Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

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President of the Continental Congress
John Hancock

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1737; d. October 8 1793.

Non-Partisan

1775 – 1777

Henry Laurens

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1724; d. December 8 1792.

Non-Partisan

1777 – 1778

John Jay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.

Non-Partisan

1778 – 1779

Richard Henry Lee

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1732; d. June 19 1794.

Non-Partisan

1784 – 1785

John Hancock

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1737; d. October 8 1793.

Non-Partisan

1785 – 1786

Arthur St. Clair

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1737; d. August 31 1818.

Non-Partisan

1787

President of the United States
George Washington

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1732; d. December 14 1799.

Military ranks: Promoted to General (Continental Army), 1775. Promoted to Lieutenant General (United States Army), 1798. Promoted to General of the Armies (posthumous), 1976.

Elections contested: 1788-89 United States presidential election (won); 1792 United States presidential election (won).

Other prominent offices: Commander in Chief of the Continental Army (1775 – 1783); Chancellor of the College of William & Mary (1788 – 1799); Senior Officer of the United States Army (1798 – 1799).

Independent

1789 – 1797

John Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1735; d. July 4 1826.

Elections contested: 1796 United States presidential election (won); 1800 United States presidential election (lost).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1789 – 1797); Envoy of the United States to France (1777 – 1779); Minister of the United States to the Netherlands (1782 – 1788); Minister of the United States to Great Britain (1785 – 1788); Federalist Party nominee for President of the United States (1796, 1800).

Federalist Party

1797 – 1801

Thomas Jefferson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1743; d. July 4 1826.

Elections contested: 1796 United States presidential election (lost); 1800 United States presidential election (won); 1804 United States presidential election (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1797 – 1801); Governor of Virginia (1779 – 1781); Minister of the United States to France (1785 – 1789); United States Secretary of State (1790 – 1793).

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1809

James Madison

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1751; d. June 28 1836.

Elections contested: 1789 United States House election for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District (won); 1790 United States House election for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District (won); 1792 United States House election for Virginia’s 15th Congressional District (won); 1794 United States House election for Virginia’s 15th Congressional District (won); 1808 United States presidential election (won); 1812 United States presidential election (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1789 – 1797); United States Secretary of State (1801 – 1809).

Democratic-Republican Party

1809 – 1817

James Monroe

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1758; d. July 4 1831.

Presidential elections contested: 1816 United States presidential election as Democratic-Republican Party nominee (won); 1820 United States presidential election as Democratic-Republican Party nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1799 Virginia gubernatorial election as Democratic-Republican Party nominee (won); 1811 Virginia gubernatorial election as Democratic-Republican Party nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States Senate from Virginia (1790 – 1793); Minister of the United States to France (1794 – 1796); Governor of Virginia (1799 – 1802; 1811); Minister of the United States to the United Kingdom (1803 – 1807); United States Secretary of State (1811 – 1817); United States Secretary of War (1814 – 1815).

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1825

John Quincy Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.

Presidential elections contested: 1824 United States presidential election as Democratic-Republican Party nominee (won); 1828 United States presidential election as National Republican Party nominee (lost).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1833 Massachusetts gubernatorial election as Anti-Masonic Party nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: Minister of the United States to the Netherlands (1794 – 1797); Minister of the United States to Prussia (1797 – 1801); Member of the United States Senate from Massachusetts (1803 – 1808); Minister of the United States to Russia (1809 – 1814); Minister of the United States to the United Kingdom (1815 – 1817); United States Secretary of State (1817 – 1825); Member of the United States House of Representatives (1831 – 1848).

National Republican Party

1825 – 1829

Andrew Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1767; d. June 8 1845.

Presidential elections contested: 1824 United States presidential election as Democratic-Republican Party nominee (lost); 1828 United States presidential election as Democratic Party nominee (won); 1832 United States presidential election as Democratic Party nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1796 – 1797); Member of the United States Senate from Tennessee (1797 – 1798; 1823 – 1825); Military Governor of Florida (1821); Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs (1823 – 1825).

Democratic Party

1829 – 1837

Martin Van Buren

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. July 24 1862.

Presidential elections contested: 1832 United States presidential election as Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee (won); 1836 United States presidential election as Democratic Party nominee (won); 1840 United States presidential election as Democratic Party nominee (lost); 1848 United States presidential election as Free Soil Party nominee (lost).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1828 New York gubernatorial election as Democratic Party nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1833 – 1837); Attorney General of New York (1815 – 1818); Member of the United States Senate from New York (1821 – 1828); Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1823 – 1828); Governor of New York (1829); United States Secretary of State (1829 – 1831); Minister of the United States to the United Kingdom (1831 – 1832).

Democratic Party

1837 – 1841

William Henry Harrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1773; d. April 4 1841.

Presidential elections contested: 1836 United States presidential election as Whig Party presidential nominee (northern states only) (lost); 1840 United States presidential election as Whig Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Governor of Indiana Territory (1800 – 1812); Governor of the District of Louisiana (1804 – 1805); Member of the United States House of Representatives (1816 – 1819); Member of the United States Senate from Ohio (1825 – 1828); Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs (1825 – 1828); Minister of the United States to Gran Colombia (1829).

Whig Party

1841

John Tyler

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1790; d. January 18 1862.

Presidential elections contested: 1836 United States presidential election as Whig Party vice-presidential nominee (lost); 1840 United States presidential election as Whig Party vice-presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1841); Member of the United States House of Representatives (1816 – 1821); Governor of Virginia (1825 – 1827); Member of the United States Senate from Virginia (1827 – 1836); President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (1835).

Independent

1841 – 1845

James Knox Polk

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 2 1795; d. June 15 1849.

Presidential elections contested: 1844 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1839 Tennessee gubernatorial election as Democratic Party nominee (won); 1841 Tennessee gubernatorial election as Democratic Party nominee (lost); 1843 Tennessee gubernatorial election as Democratic Party nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1825 – 1839); Chairman of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means (1833 – 1835); Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1835 – 1839); Governor of Tennessee (1839 – 1841).

Democratic Party

1845 – 1849

Zachary Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1784; d. July 9 1850.

Presidential elections contested: 1848 United States presidential election as Whig Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: None.

Whig Party

1849 – 1850

Millard Fillmore

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1800; d. March 8 1874.

Presidential elections contested: 1848 United States presidential election as Whig Party vice presidential nominee (won); 1856 United States presidential election as Whig Party/American Party presidential nominee (lost).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1844 New York gubernatorial election as Whig Party gubernatorial nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1849 – 1850); Member of the United States House of Representatives (1833 – 1835, 1837 – 1843); Chair of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means (1841 – 1843).

Whig Party

1850 – 1853

Franklin Pierce

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1804; d. October 8 1869.

Presidential elections contested: 1852 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1833 – 1837); Member of the United States Senate from New Hampshire (1837 – 1842).

Democratic Party

1853 – 1857

James Buchanan, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.

Presidential elections contested: 1856 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1821 – 1831); Chair of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary (1829 – 1831); Minister of the United States to Russia (1832 – 1833); Member of the United States Senate from Pennsylvania (1834 – 1845); United States Secretary of State (1845 – 1849); Minister of the United States to the United Kingdom (1853 – 1856).

Democratic Party

1857 – 1861

Abraham Lincoln

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1809; d. April 15 1865.

Presidential elections contested: 1860 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1864 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1847 – 1849).

Republican Party

1861 – 1865

Andrew Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1808; d. July 31 1875.

Presidential elections contested: 1864 United States presidential election as Republican Party vice presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1853 Tennessee gubernatorial election as Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee (won); 1855 Tennessee gubernatorial election as Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1865); Member of the United States House of Representatives (1843 – 1853); Governor of Tennessee (1853 – 1857); Member of the United States Senate from Tennessee (1857 – 1852, 1875); Military Governor of Tennessee (1862 – 1865).

National Union Party

1865 – 1869

Ulysses S. Grant

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1822; d. July 23 1885.

Presidential elections contested: 1868 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1872 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1861. Promoted to Major General, 1863. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1864. Promoted to General of the Army, 1866. Retired from the military, 1869.

Other prominent offices: Commanding General of the United States Army (1864 – 1869); Acting United States Secretary of War (1867 – 1868).

Republican Party

1869 – 1877

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1822; d. January 17 1893.

Presidential elections contested: 1876 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1867 Ohio gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won); 1869 Ohio gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won); 1875 Ohio gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1865 – 1867); Governor of Ohio (1868 – 1872, 1876 – 1877).

Republican Party

1877 – 1881

James Abram Garfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1831; d. September 19 1881.

Presidential elections contested: 1880 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1863 – 1881); Chair of the United States House Committee on Military Affairs (1867 – 1869); Chair of the United States House Committee on Financial Services (1869 – 1871); Chair of the United States House Committee on Appropriations (1871 – 1875).

Republican Party

1881

Chester Alan Arthur

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1829; d. November 18 1886.

Presidential elections contested: 1880 United States presidential election as Republican Party vice presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1881).

Republican Party

1881 – 1885

Stephen Grover Cleveland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1837; d. June 24 1908.

Presidential elections contested: 1884 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won); 1888 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (lost); 1892 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1882 New York gubernatorial election as Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Mayor of Buffalo (1882); Governor of New York (1883 – 1885).

Democratic Party

1885 – 1889

Benjamin Harrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1833; d. March 13 1901.

Presidential elections contested: 1888 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1892 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (lost).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1876 Indiana gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States Senate from Indiana (1881 – 1887).

Republican Party

1889 – 1893

Stephen Grover Cleveland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1837; d. June 24 1908.

Presidential elections contested: 1884 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won); 1888 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (lost); 1892 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1882 New York gubernatorial election as Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Mayor of Buffalo (1882); Governor of New York (1883 – 1885).

Democratic Party

1893 – 1897

William McKinley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1843; d. September 14 1901.

Presidential elections contested: 1896 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1900 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1891 Ohio gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won); 1893 Ohio gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio (1877 – 1884, 1885 – 1891); Chair of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means (1889 – 1891); Governor of Ohio (1892 – 1896).

Republican Party

1897 – 1901

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1858; d. January 6 1919.

Presidential elections contested: 1900 United States presidential election as Republican Party vice-presidential nominee (won); 1904 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1912 United States presidential election as Progressive Party presidential nominee (lost).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1898 New York gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1901); Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897 – 1898); Governor of New York (1899 – 1900).

Republican Party

1901 – 1909

William Howard Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930.

Presidential elections contested: 1908 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1912 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: Solicitor General of the United States (1890 – 1892); Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1892 – 1900); Governor-General of the Philippines (1901 – 1904); United States Secretary of War (1904 – 1908); Chief Justice of the United States (1921 – 1930).

Republican Party

1909 – 1913

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1856; d. February 3 1924.

Presidential elections contested: 1912 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won); 1916 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1910 New Jersey gubernatorial election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: President of Princeton University (1902 – 1910); Governor of New Jersey (1911 – 1913).

Democratic Party

1913 – 1921

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 2 1865; d. August 2 1923.

Presidential elections contested: 1920 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1910 Ohio gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904 – 1906); Member of the United States Senate from Ohio (1915 – 1921).

Republican Party

1921 – 1923

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1872; d. January 5 1933.

Presidential elections contested: 1920 United States presidential election as Republican Party vice-presidential nominee (won); 1924 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1918 Massachusetts gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won); 1919 Massachusetts gubernatorial election as Republican Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Vice President of the United States (1921 – 1923); Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916 – 1919); Governor of Massachusetts (1919 – 1921).

Republican Party

1923 – 1929

Herbert Clark Hoover

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1874; d. October 20 1964.

Presidential elections contested: 1928 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (won); 1932 United States presidential election as Republican Party presidential nominee (lost).

Other prominent offices: United States Secretary of Commerce (1921 – 1928).

Republican Party

1929 – 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1882; d. April 12 1945.

Presidential elections contested: 1920 United States presidential election as Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee (lost); 1932 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won); 1936 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won); 1940 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won); 1944 United States presidential election as Democratic Party presidential nominee (won).

Gubernatorial elections contested: 1928 New York gubernatorial election as Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee (won); 1930 New York gubernatorial election as Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee (won).

Other prominent offices: Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913 – 1920); Governor of New York (1929 – 1932).

Democratic Party

1933 – 1945

Harry S. Truman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1884; d. December 26 1972

Democratic Party

1945 – 1953

Dwight David Eisenhower

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1890; d. March 28 1969

Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1943. Promoted to General of the Army, 1944.

Republican Party

1953 – 1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1917; d. November 22 1963

Democratic Party

1961 – 1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1908; d. January 22 1973

Democratic Party

1963 – 1969

Richard Milhous Nixon

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1913; d. April 22 1994.

Republican Party

1969 – 1974

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1913; d. December 26 2006.

Republican Party

1974 – 1977

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1924; d. December 29 2024.

Democratic Party

1977 – 1981

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1911; d. June 5 2004

Republican Party

1981 – 1989

George Herbert Walker Bush

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1924; d. November 30 2018.

Republican Party

1989 – 1993

William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1946.

Democratic Party

1993 – 2001

George Walker Bush

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1946.

Republican Party

2001 – 2009

Barack Hussein Obama II

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1961.

Democratic Party

2009 – 2017

Donald John Trump

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1946.

Republican Party

2017 – 2021

Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1942.

Democratic Party

2021 – 2025

Donald John Trump

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1946.

Republican Party

2025 – present


Vice President of the United States
John Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1735; d. July 4 1826.

Federalist Party

1789 – 1797

Thomas Jefferson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1743; d. July 4 1826.

Democratic-Republican Party

1797 – 1801

Aaron Burr, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1756; d. September 14 1836.

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1805

George Clinton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1739; d. April 20 1812.

Democratic-Republican Party

1805 – 1812

Elbridge Gerry

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1744; d. November 23 1814.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1814

Daniel D. Tompkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1774; d. June 11 1825.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1825

John Caldwell Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1782; d. March 31 1850.

Democratic-Republican Party (1825 – 1828); Democratic Party (1828); Nullifier Party (1828 – 1832)

1825 – 1832

Martin Van Buren

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. July 24 1862.

Democratic Party

1833 – 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1780; d. November 19 1850.

Democratic Party

1837 – 1841

John Tyler

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1790; d. January 18 1862.

Whig Party

1841

George Mifflin Dallas

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1792; d. December 31 1864.

Democratic Party

1845 – 1849

Millard Fillmore

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1800; d. March 8 1874.

Whig Party

1849 – 1850

William Rufus DeVane King

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1786; d. April 18 1853.

Democratic Party

1853

John Cabell Breckinridge

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1821; d. May 17 1875.

Democratic Party

1857 – 1861

Hannibal Hamlin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1809; d. July 4 1891.

Republican Party

1861 – 1865

Andrew Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1808; d. July 31 1875.

National Union Party

1865

Schuyler Colfax, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1823; d. January 13 1885.

Republican Party

1869 – 1873

Henry Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1812; d. November 22 1875.

Republican Party

1873 – 1875

William Almon Wheeler

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1819; d. June 4 1887.

Republican Party

1877 – 1881

Chester Alan Arthur

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1829; d. November 18 1886.

Republican Party

1881

Thomas Andrews Hendricks

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1819; d. November 25 1885.

Democratic Party

1885

Levi Parsons Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1824; d. May 16 1920.

Republican Party

1889 – 1893

Adlai Ewing Stevenson I

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1835; d. June 14 1914.

Democratic Party

1893 – 1897

Garret Augustus Hobart

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1844; d. November 21 1899.

Republican Party

1897 – 1899

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1858; d. January 6 1919

Republican Party

1901

Charles Warren Fairbanks

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1852; d. June 4 1918.

Republican Party

1905 – 1909

James Schoolcraft Sherman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1855; d. October 30 1912.

Republican Party

1909 – 1912

Thomas Riley Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1854; d. June 1 1925.

Democratic Party

1913 – 1921

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1872; d. January 5 1933

Republican Party

1921 – 1923

Charles Gates Dawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1865; d. April 23 1951.

Republican Party

1925 – 1929

Harry S. Truman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1884; d. December 26 1972

Democratic Party

1945

Richard Milhous Nixon

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1913; d. April 22 1994.

Republican Party

1953 – 1961

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1908; d. January 22 1973

Democratic Party

1961 – 1963

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1911; d. January 13 1978.

Democratic Party

1965 – 1969

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1913; d. December 26 2006.

Republican Party

1973 – 1974

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1908; d. January 26 1979.

Republican Party

1974 – 1977

Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1928; d. April 19 2021.

Democratic Party

1977 – 1981

George Herbert Walker Bush

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1924; d. November 30 2018.

Republican Party

1981 – 1989

Albert Arnold “Al” Gore, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1948.

Democratic Party

1993 – 2001

Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1941.

Republican Party

2001 – 2009

Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1942.

Democratic Party

2009 – 2017

Michael Richard “Mike” Pence

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1959.

Republican Party

2017 – 2021

Kamala Devi Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1964.

Democratic Party

2021 – 2025