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850 Whig Millard Fillmore (1784 2013;1850) -1848 (1846 2013;1849) Millard Fillmore 16 13 July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853 Whig Vice President Vacant (1800 2013;1874) -1848 Franklin Pierce 17 U.S. Army Brigadier general from the 9th Infantry Regiment William R. King (1804 2013;1869) -1852 (1847-1848) March 4, 1853 2013; April 18, 1853 14 March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 Democratic Vacant April 18, 1853 2013; March 4, 1857 James Buchanan 18 Minister to the United Kingdom 15 March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 Democratic John C. Breckinridge (1791 2013;1868) -1856 (1853 2013;1856) Abraham Lincoln 19 U.S. Representative from Illinois' 7th Hannibal Hamlin Republican (1809 2013;1865) -1860 (1847 2013;1849) March 4, 1861 2013; March 4, 1865 16 March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865 Republican 20 Andrew Johnson National Union -1864 March 4, 1865 2013; April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson Democratic 20 17 (1808 2013;1875) April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 National Union -1864 Vice President Vacant Independent Ulysses S. Grant 21 Commanding General of the U.S. Army Schuyler Colfax (1822 2013;1885) -1868 (1864 2013;1869) March 4, 1869 2013; March 4, 1873 22 Henry Wilson 18 March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877 Republican -1872 March 4, 1873 2013; November 22, 1875 Vacant November 22, 1875 2013; March 4, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes 23 Governor of Ohio 19 March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 Republican William A. Wheeler (1822 2013;1893) -1876 (1868 2013;1872, 1876 2013;1877) James A. Garfield 24 U.S. Representative from Ohio's 19th 20 March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881 Republican Chester A. Arthur (1831 2013;1881) -1880 (1863 2013;1881) Chester A. Arthur 24 21 September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885 Republican Vice President Vacant (1829 2013;1886) -1880 Grover Cleveland 25 Governor of New York Thomas A. Hendricks (1837 2013;1908) -1884 (1883 2013;1885) March 4, 1885 2013; November 25, 1885 22 March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 Democratic Vacant November 25, 1885 2013; March 4, 1889 Benjamin Harrison 26 U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Indiana 23 March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893 Republican Levi P. Morton (1833 2013;1901) -1888 (1881 2013;1887) Grover Cleveland 27 President 24 March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 Democratic Adlai Stevenson I (1837 2013;1908) -1892 (1885 2013;1889) William McKinley 28 Governor of Ohio Garret Hobart (1843 2013;1901) -1896 (1892 2013;1896) March 4, 1897 2013; November 21, 1899 29 Vacant 25 March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901 Republican -1900 November 21, 1899 2013; March 4, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt March 4, 1901 2013; September 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt 29 Vacant (1858 2013;1919) -1900 September 14, 1901 2013; March 4, 1905 26 September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 Republican Vice President 30 Charles W. Fairbanks -1904 March 4, 1905 2013; March 4, 1909 William Howard Taft 31 Secretary of War James S. Sherman (1857 2013;1930) -1908 (1904 2013;1908) March 4, 1909 2013; October 30, 1912 27 March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 Republican Vacant October 30, 1912 2013; March 4, 1913 Woodrow Wilson 32 Governor of New Jersey (1856 2013;1924) -1912 (1911 2013;1913) 28 March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Democratic Thomas R. Marshall 33 -1916 Warren G. Harding 34 U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 29 March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923 Republican Calvin Coolidge (1865 2013;1923) -1920 (1915 2013;1921) Calvin Coolidge 35 Vacant (1872 2013;1933) -1924 August 2, 1923 2013; March 4, 1925 30 August 2, 1923 March 4, 1929 Republican Vice Predsident Charles G. Dawes March 4, 1925 2013; March 4, 1929 Herbert Hoover 36 Secretary of Commerce 31 March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Republican Charles Curtis (1874 2013;1964) -1928 (1921 2013;1928) Franklin D. Roosevelt 37 Governor of New York John Nance Garner (1882 2013;1945) -1932 (1929 2013;1932) March 4, 1933 2013; January 20, 1941 38 -1936 32 March A0;4, A0;1933 April A0;12, A0;1945 Democratic 39 Henry A. Wallace -1940 January 20, 1941 2013; January 20, 1945 40 Harry S. Truman -1944 January 20, 1945 2013; April 12, 1945 Harry S. Truman 40 Vacant (1884 2013;1972) -1944 April 12, 1945 2013; January 20, 1949 33 April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 Democratic Vice President 41 Alben W. Barkley -1948 January 20, 1949 2013; January 20, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower 42 Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1890 2013;1969) -1952 (1949 2013;1952) 34 January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961 Republican Richard Nixon 43 -1956 John F. Kennedy 44 U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts 35 January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963 Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (1917 2013;1963) -1960 (1953 2013;1960) Lyndon B. Johnson 45 Vacant (1908 2013;1973) -1964 November 22, 1963 2013; January 20, 1965 36 November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 2013; January 20, 1969 Richard Nixon 46 Vice President Spiro Agnew (1913 2013;1994) -1968 (1953 2013;1961) January 20, 1969 2013; October 10, 1973 47 Vacant 37 January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974 Republican -1972 October 10, 1973 2013; December 6, 1973 Gerald Ford December 6, 1973Â -Â August 9, 1974 Gerald Ford 47 Vacant (1913 2013;2006) -1972 August 9, 1974 2013; December 19, 1974 38 August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Republican Vice President Nelson Rockefeller December 19, 1974 2013; January 20, 1977 Jimmy Carter 48 Governor of Georgia 39 January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Democratic Walter Mondale (born 1924) -1976 (1971 2013;1975) Ronald Reagan 49 Governor of California (1911 2013;2004) -1980 (1967 2013;1975) 40 January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 50 -1984 George H. W. Bush 51 41 January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Republican Vice President Dan Quayle (born 1924) -1988 Bill Clinton 52 Governor of Arkansas (born 1946) -1992 (1979 2013;1981, 1983 2013;1992) 42 January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001 Democratic Al Gore 53 -1996 George W. Bush 54 Governor of Texas (born 1946) -2000 (1995 2013;2000) 43 January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009 Republican Dick Cheney 55 -2004 Barack Obama 56 U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Illinois (born 1961) -2008 (2005 2013;2008) 44 January 20, 2009 January 20, 2017 Democratic Joe Biden 57 -2012 Donald Trump 58 The Trump Organization (born 1946) -2016 (No prior elected office) 44 January 20, 2017 Incumbent Republican Mike Pence -2017 www.downloadexcelfiles.com.
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