List of Presidents and President Quotes for Kids

List of Presidents in Chronological Order

Name of President                                In office
  1. George Washington                April 30, 1789-March 4, 1797
  2. John Adams                              March 4, 177 – Match 4, 1801
  3. Thomas Jefferson                    March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
  4. James Madison                         March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1917
  5. James Monroe                         March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
  6. John Quincy Adams              March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
  7. Andrew Jackson                      March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
  8. Martin Van Buren                   March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
  9. William Henry Harrison       March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
  10. John Tyler                                  April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
  11. James K. Polk                           March 4, 1845- March 4, 1849
  12. Zachary Taylor                        March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
  13. Millard Fillmore                      July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
  14. Franklin Pierce                         March 4, 1853- March 4, 1857
  15. James Buchanan                      March 4, 1857- March 4, 1861
  16. Abraham Lincoln                   March 4, 1861- April 15, 1865
  17. Andrew Johnson                     April 15 1865 – March 4, 1869
  18. Ulysses S. Grant                       March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
  19. Rutherford B. Hayes              March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
  20. James A. Garfield                   March 4, 1881 – Sept 19, 1881
  21. Chester A. Arthur                  Sept 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
  22. Grover Cleveland                   March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
  23. Benjamin Harrison                March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
  24. Grover Cleveland                   March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
  25. William McKinley                    March 4, 1897 – Sept 14, 1901
  26. Theodore Roosevelt              Sept 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
  27. William Howard Taft             March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
  28. Woodrow Wilson                    March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
  29. Warren G. Harding                 March 4, 1921 -Aug 2, 1923
  30. Calvin Coolidge                        Aug 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
  31. Herbert Hoover                      March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
  32. Franklin D. Roosevelt           March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
  33. Harry S. Truman                     April 12, 1945 – Jan 20, 1953
  34. Dwight D. Eisenhower           Jan 20, 1953 – Jan 20, 1961
  35. John F. Kennedy                      Jan 20, 1961 – Nov 22, 1963
  36. Lyndon B. Johnson                  Nov 22, 1963 – Jan 20, 1969
  37. Richard Nixon                           Jan 20, 1969 – Aug 9, 1974
  38. Gerald Ford                                Aug 9, 1974 – Jan 20, 1977
  39. Jimmy Carter                           Jan 20, 1977 – Jan 20, 1981
  40. Ronald Reagan                         Jan 20, 1981 – Jan 20, 1989
  41. George H. W. Bush                   Jan 20, 1989 – Jan 20, 1993
  42. William Clinton                        Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 20, 2001
  43. George W. Bush                        Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 20, 2009
  44. Barack Obama                           Jan 20, 2009 – Present

 

President Quotes for Kids

“A man is not finished when he is defeated.  He is finished when he quits.” Richard Nixon
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” George Washington
“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.” Barack Obama
“When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.” Abraham Lincoln
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” John F. Kennedy
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” Theodore Roosevelt
“The only thins to fear is, fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words not weapons.” Bill Clinton
“Don’t write so that you can be understood; write so that you can’t  be misunderstood.” William Howard Taft
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter house.” George Washington
 “Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.” Barack Obama
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.  In this life we get nothing save by effort.” Theodore Roosevelt
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” George Washington
“Change is the law of life. An those who look only to the past or the present are sure to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking eventually you’ll make progress.” Barack Obama