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1	President	Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term
1	George Washington	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	No party	John Adams	1
1	George Washington	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	No party	John Adams	2
2	John Adams	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Federalist	Thomas Jefferson	3
3	Thomas Jefferson	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican	Aaron Burr	4
3	Thomas Jefferson	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican	George Clinton	5
4	James Madison	March 4, 1809	March 4, 1817	Democratic-Republican	George Clintonn 2	6
					vacant	6
					Elbridge Gerryn 2	7
					vacant	7
5	James Monroe	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	Daniel D. Tompkins	8
5	James Monroe	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	Daniel D. Tompkins	9
6	John Quincy Adams	March 4, 1825	March 4, 1829	Democratic-Republican National Republican	John C. Calhoun	10
7	Andrew Jackson	March 4, 1829	March 4, 1837	Democratic	John C. Calhounn 3	11
					vacant	11
					Martin Van Buren	12
8	Martin Van Buren	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic	Richard Mentor Johnson	13
9	William Henry Harrison	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841n 2	Whig	John Tyler	14
10	John Tyler	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	Whig No partyn 4	vacant	14
11	James K. Polk	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	Democratic	George M. Dallas	15
12	Zachary Taylor	March 4, 1849	July 9, 1850n 2	Whig	Millard Fillmore	16
13	Millard Fillmore	July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853	Whig	vacant	16
14	Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Democratic	William R. Kingn 2	17
14	Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Democratic	vacant	17
15	James Buchanan	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	18
16	Abraham Lincoln	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865n 5	Republican National Unionn 6	Hannibal Hamlin	19
16	Abraham Lincoln	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865n 5	Republican National Unionn 6	Andrew Johnson	20
17	Andrew Johnson	April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869	Democratic National Unionn 6	vacant	20
18	Ulysses S. Grant	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1877	Republican	Schuyler Colfax	21
					Henry Wilsonn 2	22
					vacant	22
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Republican	William A. Wheeler	23
20	James A. Garfield	March 4, 1881	September 19, 1881n 5	Republican	Chester A. Arthur	24
21	Chester A. Arthur	September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885	Republican	vacant	24
22	Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Democratic	Thomas A. Hendricksn 2	25
22	Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Democratic	vacant	25
23	Benjamin Harrison	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Republican	Levi P. Morton	26
24	Grover Cleveland (2nd term)	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Democratic	Adlai E. Stevenson I	27
25	William McKinley	March 4, 1897	September 14, 1901n 5	Republican	Garret Hobartn 2	28
					vacant	28
					Theodore Roosevelt	29
26	Theodore Roosevelt	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Republican	vacant	29
26	Theodore Roosevelt	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Republican	Charles W. Fairbanks	30
27	William Howard Taft	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	Republican	James S. Shermann 2	31
27	William Howard Taft	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	Republican	vacant	31
28	Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	Thomas R. Marshall	32
28	Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	Thomas R. Marshall	33
29	Warren G. Harding	March 4, 1921	August 2, 1923n 2	Republican	Calvin Coolidge	34
30	Calvin Coolidge	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Republican	vacant	34
30	Calvin Coolidge	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Republican	Charles G. Dawes	35
31	Herbert Hoover	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican	Charles Curtis	36
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	March 4, 1933	April 12, 1945n 2	Democratic	John Nance Garner	37
					John Nance Garner	38
					Henry A. Wallace	39
					Harry S. Truman	40
33	Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Democratic	vacant	40
33	Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Democratic	Alben W. Barkley	41
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Republican	Richard Nixon	42
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Republican	Richard Nixon	43
35	John F. Kennedy	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963n 5	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson	44
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Democratic	vacant	44
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	45
37	Richard Nixon	January 20, 1969	August 9, 1974n 3	Republican	Spiro Agnewn 3	46
					Spiro Agnewn 3	47
					vacant
					Gerald Ford
38	Gerald Ford	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican	vacant
38	Gerald Ford	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican	Nelson Rockefeller
39	Jimmy Carter	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic	Walter Mondale	48
40	Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican	George H. W. Bush	49
40	Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican	George H. W. Bush	50
41	George H. W. Bush	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican	Dan Quayle	51
42	Bill Clinton	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	Al Gore	52
42	Bill Clinton	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	Al Gore	53
43	George W. Bush	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican	Dick Cheney	54
43	George W. Bush	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican	Dick Cheney	55
44	Barack Obama	January 20, 2009	Incumbent	Democratic	Joe Biden	56