President of the United States of America/Catalogs
The office of President of the United States has been held by 42 men since George Washington became the first in 1789. In the listings, however, Grover Cleveland is counted twice because he had two separate terms. Elections take place in years divisible by 4; the term for the president begins in the following year. The first term of office started on 30 April 1789. Subsequent terms of office began on 4 March until the ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933. Since 1937 terms have started on 20 January. The 22nd Amendment (ratified in 1951) placed a limit of two 4-year terms or ten years in office. Seven presidents have died in office and one resigned. In each instance, the vice-president succeeded to the office immediately.
The holders of the office of President have been:
| No. | Name | Term of office | Reason for early end of term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington | 1789-1797 | |
| 2 | John Adams | 1797-1801 | |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | |
| 4 | James Madison | 1809-1817 | |
| 5 | James Monroe | 1817-1825 | |
| 6 | John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | |
| 7 | Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren | 1837-1841 | |
| 9 | William Henry Harrison | 1841 | Died in office April 4, 1841 |
| 10 | John Tyler | 1841-1845 | |
| 11 | James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | |
| 12 | Zachary Taylor | 1849-1850 | Died in office July 9, 1850 |
| 13 | Millard Fillmore | 1850-1853 | |
| 14 | Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | |
| 15 | James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | |
| 16 | Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Assassinated April 15, 1865 |
| 17 | Andrew Johnson | 1865-1869 | |
| 18 | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | |
| 19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877-1881 | |
| 20 | James Garfield | 1881 | Assassinated September 19, 1881 |
| 21 | Chester Arthur | 1881-1885 | |
| 22 | Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889 | |
| 23 | Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | |
| 24 | Grover Cleveland | 1893-1897 | |
| 25 | William McKinley | 1897-1901 | Assassinated September 14, 1901 |
| 26 | Theodore Roosevelt | 1901-1909 | |
| 27 | William Howard Taft | 1909-1913 | |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | |
| 29 | Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Died in office August 2, 1923 |
| 30 | Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | |
| 31 | Herbert Hoover | 1929-1933 | |
| 32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933-1945 | Died in office April 12, 1945 |
| 33 | Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | |
| 34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | |
| 35 | John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Assassinated November 22, 1963 |
| 36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | |
| 37 | Richard M. Nixon | 1969-1974 | Resigned August 9, 1974 |
| 38 | Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | |
| 39 | Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | |
| 40 | Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | |
| 41 | George H. W. Bush | 1989-1993 | |
| 42 | Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | |
| 43 | George W. Bush | 2001-present |