In this historic week which saw the first black candidate, Barack Obama, become elected as U.S. President, we look back at the previous 43 that have held the Whitehouse. To make it fun we’ll do a countdown, starting with the current U.S. President George W. Bush accompanied by a brief history.
The fun and overwhelming excitement doesn’t stop there, oh no no no, you can also download and print out a Velvet Art styled drawing that you can colour in - Whoo hoo! How exciting is this! Not only will you be learning about the history of a hot topic of the moment, but you’ll also be able to get out those crayons and felt tips you’ve had laying around in the drawer for the last 2 years. It has no relevance that you can name all 43 U.S. Presidents if you can’t ’stay between the lines’, so be careful.
43 | George W. Bush
Took office : January 20, 2001
Left office : Incumbent (Term expires January 20, 2009)
Party : Republican
Vice President : Dick Cheney
42 | Bill Clinton
Took office : January 20, 1993
Left office : January 20, 2001
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Al Gore
41 | George H. W. Bush
Took office : January 20, 1989
Left office : January 20, 1993
Party : Republican
Vice President : Dan Quayle
40 | Ronald Reagan
Took office : January 20, 1981
Left office : January 20, 1989
Party : Republican
Vice President : George H. W. Bush
39 | Jimmy Carter
Took office : January 20, 1977
Left office : January 20, 1981
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Walter Mondale
38 | Gerald Ford
Took office : August 9, 1974
Left office : January 20, 1977
Party : Republican
Vice President : Nelson Rockefeller
37 | Richard Nixon
Took office : January 20, 1969
Left office : August 9, 1974 (Resigned)
Party : Republican
Vice President : Spiro Agnew (Resigned), Vacant, Gerald Ford
36 | Lyndon B. Johnson
Took office : November 22, 1963
Left office : January 20, 1969
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Vacant, Hubert Humphrey
35 | John F. Kennedy
Took office : January 20, 1961
Left office : November 22, 1963(Assassinated)
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Lyndon B. Johnson
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower
Took office : January 20, 1953
Left office : January 20, 1961
Party : Republican
Vice President : Richard Nixon
33 | Harry S. Truman
Took office : April 12, 1945
Left office : January 20, 1953
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Vacant, Alben W. Barkley
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt
Took office : March 4, 1933
Left office : April 12, 1945 (Died in office of natural causes.)
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Richard Nixon
31 | Herbert Hoover
Took office : March 4, 1929
Left office : March 4, 1933
Party : Republican
Vice President : Charles Curtis
30 | Calvin Coolidge
Took office : August 2, 1923
Left office : March 4, 1929
Party : Republican
Vice President : Vacant, Charles G. Dawes
29 | Warren G. Harding
Took office : March 4, 1921
Left office : August 2, 1923 (Died in office of natural causes)
Party : Republican
Vice President : Calvin Coolidge
28 | Woodrow Wilson
Took office : March 4, 1913
Left office : March 4, 1921
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Thomas R. Marshall
27 | William Howard Taft
Took office : March 4, 1909
Left office : March 4, 1913
Party : Republican
Vice President : James S. Sherman(Died in office of natural causes), Vacant
26 | Theodore Roosevelt
Took office : September 14, 1901
Left office : March 4, 1909
Party : Republican
Vice President : Vacant, Charles W. Fairbanks
25 | William McKinley
Took office : March 4, 1897
Left office : September 14, 1901 (Assassinated)
Party : Republican
Vice President : Garret Hobart (Died in office of natural causes), Vacant, Theodore Roosevelt
24 | Grover Cleveland
Took office : March 4, 1893
Left office : March 4, 1897
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Adlai E. Stevenson I
Note : Second term
23 | Benjamin Harrison
Took office : March 4, 1889
Left office : March 4, 1893
Party : Republican
Vice President : Levi P. Morton
22 | Grover Cleveland
Took office : March 4, 1885
Left office : March 4, 1889
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Thomas A. Hendricks (Died in office of natural causes), Vacant
21 | Chester A. Arthur
Took office : September 19, 1881
Left office : March 4, 1885
Party : Republican
Vice President : Vacant
20 | James A. Garfield
Took office : March 4, 1881
Left office : September 19, 1881 (Assassinated)
Party : Republican
Vice President : Chester A. Arthur
19 | Rutherford B. Hayes
Took office : March 4, 1877
Left office : March 4, 1881
Party : Republican
Vice President : William A. Wheeler
18 | Ulysses S. Grant
Took office : March 4, 1869
Left office : March 4, 1877
Party : Republican
Vice President : Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson (Died in office of natural causes), Vacant
17 | Andrew Johnson
Took office : April 15, 1865
Left office : March 4, 1869
Party : Democratic National Union (Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864)
Vice President : Vacant
16 | Abraham Lincoln
Took office : March 4, 1861
Left office : April 15, 1865 (Assassinated)
Party : Republican National Union (Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864)
Vice President : Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
15 | James Buchanan
Took office : March 4, 1857
Left office : March 4, 1861
Party : Democratic
Vice President : John C. Breckinridge
14 | Franklin Pierce
Took office : March 4, 1853
Left office : March 4, 1857
Party : Democratic
Vice President : William R. King (Died in office of natural causes), Vacant
13 | Millard Fillmore
Took office : July 9, 1850
Left office : March 4, 1853
Party : Whig
Vice President : Vacant
12 | Zachary Taylor
Took office : March 4, 1849
Left office : July 9, 1850 (Died in office of natural causes)
Party : Whig
Vice President : Millard Fillmore
11 | James K. Polk
Took office : March 4, 1845
Left office : March 4, 1849
Party : Democratic
Vice President : George M. Dallas
10 | John Tyler
Took office : April 4, 1841
Left office : March 4, 1845
Party : Whig - No Party - Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841
Vice President : Vacant
9 | William Henry Harrison
Took office : March 4, 1841
Left office : April 4, 1841 (Died in office of natural causes)
Party : Whig
Vice President : John Tyler
8 | Martin Van Buren
Took office : March 4, 1837
Left office : March 4, 1841
Party : Democratic
Vice President : Richard Mentor Johnson
7 | Andrew Jackson
Took office : March 4, 1829
Left office : March 4, 1837
Party : Democratic
Vice President : John C. Calhoun (Resigned), Vacant, Martin Van Buren
6 | John Quincy Adams
Took office : March 4, 1825
Left office : March 4, 1829
Party : Democratic-Republican National Republican
Vice President : John C. Calhoun
5 | James Monroe
Took office : March 4, 1817
Left office : March 4, 1825
Party : Democratic-Republican
Vice President : Daniel D. Tompkins
4 | James Madison
Took office : March 4, 1809
Left office : March 4, 1817
Party : Democratic-Republican
Vice President : George Clinton (Died in office of natural causes), Vacant, Elbridge Gerry (Died in office of natural causes), Vacant
3 | Thomas Jefferson
Took office : March 4, 1801
Left office : March 4, 1809
Party : Democratic-Republican
Vice President : Aaron Burr, George Clinton
2 | John Adams
Took office : March 4, 1797
Left office : March 4, 1801
Party : Federalist
Vice President : Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1 | George Washington
Took office : April 30, 1789
Left office : March 4, 1797
Party : No Party
Vice President : John Adams
Images copyright www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Information : Wikipedia
To save an enlarged version of each drawing simply right-click on the drawing you want and select the save image option, saving it to an appropriate place on your computer.
Recent comments