The Presidents of the United States

Have you ever wondered why people desire to be president? How were the past presidents perceived in their times? What were their campaigns like?

Let's begin with the presidents. Currently there are 43, from George Washington (no political party) to George W. Bush (a Republican). Two fathers and sons became president - John Adams (2nd) and John Quincy Adams (6th), and George H. W. Bush (41st) and George H. Bush (43rd).

One grandfather and grandson became president - William Henry Harrison (9th) and Benjamin Harrison (23rd). A set of cousins also became president - Theodore Roosevelt (26th) and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd).

1. George Washington (1789-97) None

2. John Adams (1797-1801) Federalist

3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-9) Democrat-Republican

4. James Madison (1809-17) Democrat-Republican

5. James Monroe (1817-25) Democrat-Republican

6. John Quincy Adams (1825-29) Democrat-Republican

7. Andrew Jackson (1829-37) Democrat

8. Martin Van Buren (1837-41) Democrat

9. William Harrison (1841) Whig

10. John Tyler (1841-45) Whig

11. James K. Polk (1845-49) Democrat

12. Zachary Taylor(1849-50) Whig

13. Millard Fillmore (1850-53) Whig

14. Franklin Pierce (1853-57) Democrat

15. James Buchanan (1857-61) Democrat

16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-65) Republican, Union

17. Andrew Johnson (1865-69) Union

18. Ulysses Grant (1869-77) Republican

19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-81) Republican

20. James Garfield (1881) Republican

21. Chester Arthur (1881-85) Republican

22. Grover Cleveland (1885-89) Democrat

23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-93) Republican

24. Grover Cleveland (1893-97) Democrat

25. William McKinley (1897-1901) Republican

26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-9) Republican

27. William Taft (1909-13) Republican

28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-21) Democrat

29. Warren G. Harding (1921-23) Republican

30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-29) Republican

31. Herbert Hoover (1929-33) Republican

32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-45) Democrat

33. Harry Truman (1945-53) Democrat

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61) Republican

35. John F. Kennedy (1961-63) Democrat

36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-69) Democrat

37. Richard Nixon (1969-74) Republican

38. Gerald Ford (1974-77) Republican

39. James Carter (1977-81) Democrat

40. Ronald Regan (1981-89) Republican

41. George H. W. Bush (1989-93) Republican

42. William Clinton (1993-2001) Democrat

43. George W. Bush (2001- ) Republican