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US Presidents: Classified

This page lists every US president, and their respective vice-presidents, in chronological order. It also gives their ordinal numbers and dates, and the party they represented (where appropriate).

A common question is to ask the middle name of a given American president. As far as I can establish, the names given here are their full names; in other words, if I don't give a middle name, he didn't have one. (This doesn't apply to vice–presidents.)

The Elections section lists the runners–up in every US presidential election, back to 1928. I think you're most unlikely to get asked about anything earlier than this.

For other details about individual presidents, see US Presidents: Details. You can also find their wives' names (the most relevant ones, anyway) in People: Politicians' Families.

No. Years Name Party Vice president
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21797–1801 Click to show or hide the answer Fed Click to show or hide the answer
31801–9 Click to show or hide the answer Dem–Rep Click to show or hide the answer
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41809–17 Click to show or hide the answer Dem–Rep Click to show or hide the answer
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51817–25 Click to show or hide the answer Dem–Rep Click to show or hide the answer
61825–9 Click to show or hide the answer Dem–Rep Click to show or hide the answer
71829–37 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
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81837–41 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
91841 Click to show or hide the answer Whig Click to show or hide the answer
101841–5 Click to show or hide the answer Whig Click to show or hide the answer
111845–9 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
121849–50 Click to show or hide the answer Whig Click to show or hide the answer
131850–3 Click to show or hide the answer Whig Click to show or hide the answer
141853–7 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
151857–61 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
161861–5 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
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171865–9 Click to show or hide the answer Dem–Nat Click to show or hide the answer
181869–77 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
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191877–81 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
201881 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
211881–5 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
221885–9 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
231889–93 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
241893–7 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
251897–1901 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
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261901–9 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
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271909–13 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
281913–21 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
291921–3 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
301923–9 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
311929–33 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
321933–45 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
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331945–53 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
341953–61 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
351961–3 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
361963–9 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
371969–74 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
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381974–7 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
391977–81 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
401981–9 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
411989–93 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
421993–2001 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
432001–9 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
442009–17 Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer
452017–21 Click to show or hide the answer Rep Click to show or hide the answer
462021 to date Click to show or hide the answer Dem Click to show or hide the answer

Elections

This section lists the runners–up, and their running mates, for every US presidential election back to 1928 – in reverse chronological order.

It also includes selected other candidates – where I think they might come up in UK quizzes.

In practice, you'll rarely get asked about any of these apart from the most recent one (or possibly the first election for a president who's in his – or her – second term). At the very least, I think it's safe to assume that the further down this table you go, the less likely you are to get asked it. I've only gone as far as I have because ... well, once you've started something, you might as well have a decent shot at it!

Year Winner Runner–up Running mate
2020Biden / Harris Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
2016Trump / Pence Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
2012Obama / Biden Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
2008Obama / Biden Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
2004 Bush / Cheney Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
2000 Bush / Cheney Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
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1996 Clinton / Gore Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
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1992 Clinton / Gore Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
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1988 Bush / Quayle Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1984 Reagan / Bush Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1980 Reagan / Bush Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1976 Carter / Mondale Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1972 Nixon / Agnew Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1968 Nixon / Agnew Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
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1964 Johnson / Humphrey Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1960 Kennedy / Johnson Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1956 Eisenhower / Nixon Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1952 Eisenhower / Nixon Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1948 Truman / Berkeley Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1944 Roosevelt / Truman Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1940 Roosevelt / Wallace Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1936 Roosevelt / Garner Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1932 Roosevelt / Garner Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer
1928 Hoover / Curtis Click to show or hide the answer Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2017–21