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US Presidents: Lists and Records
The presidents of the United States are so much fun. Understanding them helps us understand American history. We have compiled a series of lists about the presidents, and will be adding more as we think of new categories.
Contents:
- Birthplaces
- Religion
- Military Experience
- Pre-Presidential Careers
- Electoral Lists
- Deaths and Misfortunes
- Families
- Party Affiliation
- Vice Presidents
- Miscellaneous
- Books and CDs
Presidential birthplaces
Presidents born before the USA became a country:
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- William Henry Harrison
Presidents born in Arkansas
- Bill Clinton
Presidents born in California
- Richard Nixon
Presidents born in the Carolinas
- Andrew Jackson (historians are not sure whether he was born in North or South Carolina)
- James Polk (North Carolina)
- Andrew Johnson (North Carolina)
Presidents born in Connecticut
- George W. Bush
Presidents born in Georgia
- Jimmy Carter
Presidents born in Illinois
- Ronald Reagan
Presidents born in Iowa
- Herbert Hoover
Presidents born in Kentucky
- Abraham Lincoln
Presidents born in Massachusetts
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- John Kennedy
- George Bush
Presidents born in Missouri
- Harry Truman
Presidents born in Nebraska
- Gerald Ford
Presidents born in New Hampshire
- Franklin Pierce
Presidents born in New Jersey
- Grover Cleveland
Presidents born in New York
- Martin Van Buren
- Millard Fillmore
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Franklin Roosevelt
Presidents born in Ohio
- Ulysses Grant
- Rutherford Hayes
- James Garfield
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- William Taft
- Warren Harding
Presidents born in Pennsylvania
- James Buchanan
Presidents born in Texas
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Lyndon Johnson
Presidents born in Vermont
- Chester Arthur
- Calvin Coolidge
Presidents born in Virginia
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Woodrow Wilson
Presidential religions
Baptist presidents
- Warren Harding
- Harry Truman
- Jimmy Carter
- Bill Clinton (Southern Baptist)
Congregationalist presidents
- Calvin Coolidge
Deist presidents
- Thomas Jefferson
Presidents belonging to Disciples of Christ
- James Garfield
- Lyndon Johnson
- Ronald Reagan
Dutch Reformed presidents
- Martin Van Buren
- Theodore Roosevelt
Episcopalian presidents
- George Washington
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Franklin Pierce
- Chester Arthur
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Gerald Ford
- George Bush
Methodist presidents
- James Polk (originally Presbyterian)
- Ulysses Grant
- William McKinley
- George W. Bush
Presbyterian presidents
- Andrew Jackson
- James Polk (later Methodist)
- James Buchanan
- Rutherford Hayes (also attended Episcopal and Methodist services)
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- Woodrow Wilson
- Dwight Eisenhower
Quaker presidents
- Herbert Hoover
- Richard Nixon
Roman Catholic presidents
- John Kennedy
Unitarian presidents
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- Millard Fillmore
- William Taft
Presidents without church affiliation
- Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson
Presidential Military Experience
Presidents who served in wars
- George Washington - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during the American Revolution.
- James Monroe - served in American Revolution
- Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole War
- William Henry Harrison - Indian wars in the NW territory, War of 1812
- John Tyler - War of 1812
- Zachary Taylor - War of 1812, Black Hawk, Second Seminole, and Mexican wars
- Franklin Pierce - Mexican War
- James Buchanan - War of 1812
- Abraham Lincoln - Black Hawk War
- Andrew Johnson - Civil War
- Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War
- Rutherford Hayes - Civil War
- James Garfield - Civil War
- Chester Arthur - Civil War
- Benjamin Harrison - Civil War
- William McKinley - Civil War
- Theodore Roosevelt - Spanish-American War
- Harry Truman - WWI
- Dwight Eisenhower - WWII General
- John Kennedy - WWII
- Lyndon Johnson - WWII
- Richard Nixon - WWII
- Gerald Ford - WWII
- George Bush - WWII
Presidents who were in the military but who saw no action
- James Madison
- James Polk
- Millard Fillmore
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight
- George W. Bush
Presidents with no military experience
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Quincy Adams
- Martin Van Buren
- Grover Cleveland
- William Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Bill Clinton
Presidents during wartime
- George Washington: war with Native Americans in Ohio
- Thomas Jefferson: Tripolitan War, 1800-1805, against the Barbary pirates
- James Madison - War of 1812, 1812-1814, against the British
- James Monroe - First Seminole War, 1817-1818
- Andrew Jackson - Black Hawk War, 1832
- Martin Van Buren - Aroostook War, 1839; Second Seminole War - ended 1842
- William Henry Harrison - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
- John Tyler - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
- James Polk - Mexican War
- James Buchanan - beginning of the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln - Civil War, 1861-1865
- William McKinley - Spanish-American War, 1898; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1900
- Woodrow Wilson - WWI, 1914-1918
- Warren Harding - formally concluded WWI
- Franklin Roosevelt - WWII, 1941-1945
- Harry Truman - conclusion of WWII, Korean War - 1950-1953
- Dwight Eisenhower - conclusion of Korean War
- John Kennedy - Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; beginning of Vietnam War
- Lyndon Johnson - Vietnam War, Dominican Republic, 1965
- Richard Nixon - Vietnam War
- Ronald Reagan - Grenada Invasion, 1983
- George Bush - Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990; Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991
- George W. Bush - War against the Taliban, Iraq, 2001 to present.
Presidents who did not preside over war during their terms
- John Adams
- John Quincy Adams
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- Andrew Johnson
- Ulysses Grant
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Taft
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Jimmy Carter
Pre-Presidential Careers
Actor
- Ronald Reagan
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Franklin Roosevelt
Bank Clerk
- Harry Truman
Barker
- Richard Nixon
Bookkeeper
- Harry Truman
Busboy
- Gerald Ford
Businessman
- Harry Truman
- Jimmy Carter
- George Bush
- George W. Bush
Canal Boat Laborer
- James Garfield
Career Military
- George Washington
- Andrew Jackson
- William Henry Harrison
- Zachary Taylor
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Dwight Eisenhower
Carpenter
- James Garfield
Cattle Rancher
- Theodore Roosevelt
C.I.A. Director
- George Bush
Circus Roustabout
- Ronald Reagan
City Solicitor
- Rutherford Hayes - Cincinnati, Ohio
Clothmaker
- Millard Fillmore
Coach
- Gerald Ford - football, boxing
- Ronald Reagan - swimming
Collector of the Port of New York
- Chester Arthur
Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives
- James Madison - Virginia
- Andrew Jackson - Tennessee
- William Henry Harrison - Northwest Territory, Ohio
- John Tyler - Virginia
- James Polk - Tennessee
- Millard Fillmore - New York
- Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire
- James Buchanan - Pennsylvania
- Abraham Lincoln - Illinois
- Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
- Rutherford Hayes - Ohio
- James Garfield - Ohio
- William McKinley - Ohio
- John F. Kennedy - Massachusetts
- Lyndon Johnson - Texas
- Richard Nixon - California
- Gerald Ford - Michigan
- George Bush - Texas
Construction Worker
- Ronald Reagan
Continental Congress Delegate
- George Washington
- John Adams
- James Madison
- James Monroe
Cook
- Gerald Ford
Delivery Boy
- Martin Van Buren
Deputy Sheriff
- Theodore Roosevelt
Diplomat
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- William Henry Harrison
- James Buchanan
- George Bush
Dishwasher
- Lyndon Johnson
- Gerald Ford
- Ronald Reagan
Editor
- Grover Cleveland
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren Harding
Elevator Operator
- Lyndon Johnson
Farmer, Farm Boy
- Millard Fillmore
- Abraham Lincoln
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Benjamin Harrison
- Warren Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Harry Truman
- Lyndon Johnson
- Jimmy Carter
Ferryboat Operator
- Abraham Lincoln
Fruit Picker
- Lyndon Johnson
Geologist
- Herbert Hoover
Governor
- Thomas Jefferson - Virginia
- James Monroe - Virginia
- Martin Van Buren - New York
- William Henry Harrison - Indiana Territory
- John Tyler - Virginia
- James Polk - Tennessee
- Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
- Rutherford Hayes - Ohio
- Grover Cleveland - New York
- William McKinley - Ohio
- Theodore Roosevelt - New York
- William Taft - Philippines
- Woodrow Wilson - New Jersey
- Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts
- Franklin Roosevelt - New York
- Jimmy Carter - Georgia
- Ronald Reagan - California
- Bill Clinton - Arkansas
- George W. Bush - Texas
Horse Handler
- Ulysses S. Grant
House Minority Leader
- Gerald Ford
Insurance Salesman
- Warren Harding
Janitor
- James Garfield
- Lyndon Johnson
Judge
- Andrew Jackson
- Harry Truman
Launderer
- Herbert Hoover
Lawyer
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- John Tyler
- James Polk
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Rutherford Hayes
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- William Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Calvin Coolidge
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Bill Clinton
Lieutenant Governor
- Warren Harding - Ohio
- Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts
Lifeguard
- Ronald Reagan
Mailroom Clerk
- Harry Truman
Male Model
- Gerald Ford
Mayor
- Andrew Johnson - Greenville, Tennessee
- Grover Cleveland - Buffalo, New York
- Calvin Coolidge - Northampton, Massachusetts
Member of House of Burgesses
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
Mining Engineer
- Herbert Hoover
Newsboy
- Herbert Hoover
Newspaper Publisher
- Warren Harding
Office Boy
- Herbert Hoover
Oilman
- George Bush
- George W. Bush
Park Ranger
- Gerald Ford
Postal Clerk
- William McKinley
Postmaster
- Abraham Lincoln
Printer's Devil
- Warren Harding
- Lyndon Johnson
Professor
- Woodrow Wilson
- Bill Clinton
Radio Announcer
- Ronald Reagan
Railroad Timekeeper
- Harry Truman
Reporter, Journalist
- Warren Harding
- John F. Kennedy
Road Construction Laborer
- Warren Harding
- Lyndon Johnson
School Principal
- Chester Arthur
School Teacher
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- William McKinley
- Warren Harding
- Lyndon Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
- Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Northwest Territory
- William Henry Harrison
Secretary of State
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Martin Van Buren
- James Buchanan
Secretary of War
- James Monroe
- William Taft
Senator, U.S.
- James Monroe - Virginia
- John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts
- Andrew Jackson - Tennessee
- Martin Van Buren - New York
- William Henry Harrison - Ohio
- John Tyler - Virginia
- Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire
- James Buchanan - Pennsylvania
- Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
- Benjamin Harrison - Indiana
- Warren Harding - Ohio
- Harry Truman - Missouri
- John F. Kennedy - Massachusetts
- Lyndon Johnson - Texas
- Richard Nixon - California
Sheriff
- Grover Cleveland
Shoeshine Boy
- Lyndon Johnson
Speaker of the House
- James Polk
State Attorney General
- Bill Clinton - Arkansas
State Comptroller
- Millard Fillmore - New York
State Legislator
- John Adams - Massachusetts
- Thomas Jefferson - Virginia
- James Madison - Virginia
- James Monroe - Virginia
- John Tyler - Virginia
- James Polk - Tennessee
- Millard Fillmore - New York
- Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire
- James Buchanan - Pennsylvania
- Abraham Lincoln - Illinois
- Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
- Theodore Roosevelt - New York
State Senator
- John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts
- Martin Van Buren - New York
- William Henry Harrison - Ohio
- Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
- James Garfield - Ohio
- Warren Harding - Ohio
- Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts
- Franklin Roosevelt - New York
- Jimmy Carter - Georgia
Store Clerk
- James K. Polk
- Abraham Lincoln
- Grover Cleveland
Surveyor
- George Washington
Tailor
- Andrew Johnson
Tavern worker
- Martin Van Buren
Toymaker
- Calvin Coolidge
Trapper
- Lyndon Johnson
Trash Collector
- Lyndon Johnson
University President
- Woodrow Wilson
- Dwight Eisenhower
Vice President (See Electoral Lists, below)
Electoral Lists
Presidents who had been vice presidents
- John Adams, under George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson, under John Adams
- Martin Van Buren, under Andrew Jackson
- John Tyler, under William Henry Harrison
- Millard Fillmore, under Zachary Taylor
- Andrew Johnson, under Abraham Lincoln
- Chester Arthur, under James Garfield
- Theodore Roosevelt, under William McKinley
- Calvin Coolidge, under Warren Harding
- Harry Truman, under Franklin Roosevelt
- Lyndon Johnson, under John Kennedy
- Richard Nixon, under Dwight Eisenhower
- Gerald Ford, under Richard Nixon
- George Bush, under Ronald Reagan
Vice-presidents who were later elected president, without having served out the remainder of a predecessor's term
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- Martin Van Buren
- Richard Nixon
- George Bush
Presidents who never ran for president
- John Tyler
- Millard Fillmore
- Andrew Johnson
- Chester Arthur
Presidents who were never elected president or vice president
- Gerald Ford
Presidents who ran for president, but were never elected
- Gerald Ford
Elected presidents whose parties did not nominate them for a second term
- Franklin Pierce
Presidents who ran unopposed
- George Washington, both terms.
- James Monroe, second term.
Vice presidents who became president through death or resignation of their president
- John Tyler - death of William Henry Harrison
- Millard Fillmore - death of Zachary Taylor
- Andrew Johnson - assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Chester Arthur - assassination of James Garfield
- Theodore Roosevelt - assassination of William McKinley
- Calvin Coolidge - death of Warren Harding
- Harry Truman - death of Franklin Roosevelt
- Lyndon Johnson - assassination of John Kennedy
- Gerald Ford - resignation of Richard Nixon
Presidents who lost the popular vote but won the electoral college vote
- Rutherford Hayes - Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, and probably the electoral college vote, but the results were fixed to give Hayes the majority.
- Benjamin Harrison - incumbent president Grover Cleveland won the popular vote
- George W. Bush - Al Gore won the popular vote. The electoral college vote was thrown into doubt by peculiarities in Florida's election, and the election was decided by the Supreme Court when they stopped the recount.
Presidents who won neither the popular vote nor the electoral college vote, but still ended up as president
- John Quincy Adams - Andrew Jackson had more votes in both categories.
Presidents who were chosen by the House of Representatives because no one had a majority
- Thomas Jefferson (1st term)
- John Quincy Adams
Presidents who defeated incumbents
- Thomas Jefferson - defeated John Adams in 1800.
- Andrew Jackson - defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828,
- William Henry Harrison - defeated Martin Van Buren in 1840.
- Benjamin Harrison - defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888.
- Grover Cleveland - defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
- Woodrow Wilson - defeated Howard Taft in 1912.
- Franklin Roosevelt - defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932.
- Jimmy Carter - defeated Gerald Ford in 1976.
- Ronald Reagan - defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980.
- Bill Clinton - defeated George Bush in 1992.
Presidents elected to two terms
- George Washington: 1789, 1792
- Thomas Jefferson: 1800, 1804
- James Madison: 1808, 1812
- James Monroe: 1816, 1920
- Andrew Jackson: 1828, 1832
- Abraham Lincoln: 1860, 1864
- Ulysses Grant: 1868, 1872
- Grover Cleveland: 1884, 1892
- William McKinley: 1896, 1900
- Woodrow Wilson: 1912, 1916
- Dwight Eisenhower: 1952, 1956
- Richard Nixon: 1968, 1972
- Ronald Reagan: 1980, 1984
- Bill Clinton: 1992, 1996
Presidents elected to one term
- John Adams: 1796
- John Quincy Adams: 1824
- Martin Van Buren: 1836
- William Henry Harrison: 1840
- James Polk, 1844
- Zachary Taylor, 1848
- Franklin Pierce, 1852
- James Buchanan, 1856
- Rutherford Hayes, 1876
- James Garfield, 1880
- Benjamin Harrison, 1888
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
- William Taft, 1908
- Warren Harding, 1920
- Calvin Coolidge, 1924
- Herbert Hoover, 1928
- Harry Truman, 1948
- John Kennedy, 1960
- Lyndon Johnson, 1964
- Jimmy Carter, 1976
- George Bush, 1988
Presidents elected to four terms
- Franklin Roosevelt: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944
Presidents elected (or selected) on their first run for office (does not include primary bids)
- George Washington: 1789
- John Adams: 1796
- James Madison: 1808
- James Monroe: 1816
- John Quincy Adams: 1824
- Martin Van Buren: 1836
- James Polk: 1844
- Zachary Taylor: 1848
- Franklin Pierce: 1852
- James Buchanan: 1856
- Abraham Lincoln: 1860
- Ulysses Grant: 1868
- Rutherford Hayes: 1876
- James Garfield: 1880
- Grover Cleveland: 1884
- Benjamin Harrison: 1888
- William McKinley: 1896
- Theodore Roosevelt: 1904
- William Taft: 1908
- Woodrow Wilson: 1912
- Warren Harding: 1920
- Calvin Coolidge: 1924
- Herbert Hoover: 1928
- Franklin Roosevelt: 1932
- Harry Truman: 1948
- Dwight Eisenhower: 1952
- John Kennedy: 1960
- Lyndon Johnson: 1964
- Jimmy Carter: 1976
- Ronald Reagan: 1980
- George Bush, 1988
- Bill Clinton: 1992
- George W. Bush: 2000
Presidents elected on their second run for office (does not include primary bids)
- Thomas Jefferson: defeated in 1796 by John Adams
- Andrew Jackson: John Quincy Adams was selected over Jackson in 1824.
- William Henry Harrison: defeated in 1836 by Martin van Buren.
- Richard Nixon: defeated in 1960 by John F. Kennedy.
Presidents who defeated each other
- John Quincy Adams: was selected over Andrew Jackson in 1824.
- Andrew Jackson: defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828.
- Martin Van Buren: defeated William Henry Harrison in 1836.
- William Henry Harrison: defeated Martin van Buren in 1840.
- Benjamin Harrison: defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888.
- Grover Cleveland: defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
Presidents who served non-consecutive terms
- Grover Cleveland
Presidents who received 100% of the electoral college votes
- George Washington
Ex-Presidents who tried unsuccessfully to regain the presidency
- Martin Van Buren was defeated in the primary in 1844 by James Polk.
- Millard Fillmore was defeated in 1856 by James Buchanan.
- Ulysses Grant was defeated in 1880 in the primary by James Garfield.
- Theodore Roosevelt was defeated in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson.
Presidential deaths and misfortunes
Presidents killed by the incompetence of their doctors
- George Washington - bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy"
- James Garfield - whose doctors contaminated his bullet wound so that he died of infection.
Assassinated presidents
- Abraham Lincoln - assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
- James Garfield - assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau
- William McKinley - assassinated by Leon F. Czolgosz
- John Kennedy - assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
Presidents who suffered attempted assassinations
- Andrew Jackson - would-be assassin: Richard Lawrence (both derringers misfired)
- Harry Truman - Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to storm Blair House, residence of Truman
- Gerald Ford - would be assassins: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, in two separate incidences
- Ronald Reagan - shot and wounded by John W. Hinkley, Jr
Presidents who died in office of natural causes
- William Henry Harrison - died of "bilious pleurisy"
- Zachary Taylor - died of cholera morbus
- Warren Harding - died of pneumonia or stroke
- Franklin Roosevelt - died of cerebral hemorrhage
Impeached presidents
- Andrew Johnson
- Bill Clinton
Presidents who resigned
- Richard Nixon
Presidential Families
Presidents related to earlier presidents
- James Madison: half first cousin twice removed of George Washington
- John Quincy Adams: son of John Adams
- Zachary Taylor: second cousin of James Madison
- Grover Cleveland: sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant
- Benjamin Harrison: grandson of William Henry Harrison
- Theodore Roosevelt: third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren
- Franklin Roosevelt: fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant, fourth cousin three times removed of Zachary Taylor, fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
- Harry Truman: great-great-great nephew of John Tyler
- Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover
- George Bush: fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce, seventh cousin three times removed of Theodore Roosevelt, seventh cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, eleventh cousin once removed of Gerald Ford
- George W. Bush: son of George Bush
African-American Presidents
Note: Several presidents were allegedly of mixed European and African ancestry, which by U.S. reckoning would designate them as African-American. See The Five Negro Presidents by J.A. Rogers and Six Black Presidents: Black Blood, White Masks by Auset Bakhufu.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Andrew Jackson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Warren Harding
- Dwight Eisenhower
Presidents who married while president
- James Tyler
- Grover Cleveland
- Woodrow Wilson
Bachelor presidents
- James Buchanan
Presidents with adopted children
- George Washington
- Andrew Jackson
- Ronald Reagan
Presidents who had children out of wedlock
- Thomas Jefferson
- Grover Cleveland
- Warren Harding
Childless presidents
- James Madison
- James Polk
- James Buchanan
Divorced presidents
- Ronald Reagan
Presidential Party Affiliation
Federalist presidents
- George Washington
- John Adams
Democratic (or earlier, Democratic-Republican) presidents
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- James Polk
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Andrew Johnson
- Grover Cleveland
- Woodrow Wilson
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- John Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Jimmy Carter
- Bill Clinton
Whig presidents
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
Republican presidents
- Abraham Lincoln
- Ulysses Grant
- Rutherford Hayes
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Taft
- Warren Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Ronald Reagan
- George Bush
- George W. Bush
Presidents belonging to no party
- John Quincy Adams
Presidents who changed party affiliation after their presidency
- Millard Fillmore (Whig) became a candidate for the American or Know-Nothing Party.
- Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) founded the Progressive or Bull Moose Party.
Vice-Presidents
Presidents whose VP belonged to a different party
- John Adams (Federalist): Democratic Republican Thomas Jefferson was his VP.
- Abraham Lincoln (Republican): Democrat Andrew Johnson served as his second VP.
Presidents at least temporarily without vice-presidents
- John Tyler - He had been William Henry Harrison's VP, and the position was not filled when Tyler assumed the presidency.
- Millard Fillmore - He had been Zachary Taylor's VP, and the position was not filled when Fillmore assumed the presidency.
- Franklin Pierce - William Rufus DeVane King was elected VP, but died before assuming office, and was not replaced.
- Andrew Johnson - He had been Abraham Lincoln's VP, and the position was not filled when Johnson assumed the presidency.
- Ulysses Grant - His second-term VP, Henry Wilson, died in office and was not replaced, leaving Grant without a VP for more than a year.
- Chester Arthur - He had been James Garfield's VP, and the position was not filled when Arthur assumed the presidency.
- Grover Cleveland - His first-term VP, Thomas Hendricks, was not replaced after dying nine months into his term.
- William McKinkey - His first VP, Garret Hobart, died in office in 1899, and was not replaced until March 1900 by Theodore Roosevelt.
- William Taft - His VP, James Sherman, died shortly before the end of Taft's term and was not replaced.
- Calvin Coolidge - He had been Warren Harding's VP, and the position was not filled until Coolidge was elected for his own term in 1924.
- Harry Truman - He had been Franklin Roosevelt's last VP, and the position was not filled until Truman was elected for his own term in 1948.
- Lyndon Johnson - He had been John Kennedy's VP, and the position was not filled until Johnson was elected for his own term in 1964.
Presidents defeated for reelection by their own vice-president
- John Adams was defeated by his VP, Thomas Jefferson.
Vice-Presidents who tried for, but never achieved, the presidency
- George Clinton - Thomas Jefferson's VP, failed to defeat James Madison in the primary.
- Richard Johnson - Martin Van Buren's VP, failed to defeat James Polk in the primary.
- John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, ran as a National Democrat and failed to defeat Abraham Lincoln .
- Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, ran as a Progressive and failed to defeat Harry Truman.
- Hubert Humphrey - Lyndon Johnson's VP, failed to defeat Richard Nixon.
- Walter Mondale - Jimmy Carter's VP, failed to defeat Ronald Reagan.
- Al Gore - Bill Clinton's VP, lost the presidency to George W. Bush.
Vice-Presidents who later joined the Confederacy
- John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP.
Vice-Presidents who changed party affiliation after their terms as VP
- John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, was a Democrat and became a Whig.
- John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, was a Democrat and became a National Democrat.
- Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, was a Democrat and became a Progessive.
Vice-Presidents who resigned as VP
- John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, resigned in 1832 to accept election to the Senate.
- Spiro Agnew - Richard Nixon's VP, resigned in 1973 to avoid criminal prosecution.
Miscellaneous Presidential Lists
Presidents who killed people outside of war (or who were accused thereof)
- George Washington - accused of murdering a French ambassador during peacetime.
- Andrew Jackson - killed a man in a duel
Presidents who had extramarital affairs
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Garfield
- Warren Harding
- Franklin Roosevelt
- John Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Bill Clinton
Presidents with an alcohol problem
- Franklin Pierce
- Ulysses Grant
- George W. Bush
Presidents who owned slaves
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- Andrew Jackson
- James Polk
- Zachary Taylor
Presidents with facial hair
- Martin Van Buren - large mutton-chops
- Abraham Lincoln - beard
- Ulysses Grant - beard and mustache
- Rutherford Hayes - beard and mustache
- James Garfield - beard and mustache
- Chester Arthur - mustache and sideburns
- Grover Cleveland - mustache
- Benjamin Harrison - beard and mustache
- Theodore Roosevelt - mustache
- William Taft - mustache
Presidents who joined the Confederacy
- John Tyler
President who slept the most
- Calvin Coolidge - slept 10 hours a day.
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