United States: Heads of State: 1789-2023 Terms of offices prior to enactment of the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution (23 Jan 1933) are considered to have commenced and expired on March 4 (discussion in notes). President of the United States [1] 30 Apr 1789 - 4 Mar 1797 George Washington 4 Mar 1797 - 4 Mar 1801 John Adams 4 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1809 Thomas Jefferson 4 Mar 1809 - 4 Mar 1817 James Madison 4 Mar 1817 - 4 Mar 1825 James Monroe 4 Mar 1825 - 4 Mar 1829 John Quincy Adams 4 Mar 1829 - 4 Mar 1837 Andrew Jackson 4 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841 Martin Van Buren 4 Mar 1841 - 4 Apr 1841 William Henry Harrison 4 Apr 1841 - 4 Mar 1845 John Tyler 4 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849 James Polk 4 Mar 1849 - 9 Jul 1850 Zachary Taylor 9 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 Millard Fillmore 4 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 Franklin Pierce 4 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 James Buchanan 4 Mar 1861 - 15 Apr 1865 Abraham Lincoln 15 Apr 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 Andrew Johnson 4 Mar 1869 - 4 Mar 1877 Ulysses Grant 4 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 Rutherford Hayes 4 Mar 1881 - 19 Sep 1881 James Garfield 19 Sep 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 Chester Arthur 4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 Grover Cleveland 4 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 Benjamin Harrison 4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 Grover Cleveland (x) 4 Mar 1897 - 14 Sep 1901 William McKinley 14 Sep 1901 - 4 Mar 1909 Theodore Roosevelt 4 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 William Howard Taft 4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 Woodrow Wilson 4 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1923 Warren Harding 2 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1929 Calvin Coolidge 4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Herbert Hoover 4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 Franklin Roosevelt 12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 Harry Truman 20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 Dwight Eisenhower 20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 John Kennedy 22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 Lyndon Johnson 20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 Richard Nixon 9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 Gerald Ford 20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Jimmy Carter 20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 Ronald Reagan 20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 George H. W. Bush 20 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 Bill Clinton 20 Jan 2001 - 20 Jan 2009 George W. Bush 20 Jan 2009 - 20 Jan 2017 Barack Obama 20 Jan 2017 - 20 Jan 2021 Donald Trump 20 Jan 2021 - Joe Biden [1] The use of President of the United States as an officially accepted alternative to President of the United States of America is based on a Concurrent Resolution of the U.S. Congress of 14 May 1789 (discussion in notes). Last updated on: 07 Jun 2023 07:40:02; URL: www.archontology.org/nations/us/us2/index.php
