The United States of America was born a republic nation-state in 1781 after the 13 original states rebelled against British rule in 1776. The United States of America was formally recognized as a sovereign nation in 1783. Forty-four presidents have governed over the nation since. Only five of the 44 presidents still live.
Born: February 22, 1732 Died: December 14, 1799 at age 67
In Office: April 30, 1789-March 4, 1797
Served Two Terms
Political Party: None
Vice President: John Adams
First Lady: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
2 John Adams
Born: October 30, 1735 Died: July 4, 1826 at age 90
In Office: March 4, 1797-March 3, 1801
Served One Term
Political Party: Federalist
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson
First Lady: Abigail Smith Adams
3 Thomas Jefferson
Born: April 13, 1743 Died: July 4, 1826 at age 83
In Office: March 4, 1801-March 3, 1809
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Democrat-Republican
Vice Presidents: Aaron Burr (1801-05); George Clinton (1805-09)
First Lady: Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
4 James Madison
Born: March 16, 1751 Died: June 28, 1836 at age 85
In Office: March 4, 1809-March 3, 1817
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Democrat-Republican
Vice Presidents: George Clinton (1809-12); Elbridge Gerry (1813-14)
First Lady: Dolley Payne Todd Madison
5 James Monroe
Born: April 28, 1758 Died: July 4, 1831 at age 73
In Office: March 4,1817-March 3, 1825
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Democrat-Republican
Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins
First Lady: Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright Monroe
6 John Quincy Adams
Born: July 11, 1767 Died: February 23, 1848 at age 80
In Office: March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat-Republican
Vice President: John C. Calhoun
First Lady: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams
7 Andrew Jackson
Born: March 15, 1767 Died: June 8, 1845 at age 78
In Office: March 4, 1829-March 3, 1837
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Democrat
Vice Presidents: John C. Calhoun (1829-32) Martin Van Buren (1832-37)
First Lady: Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
8 Martin Van Buren
Born: December 5, 1782 Died: July 24,1862 at age 79
In Office: March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Richard M. Johnson
First Lady: Hannah Hoes Van Buren
9 William Henry Harrison, 1841
Born: February 9, 1773 Died: April 4, 1841 at age 68
In Office: March 4, 1841-April 4, 1841
Served One Month of First Term
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: John Tyler
First Lady: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
10 John Tyler
Born: March 29, 1790 Died: January 18, 1862 at age 71
In Office: April 6, 1841-March 3, 1845
Served Remainder of Harrison's Term
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: None
First Lady: Letitia Chrisitan Tyler (1790-1842) Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820-1889)
11 James Knox Polk
Born: November 2, 1795 Died: June 15, 1849 at age 53
In Office: March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: George M. Dallas
First Lady: Sarah Childress Polk
12 Zachary Taylor
Born: November 24, 1784 Died: July 9, 1850 at age 65
In Office: March 5, 1849-July 9, 1850
Served Less Than One Term; Died in Office
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: Millard Fillmore
First Lady: Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor
13 Millard Fillmore
Born: January 7, 1800 Died: March 8, 1874 at age 74
In Office: July 9, 1850-March 3, 1853
Served Remainder of Taylor's Term
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: None
First Lady: Abigail Powers Fillmore (1798-1853) Caroline C. McIntosh Fillmore (1813-1881)
14 Franklin Pierce
Born: November 23, 1804 Died: October 8, 1869 at age 64
In Office: March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: William R. King
First Lady: Jane Means Appleton
15 James Buchanan
Born: April 23, 1791 Died: June 1, 1868 at age 77
In Office: March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: John C. Breckinridge
First Lady: Never Married
Born: February 12, 1809 Died: April 15, 1865 at age 56
In Office: March 4, 1861-April 15, 1865
Served One Term, Assassinated Early Second Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) Andrew Johnson (1865)
First Lady: Mary Todd Lincoln
17 Andrew Johnson
Born: December 29, 1808 Died: July 31, 1875 at age 66
In Office: April 15, 1865-March 3, 1869
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: None
First Lady: Eliza McCardle Johnson
18 Ulysses Simpson Grant
Born: April 27, 1822 Died: July 23, 1885 at age 63
In Office: March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Schuyler Colfax (1869-73) Henry Wilson (1873-75)
First Lady: Julia Boggs Dent Grant
19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Born: October 4, 1822 Died: January 17, 1893 at age 70
In Office: March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881
Served One Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: William A. Wheeler
First Lady: Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
20 James Abram Garfield
Born: November 19, 1831 Died: September 19, 1881 at age 49
In Office: March 4, 1881-September 19, 1881
Served Ten Months of One Term; Assassinated
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Chester A. Arthur
First Lady: Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
21 Chester Alan Arthur
Born: October 5, 1829 Died: November 18, 1886 at age 57
In Office: September 19, 1881-March 3, 1885
Served Remainder of Garfield's Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: None
First Lady: Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
22 Stephen Grover Cleveland
Born: March 18, 1837 Died: June 24, 1908 at age 71
In Office: March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Thomas A. Hendricks
First Lady: Frances Folsom Cleveland
23 Benjamin Harrison
Born: August 20, 1833 Died: March 13, 1901 at age 67
In Office: March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893
Served One Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Levi P. Morton
First Lady: Caroline L. Scott Harrison (1832-1892) Mary Dimmick Harrison (1858-1948)
24 Stephen Grover Cleveland
Born: March 18, 1837 Died: June 24, 1908 at age 71
In Office: March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson
First Lady: Frances Folsom Cleveland
25 William McKinley
Born: January 29, 1843 Died: September 14, 1901 at age 58
In Office: March 4, 1897-September 14, 1901
Served One Term, Assassinated
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Garret Hobart (1987-99) Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
First Lady: Ida Saxton McKinley
26 Theodore Roosevelt
Born: October 27, 1858 Died: January 6, 1919 at age 60
In Office: September 14, 1901-March 3, 1909
Served Two Terms including remainder of McKinley's term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles Fairbanks (1905-09)
First Lady: Alice H. Lee Roosevelt (1861-1884) Edith K. Carow Roosevelt (1861-1948)
27 William Howard Taft
Born: September 15, 1857 Died: March 8, 1930 at age 72
In Office: March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913
Served One Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: James S. Sherman
First Lady: Helen Herron Taft
28 Woodrow Wilson
Born: December 28, 1856 Died: February 3, 1924 at age 67
In Office: March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
First Lady: Ellen L. Axson Wilson (1860-1914) Edith B. Galt Wilson (1872-1961)
29 Warren Gamaliel Harding
Born: November 2, 1865 Died: August 2, 1923 at age 57
In Office: March 4, 1921-August 2, 1923
Served Half of One Term; Died in Office
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge
First Lady: Florence Kling De Wolfe Harding
30 Calvin Coolidge
Born: July 4, 1872 Died: January 5, 1933 at age 60
In Office: August 3, 1923-March 3, 1929
Served Two Terms, Served Remainder of Harding's Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles G. Dawes
First Lady: Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
31 Herbert Clark Hoover
Born: August 10, 1874 Died: October 20, 1964 at age 90
In Office: March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933
Served One Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles Curtis
First Lady: Lou Henry Hoover
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Born: January 30, 1882 Died: April 12, 1945 at age 63
In Office: March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945
Served Two Terms; Died During Third Term in Office
Political Party: Democrat
Vice Presidents: John Garner (1933-41) Henry Wallace (1941-45) Harry S. Truman (1945)
First Lady: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
33 Harry S. Truman
Born: May 8, 1884 Died: December 26, 1972 at age 88
In Office: April 12, 1945-January 20, 1953
Served Two Terms, Served Remainder of Roosevelt's Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Alben W. Barkley
First Lady: Elizabeth "Bess" Virginia Wallace Truman
34 Dwight David Eisenhower
Born: October 14, 1890 Died: March 28, 1969 at age 78
In Office: January 20, 1953-January 20, 1961
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
First Lady: Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud Eisenhower
Born: May 29, 1917 Died: November 22, 1963 at age 46
In Office: January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963
Served Half of One Term; Assassinated
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Lyndon Baines Johnson
First Lady: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy
36 Lyndon Baines Johnson
Born: August 27, 1908 Died: January 22, 1973 at age 64
In Office: November 22, 1963-January 20, 1969
Served One and a Half Terms, Served Remainder of Kennedy's Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
First Lady: Claudia "Lady Bird" Alta Taylor Johnson
Born: January 9, 1913 Died: April 22, 1994 at age 81
In Office: January 20, 1969-August 9, 1974
Served One Term; Resigned to Avoid Impeachment over Watergate Scandal
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969-73) Gerald Ford (1973-74)
First Lady: Thelma "Pat" Catherine Ryan Nixon
38 Gerald Rudolph Ford
Born: July 14, 1913 Died: December 26, 2006 at age 93
In Office: August 9, 1974-January 20, 1977
Served Nearly One Term, Served Remainder of Nixon's Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
First Lady: Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Warren Ford
39 James Earl Carter, Jr.
Born: October 1, 1924
In Office: January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981
Served One Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Walter F. Mondale
First Lady: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
40 Ronald Wilson Reagan
Born: February 6, 1911 Died: June 5, 2004 at age 93
In Office: January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: George Bush
First Lady: Jane Wyman (1917-2007) Nancy Davis Reagan (1923- )
41 George Herbert Walker Bush
Born: June 12, 1924
In Office: January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993
Served One Term
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle
First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush
42 William "Bill" Jefferson Clinton
Born: August 19, 1946
In Office: January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001
Served Two Terms, Acquitted on Charges of Impeachment
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.
First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton
43 George Walker Bush
Born: July 6, 1946
In Office: January 20, 2001-January 20, 2009
Served Two Terms
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard B. Cheney
First Lady: Laura Welch Bush
Born: August 4, 1961
In Office: January 20, 2009 to Present
Serving First Term
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
First Lady: Michelle Robinson Obama
Written by Michael S. Atwood