United States: Heads of State: 1789-2025
The terms of offices prior to the enactment of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (23 Jan 1933) are considered to have commenced and expired on March 4 (discussion in notes). |
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| President of the United States [1] | |
| 30 Apr 1789 - 4 Mar 1797 | George Washington |
| 4 Mar 1797 - 4 Mar 1801 | John Adams |
| 4 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1809 | Thomas Jefferson |
| 4 Mar 1809 - 4 Mar 1817 | James Madison |
| 4 Mar 1817 - 4 Mar 1825 | James Monroe |
| 4 Mar 1825 - 4 Mar 1829 | John Quincy Adams |
| 4 Mar 1829 - 4 Mar 1837 | Andrew Jackson |
| 4 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841 | Martin Van Buren |
| 4 Mar 1841 - 4 Apr 1841 | William Henry Harrison |
| 4 Apr 1841 - 4 Mar 1845 | John Tyler |
| 4 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849 | James Polk |
| 4 Mar 1849 - 9 Jul 1850 | Zachary Taylor |
| 9 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 | Millard Fillmore |
| 4 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 | Franklin Pierce |
| 4 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 | James Buchanan |
| 4 Mar 1861 - 15 Apr 1865 | Abraham Lincoln |
| 15 Apr 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 | Andrew Johnson |
| 4 Mar 1869 - 4 Mar 1877 | Ulysses Grant |
| 4 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 | Rutherford Hayes |
| 4 Mar 1881 - 19 Sep 1881 | James Garfield |
| 19 Sep 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 | Chester Arthur |
| 4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 | Grover Cleveland |
| 4 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 | Benjamin Harrison |
| 4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 | Grover Cleveland |
| 4 Mar 1897 - 14 Sep 1901 | William McKinley |
| 14 Sep 1901 - 4 Mar 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 4 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 | William Howard Taft |
| 4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 | Woodrow Wilson |
| 4 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1923 | Warren Harding |
| 2 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1929 | Calvin Coolidge |
| 4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 | Herbert Hoover |
| 4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 | Franklin Roosevelt |
| 12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 | Harry Truman |
| 20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 | Dwight Eisenhower |
| 20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 | John Kennedy |
| 22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 | Lyndon Johnson |
| 20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 | Richard Nixon |
| 9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| 20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| 20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| 20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| 20 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| 20 Jan 2001 - 20 Jan 2009 | George W. Bush |
| 20 Jan 2009 - 20 Jan 2017 | Barack Obama |
| 20 Jan 2017 - 20 Jan 2021 | Donald Trump |
| 20 Jan 2021 - 20 Jan 2025 | Joe Biden |
| 20 Jan 2025 - | Donald Trump |
- The use of the President of the United States as an officially accepted alternative to the President of the United States of America is based on a Concurrent Resolution of the U.S. Congress of 14 May 1789 (discussion in notes).