Skip to contentList of Presidents in Chronological Order
Name of President In office
George Washington April 30, 1789-March 4, 1797
John Adams March 4, 177 – Match 4, 1801
Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
James Madison March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1917
James Monroe March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
John Tyler April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
James K. Polk March 4, 1845- March 4, 1849
Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853- March 4, 1857
James Buchanan March 4, 1857- March 4, 1861
Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861- April 15, 1865
Andrew Johnson April 15 1865 – March 4, 1869
Ulysses S. Grant March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
James A. Garfield March 4, 1881 – Sept 19, 1881
Chester A. Arthur Sept 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
William McKinley March 4, 1897 – Sept 14, 1901
Theodore Roosevelt Sept 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
Warren G. Harding March 4, 1921 -Aug 2, 1923
Calvin Coolidge Aug 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
Harry S. Truman April 12, 1945 – Jan 20, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower Jan 20, 1953 – Jan 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy Jan 20, 1961 – Nov 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson Nov 22, 1963 – Jan 20, 1969
Richard Nixon Jan 20, 1969 – Aug 9, 1974
Gerald Ford Aug 9, 1974 – Jan 20, 1977
Jimmy Carter Jan 20, 1977 – Jan 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan Jan 20, 1981 – Jan 20, 1989
George H. W. Bush Jan 20, 1989 – Jan 20, 1993
William Clinton Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 20, 2001
George W. Bush Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 20, 2009
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
