US Presidents: Lists and Records
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
Find more information about Vice-Presidents
below.
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
Find more information about Vice-Presidents
below.
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.
Ready-for-bed Cal, by Megaera Lorenz
Great Presidential Books and Stuff
The
Complete Book of the US Presidents, an incredible source of information
and data, by William Degregorio.
Beautiful photographs, fascinating
articles, and an interesting grouping of presidents by type, in The
American President by Kunhardt, Kunhardt and Kunhardt.
Presidential
Campaign Songs for every president from Washington to Clinton (except
for Chester Arthur), performed by Oscar Brand. Has excellent liner notes.
Check out Paramount's Maximum Exposure!
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