30 Apr 1789 – 4 Mar 1793 George Washington, first term
≈ 3 years, 10 months
30 Apr 1789 Washington takes the first presidential oath
Federal Hall, Wall Street, New York
4 Mar 1793 – 4 Mar 1797 George Washington, second term
4 years
19 Sep 1796 Farewell Address: Washington declines a third term
4 Mar 1797 – 4 Mar 1801 John Adams
≈ 4 years
4 Mar 1797 First handover: Adams succeeds Washington
Congress Hall, Philadelphia
17 Feb 1801 House breaks the Jefferson–Burr tie
United States Capitol, Washington
4 Mar 1801 – 4 Mar 1805 Thomas Jefferson, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1801 First transfer of power between parties
United States Capitol, Washington
15 Jun 1804 Twelfth Amendment ratified
4 Mar 1805 – 4 Mar 1809 Thomas Jefferson, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1809 – 4 Mar 1813 James Madison, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1813 – 4 Mar 1817 James Madison, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1817 – 4 Mar 1821 James Monroe, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1821 – 4 Mar 1825 James Monroe, second term
4 years
9 Feb 1825 House elects John Quincy Adams
United States Capitol, Washington
4 Mar 1825 – 4 Mar 1829 John Quincy Adams
4 years
4 Mar 1829 – 4 Mar 1833 Andrew Jackson, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1833 – 4 Mar 1837 Andrew Jackson, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1837 – 4 Mar 1841 Martin Van Buren
4 years
4 Mar 1841 – 4 Apr 1841 William Henry Harrison
1 month, 1 day
4 Apr 1841 – 4 Mar 1845 John Tyler
≈ 3 years, 11 months
4 Apr 1841 Harrison dies after 31 days
White House, Washington
6 Apr 1841 Tyler takes the oath: the Tyler precedent
Brown’s Indian Queen Hotel (site), Pennsylvania Avenue
4 Mar 1845 – 4 Mar 1849 James K. Polk
4 years
4 Mar 1849 – 9 Jul 1850 Zachary Taylor
≈ 1 year, 4 months
9 Jul 1850 – 4 Mar 1853 Millard Fillmore
≈ 2 years, 7 months
9 Jul 1850 Taylor dies in office
White House, Washington
4 Mar 1853 – 4 Mar 1857 Franklin Pierce
4 years
4 Mar 1857 – 4 Mar 1861 James Buchanan
4 years
4 Mar 1861 – 4 Mar 1865 Abraham Lincoln, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1865 – 15 Apr 1865 Abraham Lincoln, second term
1 month, 12 days
14 Apr 1865 Lincoln shot at Ford’s Theatre
Ford’s Theatre, Tenth Street, Washington
15 Apr 1865 – 4 Mar 1869 Andrew Johnson
≈ 3 years, 10 months
24 Feb 1868 – 26 May 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
3 months, 2 days · United States Capitol, Washington
16 May 1868 Senate falls one vote short of convicting Johnson
United States Capitol, Washington
4 Mar 1869 – 4 Mar 1873 Ulysses S. Grant, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1873 – 4 Mar 1877 Ulysses S. Grant, second term
4 years
2 Mar 1877 Congress declares Hayes elected
United States Capitol, Washington
4 Mar 1877 – 4 Mar 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
4 years
4 Mar 1881 – 19 Sep 1881 James A. Garfield
6 months, 19 days
2 Jul 1881 Garfield shot at the Baltimore and Potomac station
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station (site), Washington
19 Sep 1881 – 4 Mar 1885 Chester A. Arthur
≈ 3 years, 5 months
19 Sep 1881 Garfield dies at Elberon
Francklyn Cottage (site), Elberon, Long Branch, New Jersey
4 Mar 1885 – 4 Mar 1889 Grover Cleveland, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1889 – 4 Mar 1893 Benjamin Harrison
4 years
4 Mar 1893 – 4 Mar 1897 Grover Cleveland, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1897 – 4 Mar 1901 William McKinley, first term
≈ 4 years
4 Mar 1901 – 14 Sep 1901 William McKinley, second term
6 months, 14 days
6 Sep 1901 McKinley shot at the Temple of Music
Temple of Music (site), Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo
14 Sep 1901 – 4 Mar 1905 Theodore Roosevelt, first term
≈ 3 years, 5 months
14 Sep 1901 Roosevelt sworn in at the Wilcox House
Ansley Wilcox House, Delaware Avenue, Buffalo
4 Mar 1905 – 4 Mar 1909 Theodore Roosevelt, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1909 – 4 Mar 1913 William Howard Taft
4 years
4 Mar 1913 – 4 Mar 1917 Woodrow Wilson, first term
4 years
4 Mar 1917 – 4 Mar 1921 Woodrow Wilson, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1921 – 2 Aug 1923 Warren G. Harding
≈ 2 years, 5 months
2 Aug 1923 – 4 Mar 1925 Calvin Coolidge, first term
≈ 1 year, 7 months
2 Aug 1923 Harding dies in San Francisco
Palace Hotel, San Francisco
3 Aug 1923 Coolidge sworn in by his father
Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth Notch, Vermont
4 Mar 1925 – 4 Mar 1929 Calvin Coolidge, second term
4 years
4 Mar 1929 – 4 Mar 1933 Herbert Hoover
4 years
23 Jan 1933 Twentieth Amendment ratified
4 Mar 1933 – 20 Jan 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt, first term
≈ 3 years, 10 months
20 Jan 1937 – 20 Jan 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, second term
4 years
20 Jan 1941 – 20 Jan 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, third term
4 years
20 Jan 1945 – 12 Apr 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, fourth term
2 months, 22 days
12 Apr 1945 – 20 Jan 1949 Harry S. Truman, first term
≈ 3 years, 9 months
12 Apr 1945 Roosevelt dies at Warm Springs
Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia
20 Jan 1949 – 20 Jan 1953 Harry S. Truman, second term
4 years
27 Feb 1951 Twenty-second Amendment ratified
20 Jan 1953 – 20 Jan 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower, first term
4 years
20 Jan 1957 – 20 Jan 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower, second term
4 years
20 Jan 1961 – 22 Nov 1963 John F. Kennedy
≈ 2 years, 10 months
22 Nov 1963 – 20 Jan 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson, first term
≈ 1 year, 1 month
22 Nov 1963 Kennedy assassinated in Dallas
Dealey Plaza, Dallas
22 Nov 1963 Johnson sworn in aboard Air Force One
Love Field, Dallas
20 Jan 1965 – 20 Jan 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson, second term
4 years
10 Feb 1967 Twenty-fifth Amendment ratified
20 Jan 1969 – 20 Jan 1973 Richard Nixon, first term
4 years
20 Jan 1973 – 9 Aug 1974 Richard Nixon, second term
≈ 1 year, 6 months
6 Dec 1973 Ford becomes vice president under the 25th Amendment
United States Capitol, Washington
27 Jul 1974 Judiciary Committee adopts articles against Nixon
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington
9 Aug 1974 – 20 Jan 1977 Gerald Ford
≈ 2 years, 5 months
9 Aug 1974 Nixon resigns; Ford sworn in
White House, Washington
20 Jan 1977 – 20 Jan 1981 Jimmy Carter
4 years
20 Jan 1981 – 20 Jan 1985 Ronald Reagan, first term
4 years
30 Mar 1981 Reagan shot outside the Washington Hilton
Washington Hilton, Washington
20 Jan 1985 – 20 Jan 1989 Ronald Reagan, second term
4 years
13 Jul 1985 Reagan hands power to Bush for surgery
Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland
20 Jan 1989 – 20 Jan 1993 George H. W. Bush
4 years
20 Jan 1993 – 20 Jan 1997 Bill Clinton, first term
4 years
20 Jan 1997 – 20 Jan 2001 Bill Clinton, second term
4 years
19 Dec 1998 – 12 Feb 1999 Impeachment of Bill Clinton
1 month, 25 days · United States Capitol, Washington
12 Dec 2000 Bush v. Gore decides the 2000 election
Supreme Court Building, Washington
20 Jan 2001 – 20 Jan 2005 George W. Bush, first term
4 years
29 Jun 2002 Cheney acting president: first formal use of Section 3
Camp David, Maryland
20 Jan 2005 – 20 Jan 2009 George W. Bush, second term
4 years
20 Jan 2009 – 20 Jan 2013 Barack Obama, first term
4 years
20 Jan 2009 Obama inaugurated as the first African American president
United States Capitol, Washington
20 Jan 2013 – 20 Jan 2017 Barack Obama, second term
4 years
20 Jan 2017 – 20 Jan 2021 Donald Trump, first term
4 years
18 Dec 2019 – 5 Feb 2020 First impeachment of Donald Trump
1 month, 19 days · United States Capitol, Washington
13 Jan 2021 – 13 Feb 2021 Second impeachment of Donald Trump
1 month, 1 day · United States Capitol, Washington
20 Jan 2021 – 20 Jan 2025 Joe Biden
4 years
20 Jan 2025 – ongoing Donald Trump, second term