All the Presidents of the United States

The president is the head of state as well as the commander-in-chief of the U.S armed forces. According to Article 2 of the constitution, the U.S president has to execute and enforce laws established by congress. The following table highlights quick information about all the presidents of the United States, the time spent in the office, and their biggest achievements, facts, or major events. Read on!

President Name	Duration in the Office	Prominent Accomplishments or Facts or Major Events
George Washington	1789 to 1797	Organization of First U.S. Cabinet and Executive Branch
John Adams	1797 to 1801	First U.S President who lived in White House
Thomas Jefferson	1801 to 1809	The Louisiana Purchase
James Madison	1809 to 1817	Known as the Father of the U.S Constitution
James Monroe	1817 to 1825	1823’s Monroe Doctrine (Strengthened the U.S foreign policy)
John Quincy Adams	1825 to 1829	Large scale involvement in economic development
Andrew Jackson	1829 to 1837	Founder of the modern Democratic Party
Martin Van Buren	1837 to 1841	He earned a nickname “Red Fox”
William Henry Harrison	1841	Shortest Presidential Term
John Tyler	1841 to 1845	Congress override his veto of legislation
James K. Polk	1845 to 1849	Reestablishment of Independent Treasury System
Zachary Taylor	1849 to 1850	Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore	1850 to 1853	California became the free state
Franklin Pierce	1853 to 1857	The Gadsden Purchase
James Buchanan	1857 to 1861	Maintained peace between anti-slavery and pro-slavery factions
Abraham Lincoln	1861 to 1865	Emancipation Proclamation / Abolished Slavery
Andrew Johnson	1865 to 1869	Permitted the rebellious states to elect new governments
Ulysses S. Grant	1869 to 1877	Implement Congressional Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes	1877 to 1881	Civil service reform
James A. Garfield	1881	The resurgence of presidential authority
Chester A. Arthur	1881-1885	Advocated for civil service reform
Grover Cleveland	1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897	Expansion of Government Positions
Benjamin Harrison	1889 to 1893	Establishment of national forest reserves
William McKinley	1897 to 1901	Victory in the Spanish–American War
Theodore Roosevelt	1901 to 1909	Promotion of conservation movement
William Howard Taft	1909 to 1913	Set railroad rates / Support of Federal Income Tax
Woodrow Wilson	1913 to 1921	Treaty of Versailles Negotiations
Warrant G. Harding	1921 to 1923	Signed the Accounting Act of 1921
Calvin Coolidge	1923 to 1929	Signed the Immigration Act of 1924
Herbert Hoover	1929 to 1933	Construction of the Hoover Dam
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1933 to 1945	The National Recovery Administration Program
Harry S. Truman	1945 to 1953	Used the atomic bomb against Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1953 to 1961	Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957
John F. Kennedy	1961 to 1963	Formation of the Peace Corps in 1961
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963 to 1969	Medicare and Medicaid
Richard M. Nixon	1969 to 1974	The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Gerald R. Ford	1974 to 1977	The Helsinki Accords
Jimmy Carter	1977 to 1981	Established the Department of Education and Energy
Ronald Reagan	1981 to 1989	The Habitat for Humanity charity
George Bush	1989 to 1993	The reunification of Germany
William J. Clinton	1993 to 2001	Children’s Health Insurance Program
George W. Bush	2001 to 2009	Major education bill / War on Terror / Tax Cut Program
Barack Obama	2008 to 2017	Job Creation Act of 2010
Donald J. Trump	2017 to #	Economy, Defense, Education, etc.