Although Washington was a member of the Whig Party before the Revolution, after the war he was not a member of any party, though he tended to lean toward Federalist positions. Since the formation of the Democratic-Republican party and the Federalist Party, there has always been at least one viable political party. Today the United States has a two party system. There have been many third party movements, such as Ralph Nader, and Theodore Roosevelt, but these attempts to create a three-party system have, thus far, failed.
#
President
Years in Office
Political Party
Notes
1
George Washington
1789-1797
Unaffiliated
British officer in the French and Indian War, American general, war hero in Revolution against the British. Robert E. Lee is a distant relative. The only President to have been elected without a political party. Reluctant to become president. Set many precedents in office.
2
John Adams
1797-1801
Federalist
3
Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809
Democratic-Republican
4
James Madison
1809-1817
Democratic-Republican
5
James Monroe
1817-1825
Democratic-Republican
6
John Quincy Adams
1825-1829
Democratic-Republican
Son of former President John Adams
7
Andrew Jackson
1829-1837
Democrat
8
Martin Van Buren
1837-1841
Democrat
9
William Henry Harrison
1841
Whig
Died in Office
10
John Tyler
1841-1845
Democrat
Succeeded President Harrison
11
James Knox Polk
1845-1849
Democrat
12
Zachary Taylor
1849-1850
Whig
Died in Office
13
Millard Fillmore
1850-1853
Whig
Succeeded President Taylor
14
Franklin Pierce
1853-1857
Democrat
15
James Buchanan
1857-1861
Democrat
16
Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865
Republican
Assassinated
17
Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
Democrat
Succeeded President Lincoln, Impeached by House, acquitted by one vote in the Senate
18
Hyram Ulysses Grant
1869-1877
Republican
19
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
1877-1881
Republican
20
James Abram Garfield
1881
Republican
Assassinated
21
Chester Alan Arthur
1881-1885
Republican
Succeeded President Garfield
22
(Stephen) Grover Cleveland
1885-1889
Democrat
Also served as the 24th President
23
Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893
Republican
Grandson of former President William Henry Harrison
24
(Stephen) Grover Cleveland
1893-1897
Democrat
Also served as the 22nd President
25
William McKinley
1897-1901
Republican
Assassinated
26
Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
Republican
Succeeded President McKinley. Roosevelt was fought in the battle of San Juan hill, Esperanto speaker, on the staff of National Geographic while President
27
William Howard Taft
1909-1913
Republican
28
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
Democrat
29
Warren Gamaliel Harding
1921-1923
Republican
Died in office
30
(John) Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
1923-1929
Republican
Succeeded President Harding
31
Herbert Clark Hoover
1929-1933
Republican
32
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1933-1945
Democrat
Only president to serve more than two terms (he served four); Died in office
33
Harry S Truman
1945-1953
Democrat
Succeeded President Roosevelt
34
Dwight David Eisenhower
1953-1961
Republican
35
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1961-1963
Democrat
Assassinated
36
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1963-1969
Democrat
Succeeded President Kennedy
37
Richard Milhous Nixon
1969-1974
Republican
Resigned over Watergate, author of No More Vietnams and The Real War
38
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
1974-1977
Republican
Succeeded President Nixon
39
James Earl Carter, Jr.
1977-1981
Democrat
40
Ronald Wilson Reagan
1981-1989
Republican
41
George Herbert Walker Bush
1989-1993
Republican
42
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
1993-2001
Democrat
Impeached by House, acquitted by Senate
43
George Walker Bush
2001-2009
Republican
Son of former President George Herbert Walker Bush
44
Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
2009-2017
Democrat
First African-American president.
45
Donald John Trump
2017-Present
Republican
Vice Presidents of the United States of America
#
Vice President
Years in Office
Political Party
Notes
1
John Adams
1789-1797
Federalist
Second President
2
Thomas Jefferson
1797-1801
Democratic-Republican
Founder of the Democratic-Republican Party
3
Aaron Burr
1801-1805
Democratic-Republican
Shot Alexander Hamiltion in a duel. Bribed electors to vote for him, and ended up tied with Jefferson. Scandal resulted in the 12th Amendment.
4
George Clinton
1805-1812
Democratic-Republican
Died in office.
5
Elbridge Gerry
1813-1814
Democratic-Republican
Died in office.
6
Daniel D. Tompkins
1817-1825
Democratic-Republican
an entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman and Governor of New York
7
John Caldwell Calhoun
1825-1832
Democratic-Republican
Resigned
8
Martin Van Buren
1833-1837
Democrat
9
Richard Mentor Johnson
1837-1841
Democrat
10
John Tyler
1841
Whig
Succeeded President Harrison
11
George Mifflin Dallas
1845-1849
Democrat
12
Millard Fillmore
1849-1850
Whig
Succeeded President Taylor
13
William Rufus DeVane King
1853
Democrat
Died in Office, strong believer in "Manifest Destiny."
14
John Cabell Breckinridge
1857-1861
Democrat
15
Hannibal Hamlin
1861-1865
Republican
16
Andrew Johnson
1865
Democrat
Succeeded President Lincoln
17
Schuyler Colfax
1869-1873
Republican
President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Colfax, both 46 at time of entering offices, were the youngest presidential team until election of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1992.
18
Henry Wilson
1873-1875
Republican
Died in Office
19
William Almon Wheeler
1877-1881
Republican
20
Chester Alan Arthur
1881
Republican
Succeeded President Garfield
21
Thomas Andrews Hendricks
1885
Democrat
Died in office
22
Levi Parsons Morton
1889-1893
Republican
23
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
1893-1897
Democrat
24
Garret Augustus Hobart
1897-1899
Republican
Died in office
25
Theodore Roosevelt
1901
Republican
Succeeded President McKinley
26
Charles Warren Fairbanks
1905-1909
Republican
27
James Schoolcraft Sherman
1909-1912
Republican
Died in office
28
Thomas Riley Marshall
1913-1921
Democrat
29
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
1921-1923
Republican
Succeeded President Harding
30
Charles Gates Dawes
1925-1929
Republican
31
Charles Curtis
1929-1933
Republican
32
John Nance Garner
1933-1941
Democrat
33
Henry Agard Wallace
1941-1945
Democrat
34
Harry S Truman
1945
Democrat
Succeeded President Roosevelt
35
Alben William Barkley
1949-1953
Democrat
36
Richard Milhous Nixon
1953-1961
Republican
37
Lyndon Baines Johnson
1961-1963
Democrat
Succeeded President Kennedy
38
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
1965-1969
Democrat
39
Spiro Theodore Agnew
1969-1973
Republican
Resigned
40
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
1973-1974
Republican
Succeeded President Nixon
41
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
1974-1977
Republican
42
Walter Frederick Mondale
1977-1981
Democrat
43
George Herbert Walker Bush
1981-1989
Republican
44
James Danforth "Dan" Quayle III
1989-1993
Republican
45
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
1993-2001
Democrat
Nobel Prize winner for film "An Inconvenient Truth", ran unsuccessfully against Bush in 2000
