Historical Highlight
Presidents, Vice Presidents, & Coinciding Sessions of Congress
From 1789 until 1933, the terms of President and Vice President and the term of the Congress coincided, beginning on March 4 and ending on March 3. This changed when the 20th amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1933. Beginning in 1934, the convening date for Congress became January 3 (unless Congress by law appoints a different day), and beginning in 1937 the starting date for the Presidential term became January 20. Because of this change, the number of Congresses overlapping with a Presidential term increased from two to three, although the third only overlaps by a few weeks.
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Presidents & VPs / Sessions of Congress
No. | President | Vice President | Years of Service | Congresses |
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1. | George Washington | John Adams | Apr. 30, 1789-Mar. 3, 1797 | 1,2,3,4 |
2. | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | Mar. 4, 1797-Mar. 3, 1801 | 5, 6 |
3. | Thomas Jefferson | Aaron Burr | Mar. 4, 1801-Mar. 3, 1805 | 7, 8 |
Thomas Jefferson | George Clinton | Mar. 4, 1805-Mar. 3, 1809 | 9, 10 | |
4. | James Madison | George Clinton1 | Mar. 4, 1809-Mar. 3, 1813 | 11, 12 |
James Madison | Elbridge Gerry2 | Mar. 4, 1813-Mar. 3, 1817 | 13, 14 | |
5. | James Monroe | Daniel D. Thompkins | Mar. 4, 1817-Mar. 3, 1825 | 15, 16, 17, 18 |
6. | John Quincy Adams | John C. Calhoun | Mar. 4, 1825-Mar. 3, 1829 | 19, 20 |
7. | Andrew Jackson | John C. Calhoun3 | Mar. 4, 1829-Mar. 3, 1833 | 21, 22 |
Andrew Jackson | Martin Van Buren | Mar. 4, 1833-Mar. 3, 1837 | 23, 24 | |
8. | Martin Van Buren | Richard M. Johnson | Mar. 4, 1837-Mar. 3, 1841 | 25, 26 |
9. | William Henry Harrison4 | John Tyler | Mar. 4, 1841-Apr. 4, 1841 | 27 |
10. | John Tyler | ............ | Apr. 6, 1841-Mar. 3, 1845 | 27, 28 |
11. | James K. Polk | George M. Dallas | Mar. 4, 1845-Mar. 3, 1849 | 29, 30 |
12. | Zachary Taylor4 | Millard Fillmore | Mar. 5, 1849-July 9, 1850 | 31 |
13. | Millard Fillmore | ............ | July 10, 1850-Mar. 3, 1853 | 31, 32 |
14. | Franklin Pierce | William R. King5 | Mar. 4, 1853-Mar. 3, 1857 | 33, 34 |
15. | James Buchanan | John C. Breckenridge | Mar. 4, 1857-Mar. 3, 1861 | 35, 36 |
16. | Abraham Lincoln | Hannibal Hamlin | Mar. 4, 1861-Mar. 3, 1864 | 37, 38 |
Abraham Lincoln 4 | Andrew Johnson | Mar. 4, 1864--Apr. 15, 1865 | 39 | |
17. | Andrew Johnson | ............ | Apr. 15, 1865-Mar. 3, 1869 | 39, 40 |
18. | Ulysses S. Grant | Schuyler Colfax | Mar. 4, 1869-Mar. 3, 1873 | 41, 42 |
Ulysses S. Grant | Henry Wilson6 | Mar. 4, 1873-Mar. 3, 1877 | 43, 44 | |
19. | Rutherford B. Hayes | William A. Wheeler | Mar. 4, 1877-Mar. 3, 1881 | 45, 46 |
20. | James A. Garfield4 | Chester A. Arthur | Mar. 4, 1881-Sept. 19, 1881 | 47 |
21. | Chester A. Arthur | ............ | Sept. 20, 1881-Mar. 3, 1885 | 47, 48 |
22. | Grover Cleveland | Thomas A. Hendricks7 | Mar. 4, 1885-Mar. 3, 1889 | 49, 50 |
23. | Benjamin Harrison | Levi P. Morton | Mar. 4, 1889-Mar. 3, 1893 | 51, 52 |
24. | Grover Cleveland | Adlai E. Stevenson | Mar. 4, 1893-Mar. 3, 1897 | 53, 54 |
25. | William McKinley | Garret A. Hobart8 | Mar. 4, 1897-Mar. 3, 1901 | 55, 56 |
William McKinley4 | Theodore Roosevelt | Mar. 4, 1901-Sept. 14, 1901 | 57 | |
26. | Theodore Roosevelt | ............ | Sept. 14, 1901-Mar. 3, 1905 | 57, 58 |
Theodore Roosevelt | Charles W. Fairbanks | Mar. 4, 1905-Mar. 3, 1909 | 59,60 | |
27. | William H. Taft | James S. Sherman9 | Mar. 4, 1909-Mar. 3, 1913 | 61,62 |
28. | Woodrow Wilson | Thomas R. Marshall | Mar. 4, 1913-Mar. 3, 1921 | 63, 64, 65, 66 |
29. | Warren G. Harding4 | Calvin Coolidge | Mar. 4, 1921-Aug. 2, 1923 | 67 |
30. | Calvin Coolidge | ............ | Aug. 3, 1923-Mar. 3, 1925 | 68 |
Calvin Coolidge | Charles G. Dawes | Mar. 4, 1925-Mar. 3, 1929 | 69, 70 | |
31. | Herbert C. Hoover | Charles Curtis | Mar. 4, 1929-Mar. 3, 1933 | 71, 72 |
32. | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John N. Garner | Mar. 4, 1933-Jan. 20, 1941 | 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Henry A. Wallace | Jan. 20, 1941-Jan. 20, 1945 | 77, 78, 79 | |
Franklin D. Roosevelt 4 | Harry S. Truman | Jan. 20, 1945-Apr. 12, 1945 | 79 | |
33. | Harry S. Truman | ............ | Apr. 12, 1945-Jan. 20, 1949 | 79, 80, 81 |
Harry S. Truman | Alben W. Barkley | Jan. 20, 1949-Jan. 20, 1953 | 81, 82, 83 | |
34. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Richard M. Nixon | Jan. 20, 1953-Jan. 20, 1961 | 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 |
35. | John F. Kennedy4 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Jan. 20, 1961-Nov. 22, 1963 | 87, 88, 89 |
36. | Lyndon B. Johnson | ............ | Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1965 | 88, 89 |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Hubert H. Humphrey | Jan. 20, 1965-Jan. 20, 1969 | 89, 90, 91 | |
37. | Richard M. Nixon | Spiro T. Agnew10 | Jan. 20, 1969-Dec. 6, 1973 | 91, 92, 93 |
Richard M. Nixon 12 | Gerald R. Ford11 | Dec. 6, 1973-Aug. 9, 1974 | 93 | |
38. | Gerald R. Ford | ............ | Aug. 9, 1974-Dec. 19, 1974 | 93 |
Gerald R. Ford | Nelson A. Rockefeller 13 | Dec. 19, 1974-Jan. 20, 1977 | 93, 94, 95 | |
39. | James Earl Carter | Walter F. Mondale | Jan. 20, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 | 95, 96, 97 |
40. | Ronald Reagan | George Bush | Jan. 20, 1981-Jan. 20, 1989 | 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 |
41. | George Bush | Dan Quayle | Jan. 20, 1989-Jan. 20, 1993 | 101, 102, 103, |
42. | William J. Clinton | Albert Gore | Jan. 20, 1993-Jan. 20, 2001 | 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 |
43. | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | Jan. 20, 2001-Jan. 20, 2009 | 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 |
44. | Barack H. Obama | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Jan. 20, 2009-present | 111, 112, 113 |
Footnotes
1Died Apr. 20, 1812
2Died Nov. 23, 1814
3Resigned Dec. 28, 1832, to become United States Senator
4Died in office
5Died Apr. 18, 1853
6Died Nov. 22, 1875
7Died Nov. 25, 1885
8Died Nov. 21, 1899
9Died Oct. 30, 1912
10Resigned Oct. 10, 1973
11First Vice President nominated by the President and confirmed by the Congress pursuant to the 25th amendment to the Constitution; took the oath of office on Dec. 6, 1973 in the Hall of the House of Representatives
12Resigned from office
13Nominated to be Vice President by President Gerald R. Ford on Aug. 20, 1974; confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 10, 1974; confirmed by the House and took the oath of office on Dec. 19, 1974 in the Senate Chamber