George Washington
1st president. Unaffiliated. Took the oath in New York City, then the capital.
Every American presidency since 1789, drawn as a span from the day the president took office to the day he left it. Forty-seven presidencies, forty-five men: Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump each served two non-consecutive terms and hold two numbers apiece. Eight presidents died in office, four of them by assassination. One resigned. Spans are colored by party. The current term ends on 20 January 2029.
1st president. Unaffiliated. Took the oath in New York City, then the capital.
2nd president. Federalist.
3rd president. Democratic-Republican.
4th president. Democratic-Republican.
5th president. Democratic-Republican.
6th president. Democratic-Republican.
7th president. Democratic.
8th president. Democratic.
9th president. Whig. Died on 4 April 1841, 31 days into his term, the shortest presidency.
10th president. Whig. The first vice president to succeed on a president's death. The Whigs expelled him in September 1841.
11th president. Democratic.
12th president. Whig. Died in office on 9 July 1850.
13th president. Whig. Succeeded on Taylor's death.
14th president. Democratic.
15th president. Democratic.
16th president. Republican. Shot at Ford's Theatre on 14 April 1865. Died the next morning.
17th president. National Union. A Democrat elected vice president on Lincoln's National Union ticket. Impeached in 1868 and acquitted by one vote.
18th president. Republican.
19th president. Republican.
20th president. Republican. Shot in Washington on 2 July 1881. Died on 19 September.
21st president. Republican. Succeeded on Garfield's death.
22nd president. Democratic. Lost re-election in 1888 despite winning the popular vote.
23rd president. Republican.
24th president. Democratic. Returned four years later, the first president to serve non-consecutive terms.
25th president. Republican. Shot in Buffalo on 6 September 1901. Died on 14 September.
26th president. Republican. Succeeded on McKinley's death at 42, the youngest president.
27th president. Republican.
28th president. Democratic.
29th president. Republican. Died in office in San Francisco on 2 August 1923.
30th president. Republican. Succeeded on Harding's death. His father, a notary public, swore him in by lamplight in Vermont.
31st president. Republican.
32nd president. Democratic. Elected four times, the only president to serve more than two terms. Died in office on 12 April 1945.
33rd president. Democratic. Succeeded on Roosevelt's death.
34th president. Republican.
35th president. Democratic. Assassinated in Dallas on 22 November 1963.
36th president. Democratic. Sworn in aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, the same afternoon.
37th president. Republican. Resigned on 9 August 1974, the only president to do so.
38th president. Republican. Succeeded on Nixon's resignation. The only president never elected president or vice president.
39th president. Democratic.
40th president. Republican.
41st president. Republican.
42nd president. Democratic.
43rd president. Republican.
44th president. Democratic.
45th president. Republican. Lost re-election in 2020.
46th president. Democratic. Withdrew from the 2024 race in July 2024.
47th president. Republican. Returned in 2025, the second president after Cleveland to serve non-consecutive terms. The term ends on 20 January 2029.