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Chart of U.S. Presidents by Alex Cosper

Tangent Sunset is a musical project in which many of the songs are inspired by current and historical issues. As a resource, here is a chart of historical information about American Presidents. It comes from my years of historical research, most of which can be cross-referenced by Whitehouse.gov or any credible encyclopedia or almanac that covers U.S. Presidential history.


# President Party Term From Lifespan Previous jobs
1 George Washington Fed 1789-1797 VA 1732-1799 President of Constitutional Convention, Continental Army General during American Revolution
2 John Adams Fed 1798-1801 MA 1735-1826 US VP under Washington, US Diplomat to France, co-signer of Declaration of Independence
3 Thomas Jefferson Dem-Rep 1801-1809 VA 1743-1826 US VP under Adams, US Secretary of State under Washington, Minister to France, Gov (VA), drafter of Declaration of Independece
4 James Madison Dem-Rep 1809-1817 VA 1751-1836 US Secretary of State under Jefferson, US Rep (VA), Drafter of US Constitution
5 James Monroe Dem-Rep 1817-1825 VA 1758-1831 US Secretary of War, US Secretary of State, Gov (DR-VA)
6 John Quincy Adams Nat Rep 1825-1829 MA 1767-1848 US Secretary of State, US Minister to Great Britain, US Minister to Russia, US Sen (F-MA)
7 Andrew Jackson Dem 1829-1837 SC 1767-1845 US Sen (D-TN)
8 Martin
Van Buren		 Dem 1837-1841 NY 1782-1862 US VP under Jackson, US Secretary of State, Gov (NY)
9 William H. Harrison Whig 1841-1841 VA 1773-1841 County Court Clerk (OH), US Minister to Columbia, US Sen (OH)
10 John Tyler Whig 1841-1845 VA 1790-1862 US VP under Harrison, State Speaker of the House (W-VA)
11 James K. Polk Dem 1845-1849 NC 1795-1849 Gov (D-TN)
12 Zachary Taylor Whig 1849-1850 VA 1784-1850 US Army General
13 Millard Fillmore Whig 1850-1853 NY 1800-1874 US VP under Taylor, NY State Comptroller, US Rep (W-NY)
14 Franklin Pierce Dem 1853-1857 NH 1804-1869 US Sen (D-NH)
15 James Buchanan Dem 1857-1861 PA 1791-1868 US Minister to Great Britain, US Secretary of State, US Sen (D-PA)
16 Abraham Lincoln Rep 1861-1865 KY 1809-1865 IL Lawyer, US Rep (W-IL)
17 Andrew Johnson Dem 1865-1869 NC 1808-1875 US VP under Lincoln, Military Gov of TN, US Sen (D-TN)
18 Ulysses S. Grant Rep 1869-1877 OH 1822-1885 US Army General
19 Rutherford B. Hayes Rep 1877-1881 OH 1822-1893 Gov (R-OH)
20 James A. Garfield Rep 1881-1881 OH 1831-1881 US Rep (R-OH)
21 Chester A. Arthur Rep 1881-1885 VT 1830-1886 US VP under Garfield, Port of NY Collector
22 Grover Cleveland Dem 1885-1889 NJ 1837-1908 Gov (D-NY)
23 Benjamin Harrison Rep 1889-1893 OH 1833-1901 US Sen (R-IN)
24 Grover Cleveland Dem 1893-1897 NJ 1837-1908 NY Lawyer, US President
25 William McKinley Rep 1897-1901 OH 1843-1901 Gov (R-OH)
26 Theodore Roosevelt Rep 1901-1909 NY 1858-1919 US VP under McKinley, Gov (R-NY)
27 William H. Taft Rep 1909-1913 OH 1857-1930 US Secretary of War
28 Woodrow Wilson Dem 1913-1921 VA 1856-1924 Gov (D-NJ), President of Princeton University
29 Warren G. Harding Rep 1921-1923 OH 1865-1923 US Sen (R-OH)
30 Calvin Coolidge Rep 1923-1929 VT 1872-1933 US VP under Harding, Gov (R-MA)
31 Herbert Hoover Rep 1929-1933 IA 1874-1964 US Secretary of Commerce
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Dem 1933-1945 NY 1882-1945 Gov (D-NY)
33 Harry S Truman Dem 1945-1953 MO 1884-1972 US VP under FDR, US Sen (D-MO)
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Rep 1953-1961 TX 1890-1969 US Army General
35 John F. Kennedy Dem 1961-1963 MA 1917-1963 US Sen (D-MA)
36 Lyndon B. Johnson Dem 1963-1969 TX 1908-1973 US VP under Kennedy, US Sen (D-TX)
37 Richard M. Nixon Rep 1969-1974 CA 1913-1994 NY Lawyer, US VP under Eisenhower, US Sen (R-CA)
38 Gerald R. Ford Rep 1974-1977 MI 1913-2006 US VP under Nixon, US Rep (R-MI)
39 Jimmy Carter Dem 1977-1981 GA 1924- Gov (D-GA)
40 Ronald Reagan Rep 1981-1989 IL 1911-2004 Gov (R-CA), Spokesman for General Electric, President of Screen Actors Guild
41 George Bush Rep 1989-1993 MA 1924- US VP under Reagan, CIA Director under Ford, Chairmain of RNC under Nixon, US Ambassador to UN under Nixon, US Rep (D-Texas), Oil investor
42 Bill Clinton Dem 1993-2001 AR 1946- Gov (D-AR)
43 George W. Bush Rep 2001-2009 CT 1946- Gov (R-TX), Owner of Texas Rangers, Oil investor
44 Barack Obama Dem 2009- IL 1961- U.S. Senator (D-IL)