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Chronological List of Presidents and First Ladies of the United States

Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730

Presidents: Introduction (Rights/Ordering Info.) | Adams - Cleveland | Clinton - Harding
Harrison - Jefferson | Johnson - McKinley | Monroe - Roosevelt | Taft - Truman | Tyler - Wilson
List of names, Alphabetically | List of names, Chronologically
First Ladies: Introduction (Rights/Ordering Info.) | Adams - Coolidge | Eisenhower - Hoover
Jackson - Pierce | Polk - Wilson | List of names, Alphabetically

Each president and first lady is listed chronologically according to the president's term(s) in office. The list of first ladies comes primarily from the book titled The First Ladies, by Margaret B. Klapthor (Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1994). Links lead to the portion of the illustrated list that includes one or more images of the individual listed.


Jump to: 1809 | 1850 | 1901 | 1953 | 1993
1789-1797
George Washington
Martha Washington
1797-1801
John Adams
Abigail Adams
1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (no image)
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1809-1817
James Madison
Dolley Madison
1817-1825
James Monroe
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (no image)
1825-1829
John Quincy Adams
Louisa Catherine Adams
1829-1837
Andrew Jackson
Rachel Jackson
1837-1841
Martin Van Buren
Hannah Hoes Van Buren
1841
William Henry Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
1841-1845
John Tyler
Letitia Christian Tyler and Julia Gardiner Tyler (no images)
1845-1849
James K. Polk
Sarah Childress Polk
1849-1850
Zachary Taylor
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (no image)

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1850-1853
Millard Fillmore
Abigail Powers Fillmore
1853-1857
Franklin Pierce
Jane M. Pierce
1857-1861
James Buchanan
(never married)
1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln
1865-1869
Andrew Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson
1869-1877
Ulysses S. Grant
Julia Dent Grant
1877-1881
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Lucy Webb Hayes
1881
James A. Garfield
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
1881-1885
Chester Alan Arthur
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
1885-1889
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom Cleveland
1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Mary Lord Harrison [Harrison's second wife, but never a first lady]
1893-1897
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom Cleveland
1897-1901
William McKinley
Ida Saxton McKinley
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1901-1909
Theodore Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
1909-1913
William H. Taft
Helen Herron Taft
1913-1921
Woodrow Wilson
Ellen Axson Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
1921-1923
Warren G. Harding
Florence Kling Harding
1923-1929
Calvin Coolidge
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
1929-1933
Herbert Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover
1933-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
1945-1953
Harry S. Truman
Bess Wallace Truman
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1953-1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
1961-1963
John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
1963-1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
1969-1974
Richard M. Nixon
Pat Nixon
1974-1977
Gerald R. Ford
Betty Ford
1977-1981
Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter
1981-1989
Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan
1989-1993
George Bush
Barbara Bush
1993-2001
Bill Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton

2001-

George W. Bush
Laura Bush
Photographs must be requested from the White House.

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Presidents: Introduction (Rights/Ordering Info.) | Adams - Cleveland | Clinton - Harding
Harrison - Jefferson | Johnson - McKinley | Monroe - Roosevelt | Taft - Truman | Tyler - Wilson
List of names, Alphabetically | List of names, Chronologically
First Ladies: Introduction (Rights/Ordering Info.) | Adams - Coolidge | Eisenhower - Hoover
Jackson - Pierce | Polk - Wilson | List of names, Alphabetically
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