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 Home > History & Tours > Past Presidents

The Presidents of the United States

Alphabetical Order:
Adams to Jackson
Alphabetical Order:
Jefferson to Wilson
Portrait of John Adams Adams, John
1797-1801
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas
1801-09
Portrait of John Quincy Adams Adams, John
1825-29

Portrait of Andrew Johnson Johnson, Andrew
1865-69

Portrait of Chester Arthur Arthur, Chester
1881-85
Portrait of Lyndon Johnson Johnson, Lyndon
1963-69
Portrait of James Buchanan Buchanan, James
1857-61
Portrait of John Kennedy Kennedy, John F.
1961-63
Portrait of George H.W. Bush Bush, George H.W.
1989-93
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham
1861-65
Portrait of George W. Bush Bush, George W.
2001-present
Portrait of James Madison Madison, James
1809-17
Portrait of Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy
1977-81
Portrait of William McKinley McKinley, William
1897-1901
Portrait of Grover Cleveland Cleveland, Grover
1885-89, 1893-97
Portrait of James Monroe Monroe, James
1817-25
Portrait of William Clinton Clinton, William J.
1993-2001
Portrait of Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard
1969-74
Portrait of Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin
1923-29
Portrait of Franklin Pierce Pierce, Franklin
1853-57
Portrait of Dwight Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight
1953-61
Portrait of James Polk Polk, James
1845-49
Portrait of Millard Fillmore Fillmore, Millard
1850-53
Portrait of Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald
1981-89
Portrait of Gerald Ford Ford, Gerald
1974-77
Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1933-45
Portrait of James Garfield Garfield, James
1881
Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore
1901-09
Portrait of Ulysses Grant Grant, Ulysses S.
1869-77
Portrait of William Howard Taft Taft, William H.
1909-13
Portrait of Warren Harding Harding, Warren
1921-23
Portrait of Zachary Taylor Taylor, Zachary
1849-50
Portrait of Benjamin Harrison Harrison, Benjamin
1889-93
Portrait of Harry S Truman Truman, Harry S
1945-53
Portrait of William Henry Harrison Harrison, William Henry
1841
Portrait of John Tyler Tyler, John
1841-45
Portrait of Rutherford Hayes Hayes, Rutherford B.
1877-81
Portrait of Martin Van Buren Van Buren, Martin
1837-41
Portrait of Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert
1929-33
Portrait of George Washington Washington, George
1789-97
Portrait of Andrew Jackson Jackson, Andrew
1829-37
Portrait of Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow
1913-21

[ Presidents by Date ]

The President biographies presented here are from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society.

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