In this resource you will find portraits of the individuals who served as presidents of the United States, along with their occupations, political party affiliations, and other interesting facts. **The Republican Party during this period developed into today s Democratic Party. Today s Republican Party originated in 1854. 1 George Washington Presidential term: 1789 1797 Lived: 1732 1799 Occupations: Soldier, Planter Party: None Vice President: John Adams 2 John Adams 3 Thomas Jefferson 4 James Madison Presidential term: 1797 1801 Lived: 1735 1826 Party: Federalist Vice President: Thomas Jefferson Presidential term: 1801 1809 Lived: 1743 1826 Occupations: Planter, Lawyer ** Vice Presidents: Aaron Burr, George Clinton Presidential term: 1809 1817 Lived: 1751 1836 Occupation: Planter ** Vice Presidents: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry 5 James Monroe 6 John Quincy Adams 7 Andrew Jackson Presidential term: 1817 1825 Lived: 1758 1831 ** Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins Presidential term: 1825 1829 Lived: 1767 1848 ** Vice President: John C. Calhoun Presidential term: 1829 1837 Lived: 1767 1845 Born in: South Carolina Elected from: Tennessee Occupations: Lawyer, Soldier Vice Presidents: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren 606 Presidents of the United States
8 Martin Van Buren Presidential term: 1837 1841 Lived: 1782 1862 Vice President: Richard M. Johnson 9 William H. Harrison Presidential term: 1841 Lived: 1773 1841 Occupations: Soldier, Planter Vice President: John Tyler 10 John Tyler Presidential term: 1841 1845 Lived: 1790 1862 Elected as V.P. from: Virginia Succeeded Harrison U.S. Presidents 11 James K. Polk 12 Zachary Taylor 13 Millard Fillmore Presidential term: 1845 1849 Lived: 1795 1849 Born in: North Carolina Elected from: Tennessee Vice President: George M. Dallas Presidential term: 1849 1850 Lived: 1784 1850 Elected from: Louisiana Occupation: Soldier Vice President: Millard Fillmore Presidential term: 1850 1853 Lived: 1800 1874 Succeeded Taylor 14 Franklin Pierce 15 James Buchanan 16 Abraham Lincoln Presidential term: 1853 1857 Lived: 1804 1869 Born in: New Hampshire Elected from: New Hampshire Vice President: William R. King Presidential term: 1857 1861 Lived: 1791 1868 Born in: Pennsylvania Elected from: Pennsylvania Vice President: John C. Breckinridge Presidential term: 1861 1865 Lived: 1809 1865 Born in: Kentucky Elected from: Illinois Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson Presidents of the United States 607
U.S. Presidents 17 Andrew Johnson Presidential term: 1865 1869 Lived: 1808 1875 Born in: North Carolina Elected as V.P. from: Tennessee Succeeded Lincoln Occupation: Tailor 18 Uly ses S. Grant Presidential term: 1869 1877 Lived: 1822 1885 Elected from: Illinois Occupations: Farmer, Soldier Vice Presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson 19 Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential term: 1877 1881 Lived: 1822 1893 Vice President: William A. Wheeler 20 James A. Garfield 21 Chester A. Arthur 22 Grover Cleveland Presidential term: 1881 Lived: 1831 1881 Occupations: Laborer, Professor Vice President: Chester A. Arthur Presidential term: 1881 1885 Lived: 1830 1886 Born in: Vermont Succeeded Garfield Presidential term: 1885 1889 Lived: 1837 1908 Born in: New Jersey Vice President: Thomas A. Hendricks 23 Benjamin Harrison 24 Grover Cleveland 25 William McKinley Presidential term: 1889 1893 Lived: 1833 1901 Elected from: Indiana Vice President: Levi P. Morton Presidential term: 1893 1897 Lived: 1837 1908 Born in: New Jersey Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson Presidential term: 1897 1901 Lived: 1843 1901 Vice Presidents: Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt 608 Presidents of the United States
26 Theodore Roosevelt Presidential term: 1901 1909 Lived: 1858 1919 Succeeded McKinley Occupations: Historian, Rancher Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks 27 William H. Taft Presidential term: 1909 1913 Lived: 1857 1930 Vice President: James S. Sherman 28 Woodrow Wilson Presidential term: 1913 1921 Lived: 1856 1924 Elected from: New Jersey Occupation: College Professor Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall U.S. Presidents 29 Warren G. Harding 30 Calvin Coolidge 31 Herbert C. Hoover Presidential term: 1921 1923 Lived: 1865 1923 Occupations: Newspaper Editor, Publisher Vice President: Calvin Coolidge Presidential term: 1923 1929 Lived: 1872 1933 Born in: Vermont Elected as V.P. from: Massachusetts Succeeded Harding Vice President: Charles G. Dawes Presidential term: 1929 1933 Lived: 1874 1964 Born in: Iowa Elected from: California Occupation: Engineer Vice President: Charles Curtis 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 33 Harry S Truman 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential term: 1933 1945 Lived: 1882 1945 Vice Presidents: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S Truman Presidential term: 1945 1953 Lived: 1884 1972 Born in: Missouri Elected as V.P. from: Missouri Succeeded Roosevelt Occupations: Clerk, Farmer Vice President: Alben W. Barkley Presidential term: 1953 1961 Lived: 1890 1969 Born in: Texas Occupation: Soldier Vice President: Richard M. Nixon Presidents of the United States 609
U.S. Presidents 35 John F. Kennedy Presidential term: 1961 1963 Lived: 1917 1963 Occupations: Author, Reporter Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson 36 Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential term: 1963 1969 Lived: 1908 1973 Born in: Texas Elected as V.P. from: Texas Succeeded Kennedy Occupation: Teacher Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey 37 Richard M. Nixon Presidential term: 1969 1974 Lived: 1913 1994 Born in: California Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford 38 Gerald R. Ford 39 James E. Carter, Jr. 40 Ronald W. Reagan Presidential term: 1974 1977 Lived: 1913 Born in: Nebraska Appointed as V.P. upon Agnew s resignation; succeeded Nixon Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Presidential term: 1977 1981 Lived: 1924 Born in: Georgia Elected from: Georgia Occupations: Business, Farmer Vice President: Walter F. Mondale Presidential term: 1981 1989 Lived: 1911 2004 Born in: Illinois Elected from: California Occupations: Actor, Lecturer Vice President: George H.W. Bush 41 George H.W. Bush 42 William J. Clinton 43 George W. Bush Presidential term: 1989 1993 Lived: 1924 Elected from: Texas Occupation: Business Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Presidential term: 1993 2001 Lived: 1946 Born in: Arkansas Elected from: Arkansas Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr. Presidential term: 2001 Lived: 1946 Born in: Connecticut Elected from: Texas Occupation: Business Vice President: Richard B. Cheney 610 Presidents of the United States