US Presidents in Order

Every president from Washington to the present, by number, with their years in office.

Knowing the presidents in order turns a pile of names into a timeline. Each card asks for a president by number and shows the years served with the answer. A surname alone is enough unless two presidents shared it, so for the Adamses, Harrisons, Johnsons, Roosevelts and Bushes you need to say which one (FDR, LBJ and similar initials count).

All 47 cards

Who was the 1st president of the United States?

George Washington(also Washington)

In office 1789–1797.
Who was the 2nd president of the United States?

John Adams

In office 1797–1801.
Who was the 3rd president of the United States?

Thomas Jefferson(also Jefferson)

In office 1801–1809.
Who was the 4th president of the United States?

James Madison(also Madison)

In office 1809–1817.
Who was the 5th president of the United States?

James Monroe(also Monroe)

In office 1817–1825.
Who was the 6th president of the United States?

John Quincy Adams(also JQA)

In office 1825–1829.
Who was the 7th president of the United States?

Andrew Jackson(also Jackson)

In office 1829–1837.
Who was the 8th president of the United States?

Martin Van Buren(also Buren)

In office 1837–1841.
Who was the 9th president of the United States?

William Henry Harrison

In office 1841. He died of illness 31 days after taking office, the shortest presidency.
Who was the 10th president of the United States?

John Tyler(also Tyler)

In office 1841–1845.
Who was the 11th president of the United States?

James K. Polk(also James Polk, Polk)

In office 1845–1849.
Who was the 12th president of the United States?

Zachary Taylor(also Taylor)

In office 1849–1850.
Who was the 13th president of the United States?

Millard Fillmore(also Fillmore)

In office 1850–1853.
Who was the 14th president of the United States?

Franklin Pierce(also Pierce)

In office 1853–1857.
Who was the 15th president of the United States?

James Buchanan(also Buchanan)

In office 1857–1861.
Who was the 16th president of the United States?

Abraham Lincoln(also Abe Lincoln, Lincoln)

In office 1861–1865. He led the Union through the Civil War and was assassinated in April 1865.
Who was the 17th president of the United States?

Andrew Johnson

In office 1865–1869.
Who was the 18th president of the United States?

Ulysses S. Grant(also Ulysses Grant, Grant)

In office 1869–1877.
Who was the 19th president of the United States?

Rutherford B. Hayes(also Rutherford Hayes, Hayes)

In office 1877–1881.
Who was the 20th president of the United States?

James A. Garfield(also James Garfield, Garfield)

In office 1881.
Who was the 21st president of the United States?

Chester A. Arthur(also Chester Arthur, Arthur)

In office 1881–1885.
Who was the 22nd president of the United States?

Grover Cleveland(also Cleveland)

In office 1885–1889. Cleveland is the only president besides Trump to serve two non-consecutive terms, so he is both the 22nd and the 24th.
Who was the 23rd president of the United States?

Benjamin Harrison

In office 1889–1893.
Who was the 24th president of the United States?

Grover Cleveland(also Cleveland)

In office 1893–1897. His second term, after losing in 1888 to Benjamin Harrison.
Who was the 25th president of the United States?

William McKinley(also McKinley)

In office 1897–1901.
Who was the 26th president of the United States?

Theodore Roosevelt(also Teddy Roosevelt, TR)

In office 1901–1909.
Who was the 27th president of the United States?

William Howard Taft(also William Taft, Taft)

In office 1909–1913.
Who was the 28th president of the United States?

Woodrow Wilson(also Wilson)

In office 1913–1921.
Who was the 29th president of the United States?

Warren G. Harding(also Warren Harding, Harding)

In office 1921–1923.
Who was the 30th president of the United States?

Calvin Coolidge(also Coolidge)

In office 1923–1929.
Who was the 31st president of the United States?

Herbert Hoover(also Hoover)

In office 1929–1933.
Who was the 32nd president of the United States?

Franklin D. Roosevelt(also Franklin Roosevelt, FDR)

In office 1933–1945. Elected four times, the only president to serve more than two terms. The 22nd Amendment now limits presidents to two.
Who was the 33rd president of the United States?

Harry S. Truman(also Harry Truman, Truman)

In office 1945–1953.
Who was the 34th president of the United States?

Dwight D. Eisenhower(also Dwight Eisenhower, Ike, Eisenhower)

In office 1953–1961.
Who was the 35th president of the United States?

John F. Kennedy(also John Kennedy, JFK, Kennedy)

In office 1961–1963.
Who was the 36th president of the United States?

Lyndon B. Johnson(also Lyndon Johnson, LBJ)

In office 1963–1969.
Who was the 37th president of the United States?

Richard Nixon(also Nixon)

In office 1969–1974. The only president to resign, in August 1974, over the Watergate scandal.
Who was the 38th president of the United States?

Gerald Ford(also Ford)

In office 1974–1977. The only president never elected as president or vice president.
Who was the 39th president of the United States?

Jimmy Carter(also Carter)

In office 1977–1981.
Who was the 40th president of the United States?

Ronald Reagan(also Reagan)

In office 1981–1989.
Who was the 41st president of the United States?

George H. W. Bush(also George HW Bush, Bush Sr, George Bush Sr)

In office 1989–1993.
Who was the 42nd president of the United States?

Bill Clinton(also Clinton)

In office 1993–2001.
Who was the 43rd president of the United States?

George W. Bush(also George W Bush, Bush Jr, George Bush Jr)

In office 2001–2009.
Who was the 44th president of the United States?

Barack Obama(also Obama)

In office 2009–2017.
Who was the 45th president of the United States?

Donald Trump(also Trump)

In office 2017–2021. His first term.
Who was the 46th president of the United States?

Joe Biden(also Biden)

In office 2021–2025.
Who was the 47th president of the United States?

Donald Trump(also Trump)

In office 2025–. His second term, making him, with Cleveland, one of two presidents to serve non-consecutive terms.