Over two centuries of U.S. presidents

A journey through time, charting all 47 U.S. presidents and their years in office

1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030

George Washington
1789-1797

John Adams
1797-1801

Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809

James Madison
1809-1817

James Monroe
1817-1825

John Quincy Adams
1825-1829

Andrew Jackson
1829-1837

Martin Van Buren
1837-1841

William Henry Harrison
1841-1841

John Tyler
1841-1845

James K. Polk
1845-1849

Zachary Taylor
1849-1850

Millard Fillmore
1850-1853

Franklin Pierce
1853-1857

James Buchanan
1857-1861

Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865

Andrew Johnson
1865-1869

Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881

James Garfield
1881-1881

Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885

Grover Cleveland
1893-97/1885-89

Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893

William McKinley
1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909

William Howard Taft
1909-1913

Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921

Warren
G. Harding
1921-1923

Calvin
Coolidge
1923-1929

Herbert Hoover
1929-1933

Franklin D.
Roosevelt
1933-1945

Harry S. Truman
1945-1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961

John F. Kennedy
1961-1963

Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969

Richard Nixon
1969-1974

Gerald Ford
1974-1977

Jimmy Carter
1977-1981

Ronald Reagan
1981-1989

George H.W. Bush
1989-1993

Bill Clinton
1993-2001

George W. Bush
2001-2009

Barack Obama
2009-2017

Donald Trump
2017-21/2025-

Joe Biden
2021-2025

In office
Lifespan after office
Living

Jefferson and
Adams die hours
apart on July 4,
Independence
Day, in 1826

1850: First documented use
of presidential seal, based on
President Millard Fillmore’s
sketch of eagle holding olive
branch and three arrows

First president to die in office – succumbs
to pneumonia one month after being
sworn in

For first time there are six living presidents*

July 2, 1881:
Shot in back by
Charles J. Guiteau
in Washington DC
railroad station.
Dies 11 weeks later

War hero dies
16 months into
his presidency

First president to
lose re-election bid
but later regain
presidency

Sep 6, 1901: Shot
twice in abdomen
by Leon Czolgosz
in Buffalo, New
York. Dies eight
days later. Secret
Service ordered to
protect presidents

Apr 14, 1865: Shot by
John Wilkes Booth in
Ford’s Theatre,
Washington DC, one
month into second term.
Dies eight hours later

Nov 22, 1963: Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
as motorcade drives through Dallas, Texas.
Pronounced dead 30 minutes later

Dies in office

Only president elected more
than twice – he dies one
month into his fourth
term following brain
haemorrhage

1951: 22nd Amendment
limits president to only two
four-year terms in office

Grover
Cleveland
and Donald
Trump – only
presidents to lose
re-election bid and
later regain presidency

Second president to
lose re-election bid
but later regain
presidency

*Occurs again in 1993, 2001, 2017 and 2021

Sources: Charles Apple (The Spokesman-Review), The White House
Pictures: Getty Images, Creative Commons
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