US history, 1789 to the present
US Presidents in Order: Timeline and Recall Practice
Follow every US president from George Washington to Donald Trump's second presidency. Practise matching names with years in office, or add the collection once for gradual learning and ongoing review.
47 presidencies, 45 people
George Washington was the first president. Donald Trump is the 47th, serving his second presidency. Grover Cleveland and Trump each appear twice because their two presidencies were separated by another president. Cleveland is numbered 22 and 24; Trump is numbered 45 and 47.
The cards follow that numbered sequence. Consecutive terms stay together, so Franklin D. Roosevelt has one entry covering 1933-1945. The dates are years in office, not election years. William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield each served for only part of a single year, shown as 1841 and 1881 respectively.
Learn the whole guide over time
Includes all 47 entries across six chronological sections. A free account is needed.
Practise the presidential timeline
Hide some dates and recall the years in office. Then reverse the exercise to recall presidents from the dates. Keep names such as John Adams and John Quincy Adams distinct; for Cleveland and Trump, include the first or second presidency as shown.
Presidents 1 to 8: 1789 to 1841
Washington to Van Buren
Start with the first eight presidents, keeping John Adams and John Quincy Adams distinct.
President
George Washington
Years in office
1789-1797
President
John Adams
Years in office
1797-1801
President
Thomas Jefferson
Years in office
1801-1809
President
James Madison
Years in office
1809-1817
President
James Monroe
Years in office
1817-1825
President
John Quincy Adams
Years in office
1825-1829
President
Andrew Jackson
Years in office
1829-1837
President
Martin Van Buren
Years in office
1837-1841
Presidents 9 to 16: 1841 to 1865
Harrison to Lincoln
Follow the sequence from William Henry Harrison's short presidency to Abraham Lincoln.
President
William Henry Harrison
Years in office
1841
President
John Tyler
Years in office
1841-1845
President
James K. Polk
Years in office
1845-1849
President
Zachary Taylor
Years in office
1849-1850
President
Millard Fillmore
Years in office
1850-1853
President
Franklin Pierce
Years in office
1853-1857
President
James Buchanan
Years in office
1857-1861
President
Abraham Lincoln
Years in office
1861-1865
Presidents 17 to 24: 1865 to 1897
Johnson to Cleveland
Keep Cleveland's two presidencies on either side of Benjamin Harrison.
President
Andrew Johnson
Years in office
1865-1869
President
Ulysses S. Grant
Years in office
1869-1877
President
Rutherford B. Hayes
Years in office
1877-1881
President
James A. Garfield
Years in office
1881
President
Chester A. Arthur
Years in office
1881-1885
President
Grover Cleveland (first presidency)
Years in office
1885-1889
President
Benjamin Harrison
Years in office
1889-1893
President
Grover Cleveland (second presidency)
Years in office
1893-1897
Presidents 25 to 32: 1897 to 1945
McKinley to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Distinguish Theodore Roosevelt from Franklin D. Roosevelt and recall the presidents between them.
President
William McKinley
Years in office
1897-1901
President
Theodore Roosevelt
Years in office
1901-1909
President
William Howard Taft
Years in office
1909-1913
President
Woodrow Wilson
Years in office
1913-1921
President
Warren G. Harding
Years in office
1921-1923
President
Calvin Coolidge
Years in office
1923-1929
President
Herbert Hoover
Years in office
1929-1933
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Years in office
1933-1945
Presidents 33 to 40: 1945 to 1989
Truman to Reagan
Follow the eight presidents from Harry S. Truman through Ronald Reagan.
President
Harry S. Truman
Years in office
1945-1953
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Years in office
1953-1961
President
John F. Kennedy
Years in office
1961-1963
President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Years in office
1963-1969
President
Richard Nixon
Years in office
1969-1974
President
Gerald Ford
Years in office
1974-1977
President
Jimmy Carter
Years in office
1977-1981
President
Ronald Reagan
Years in office
1981-1989
Presidents 41 to 47: 1989 to the present
George H. W. Bush to the present
Distinguish the two Bush presidents and place Joe Biden between Donald Trump's two presidencies.
President
George H. W. Bush
Years in office
1989-1993
President
Bill Clinton
Years in office
1993-2001
President
George W. Bush
Years in office
2001-2009
President
Barack Obama
Years in office
2009-2017
President
Donald Trump (first presidency)
Years in office
2017-2021
President
Joe Biden
Years in office
2021-2025
President
Donald Trump (second presidency)
Years in office
2025-present
Sources and conventions
The order, presidential numbering and years were checked against the US House of Representatives' presidential chronology. The Library of Congress chronology provides further reference material, including portraits. Where those tables split a presidency because the vice president changed, these cards keep the president's continuous service together.
Checked on 6 November 2026. “2025-present” records Trump's current presidency without assigning it a future end date. The six sections are study groupings, not official historical periods. This collection teaches names, order and years; use the linked sources to explore each presidency in more depth.