Stats & Facts

Every figure on this page is derived solely from the term dates and party affiliations of all 46 U.S. presidencies — from George Washington (1789) to Joe Biden (2025). No birth dates, ages, or home states are recorded in the dataset.

Quick Facts

46PresidenciesGrover Cleveland is #22 and #24 — two separate terms
45IndividualsCleveland is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms
236Years covered1789 – 2025
5.1Avg term (yrs)Mean across all 46 entries
14Two-term presidenciesTerms of 7.5 years or longer
<1 yrShortest term everWilliam Henry Harrison — 31 days
12 yrsLongest term everFranklin D. Roosevelt — 4 terms
2Cleveland terms#22 (1885–89) and #24 (1893–97) — only non-consecutive terms in history

Party-Control Timeline

Each segment represents one presidency, proportional to its length. Hover any segment for the president's name, party, and years.

  • George Washington (Unaffiliated): 1789–1797
  • John Adams (Federalist): 1797–1801
  • Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican): 1801–1809
  • James Madison (Democratic-Republican): 1809–1817
  • James Monroe (Democratic-Republican): 1817–1825
  • John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican): 1825–1829
  • Andrew Jackson (Democratic): 1829–1837
  • Martin Van Buren (Democratic): 1837–1841
  • William Henry Harrison (Whig): 1841–1841
  • John Tyler (Whig): 1841–1845
  • James K. Polk (Democratic): 1845–1849
  • Zachary Taylor (Whig): 1849–1850
  • Millard Fillmore (Whig): 1850–1853
  • Franklin Pierce (Democratic): 1853–1857
  • James Buchanan (Democratic): 1857–1861
  • Abraham Lincoln (Republican): 1861–1865
  • Andrew Johnson (Democratic): 1865–1869
  • Ulysses S. Grant (Republican): 1869–1877
  • Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican): 1877–1881
  • James A. Garfield (Republican): 1881–1881
  • Chester A. Arthur (Republican): 1881–1885
  • Grover Cleveland (Democratic): 1885–1889
  • Benjamin Harrison (Republican): 1889–1893
  • Grover Cleveland (Democratic): 1893–1897
  • William McKinley (Republican): 1897–1901
  • Theodore Roosevelt (Republican): 1901–1909
  • William Howard Taft (Republican): 1909–1913
  • Woodrow Wilson (Democratic): 1913–1921
  • Warren G. Harding (Republican): 1921–1923
  • Calvin Coolidge (Republican): 1923–1929
  • Herbert Hoover (Republican): 1929–1933
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic): 1933–1945
  • Harry S. Truman (Democratic): 1945–1953
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican): 1953–1961
  • John F. Kennedy (Democratic): 1961–1963
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic): 1963–1969
  • Richard Nixon (Republican): 1969–1974
  • Gerald Ford (Republican): 1974–1977
  • Jimmy Carter (Democratic): 1977–1981
  • Ronald Reagan (Republican): 1981–1989
  • George H. W. Bush (Republican): 1989–1993
  • Bill Clinton (Democratic): 1993–2001
  • George W. Bush (Republican): 2001–2009
  • Barack Obama (Democratic): 2009–2017
  • Donald Trump (Republican): 2017–2021
  • Joe Biden (Democratic): 2021–2025
  • Republican
  • Democratic
  • Democratic-Republican
  • Whig
  • Federalist
  • Unaffiliated

Term Lengths

Top 5 Longest Terms

Bar width proportional to days served. Click a name to view the president's profile.

Top 5 Shortest Terms

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Party Scorecard

Presidencies per Party
  • Republican19 presidencies
  • Democratic17 presidencies
  • Democratic-Republican4 presidencies
  • Whig4 presidencies
  • Federalist1 presidency
  • Unaffiliated1 presidency
Years in Office per Party
  • Democratic95.8 yrs
  • Republican92.1 yrs
  • Democratic-Republican28.0 yrs
  • Whig8.0 yrs
  • Unaffiliated7.8 yrs
  • Federalist4.0 yrs

Cumulative years across all presidencies for each party.

Democrats vs Republicans

17Democratic presidencies
95.8Democratic years
19Republican presidencies
92.1Republican years
Head to Head
  • Democratic17 presidencies
  • Republican19 presidencies

Presidents by Century

Presidencies per Century
  • 18th century2 presidencies
  • 19th century23 presidencies
  • 20th century17 presidencies
  • 21st century4 presidencies

Based on the year each presidency began.

Inaugurations by Month

Term-Start Month
  • January11
  • February—
  • March25
  • April4
  • May—
  • June—
  • July1
  • August2
  • September2
  • October—
  • November1
  • December—

Counts the month each presidency began. March dominated until the 20th Amendment (1933) moved Inauguration Day to January 20.