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U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents

43 -  Presidential terms.
4 -  Presidents had no Vice President.
4 -  Presidents were assassinated.
2 -  Presidents were impeached.
1 -  President resigned.
1 -  President served two non-consecutive terms.
List of U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents
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#  Name Dates Comments
1. George Washington 1789 - 1797 elected unanimously.
  ...John Adams 1789 - 1797  
2. John Adams 1797 - 1801 was the 1st vice president
  ...Thomas Jefferson 1797 - 1801  
3. Thomas Jefferson 1801 - 1809 authored Declaration of Independence
  ...Aaron Burr 1801 - 1805  
  ...George Clinton 1805 - 1809  
4. James Madison 1809 - 1817 "Father of the Constitution"
  ...George Clinton 1809 - 1812  
  ...Elbridge Gerry 1813 - 1814  
5. James Monroe 1817 - 1825 issued the Monroe Doctrine
  ...Daniel D. Tompkins 1817 - 1825  
6. John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829 his father was also president
  ...John C. Calhoun 1825 - 1829  
7. Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837 survived assassination attempt
  ...John C. Calhoun 1829 - 1832  
  ...Martin Van Buren 1832 - 1837  
8. Martin Van Buren 1837 - 1841 1st president born a US citizen
  ...Richard M. Johnson 1837 - 1841  
9. William Henry Harrison 1841 - 1841 died after only 1 month in Office
  ...John Tyler 1841 - 1841  
10. John Tyler 1841 - 1845 threatened with impeachment
  ...No Vice President 1841 - 1845  
11. James K. Polk 1845 - 1849 1st nomination announced by telegraph
  ...George Mifflin Dallas 1845 - 1849  
12. Zachary Taylor 1849 - 1850 2nd president to die in office
  ...Millard Fillmore 1849 - 1850  
13. Millard Fillmore 1850 - 1853 wife set up the first White House library
  ...No Vice President 1850 - 1853  
14. Franklin Pierce 1853 - 1857 fist-fights in Congress during his term
  ...William R. King 1853 - 1857  
15. James Buchanan 1857 - 1861 never married
  ...John C. Breckinridge 1857 - 1861  
16. Abraham Lincoln 1861 - 1865 assassinated: 4/14/1865 died: 4/15
  ...Hannibal Hamlin 1861 - 1865  
  ...Andrew Johnson 1865 - 1865  
17. Andrew Johnson 1865 - 1869 impeached & acquitted
  ...No Vice President 1865 - 1869  
18. Ulysses S. Grant 1869 - 1877 at 39 volunteered to fight for the Union
  ...Schyler Colfax 1869 - 1873  
  ...Henry Wilson 1873 - 1875  
19. Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 - 1881 1st White House Easter egg roll
  ...William Wheeler 1877 - 1881  
20. James A. Garfield 1881 - 1881 assassinated: 7/2/1881 died: 9/19
  ...Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1881  
21. Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1885 dedicated the Washington Monument
  ...No Vice President 1881 - 1885  
22. Grover Cleveland 1885 - 1889 served 2 non-consecutive terms
  ...Thomas Hendricks 1885 - 1889  
23. Benjamin Harrison 1889 - 1893 grandson of a president
  ...Levi P. Morton 1889 - 1893  
24. Grover Cleveland 1893 - 1897 served 2 non-consecutive terms
  ...Adlai E. Stevenson 1893 - 1897  
25. William McKinley 1897 - 1901 assassinated: 9/6/1901 died: 9/14
  ...Garret Hobar 1897 - 1899  
  ...Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1901  
26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909 won Nobel Peace Prize
  ...No Vice President 1901 - 1905  
  ...Charles Fairbanks 1905 - 1909  
27. William Howard Taft 1909 - 1913 1st to have a presidential car
  ...James Sherman 1909 - 1912  
28. Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1921 U.S.fought in World War I
  ...Thomas R. Marshall 1913 - 1921  
29. Warren G. Harding 1921 - 1923 died after only 2 years in office
  ...Calvin Coolidge 1921 - 1923  
30. Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929 Lindbergh made his famous flight
  ...No Vice President 1923 - 1925  
  ...Charles Gates Dawes 1925 - 1929  
31. Herbert Hoover 1929 - 1933 1929 Stock Market Crash during his term
  ...Charles Curtis 1929 - 1933  
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933 - 1945 elected 4 times, died 2 weeks before German surrender in WWII
  ...John Nance Garner 1933 - 1941  
  ...Henry Agard Wallace 1941 - 1945  
33. Harry S. Truman 1945 - 1953 atomic bomb led to end of World War II
  ...No Vice President 1945 - 1949  
  ...Alben William Barkley 1949 - 1953  
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961 allied commander of the D-Day invasion
  ...Richard M. Nixon 1953 - 1961  
35. John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 assassinated: 11/22/1963
  ...Lyndon B. Johnson 1961 - 1963  
36. Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 - 1969 "The Great Society"
  ...Hubert H. Humphrey 1963 - 1969  
37. Richard M. Nixon 1969 - 1974 Resigned 8/9/1974
  ...Spiro T. Agnew 1969 - 1973  
  ...Gerald R. Ford 1973 - 1974  
38. Gerald R. Ford 1974 - 1977 not elected president or vice president
  ...Nelson A. Rockefeller 1974 - 1977  
39. James Earl Carter 1977 - 1981 creation of the Department of Energy
  ...Walter F. Mondale 1977 - 1981  
40. Ronald Reagan 1981 - 1989 USSR disintegrated during his term
  ...George Bush 1981 - 1989  
41. George H. W. Bush 1989 - 1993 Flying Cross Award for heroism, WWII
  ...Dan Quayle 1989 - 1993  
42. William Clinton 1993 - 2001 impeached & acquitted
  ...Albert Gore 1993 - 2001  
43. George W. Bush 2001 - Present controversial election
  ...Dick Cheney 2001 - present  
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