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45 people
George Washington 1732–17991st presidentFirst President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
John Adams 1735–18262nd presidentSecond President and key Founding Father who helped secure independence and shaped early American diplomacy.
Thomas Jefferson 1743–18263rd presidentPrincipal author of the Declaration of Independence and third President who oversaw the Louisiana Purchase.
James Madison 1751–18364th presidentFourth President and Father of the Constitution who co-authored the Federalist Papers.
James Monroe 1758–18315th presidentFifth president associated with the Monroe Doctrine and an era of territorial expansion and one-party dominance.
John Quincy Adams 1767–18486th presidentDiplomat, sixth president, and later congressman who opposed slavery’s expansion and shaped early American foreign policy.
Andrew Jackson 1767–18457th presidentSeventh President whose populist policies and Indian Removal Act left a deeply contested legacy.
Martin Van Buren 1782–18628th presidentEighth president who helped build the Democratic Party machine and governed through the Panic of 1837.
William Henry Harrison 1773–18419th presidentWhig general elected ninth president who died one month into his term.
John Tyler 1790–186210th presidentFirst vice president to assume the presidency on a president's death and to annex Texas.
James K. Polk 1795–184911th presidentEleventh president whose expansionist policies added the Southwest and Oregon to the United States.
Zachary Taylor 1784–185012th presidentWar hero elected twelfth president who opposed extending slavery into western territories.
Millard Fillmore 1800–187413th presidentThirteenth president who signed the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act.
Franklin Pierce 1804–186914th presidentFourteenth president whose support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act deepened the sectional crisis over slavery.
James Buchanan 1791–186815th presidentFifteenth president who failed to halt Southern secession in the months before the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln 1809–186516th president16th President who preserved the Union during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Andrew Johnson 1808–187517th president17th president whose obstruction of Reconstruction weakened protections for formerly enslaved people and led to impeachment.
Ulysses S. Grant 1822–188518th president18th President and Union Army general whose leadership was decisive in winning the Civil War.
Rutherford B. Hayes 1822–189319th presidentNineteenth president whose disputed election settlement ended federal Reconstruction in the South.
James A. Garfield 1831–188120th presidentTwentieth president assassinated months into office prompting federal civil service reform.
Chester A. Arthur 1829–188621st presidentTwenty-first president who signed the Pendleton Act establishing merit-based federal hiring.
Grover Cleveland 1837–190822nd & 24th presidentOnly president elected to nonconsecutive terms who championed limited government and the gold standard.
Benjamin Harrison 1833–190123rd presidentTwenty-third president who signed the Sherman Antitrust Act and expanded the modern navy.
William McKinley 1843–190125th presidentTwenty-fifth president who led the Spanish-American War and overseas expansion before being assassinated.
Theodore Roosevelt 1858–191926th president26th President known for progressive reforms, conservation efforts, and assertive foreign policy.
William Howard Taft 1857–193027th presidentOnly person to serve as both president and Chief Justice of the United States.
Woodrow Wilson 1856–192428th president28th President who led the nation through World War I and championed the League of Nations.
Warren G. Harding 1865–192329th presidentTwenty-ninth president whose administration was marked by postwar retrenchment and the Teapot Dome scandal.
Calvin Coolidge 1872–193330th presidentThirtieth president who cut taxes and federal spending during the economic expansion of the 1920s.
Herbert Hoover 1874–196431st presidentEngineer and relief administrator whose presidency was consumed by the onset of the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–194532nd president32nd President who led the nation through the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Harry S. Truman 1884–197233rd president33rd President who authorized the atomic bomb and implemented the Marshall Plan.
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–196934th president34th President and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II.
John F. Kennedy 1917–196335th president35th President whose brief tenure included the Cuban Missile Crisis and the launch of the Apollo program.
Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–197336th president36th President who signed the Civil Rights Act and launched the Great Society programs.
Richard Nixon 1913–199437th president37th President whose foreign policy achievements were overshadowed by the Watergate scandal.
Gerald Ford 1913–200638th president38th president who restored basic governmental stability after Watergate and controversially pardoned Richard Nixon.
Jimmy Carter 1924–202439th president39th president who emphasized human rights, brokered the Camp David Accords, and built a major post-presidential humanitarian legacy.
Ronald Reagan 1911–200440th president40th president whose conservative domestic program and assertive Cold War strategy reshaped American politics.
George H. W. Bush 1924–201841st president41st president who managed the end of the Cold War and assembled the coalition for the Persian Gulf War.
Bill Clinton b. 194642nd president42nd president whose centrist politics, economic agenda, and impeachment shaped the post-Cold War era.
George W. Bush b. 194643rd president43rd president who led the country after the September 11 attacks and launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Barack Obama b. 196144th president44th President and first African American to hold the office, known for the Affordable Care Act.
Donald Trump b. 194645th & 47th presidentBusinessman, media personality, and 45th and 47th president whose populist movement transformed American politics.
Joe Biden b. 194246th president46th president who enacted major infrastructure and climate legislation after decades in the Senate and vice presidency.