Contents:

• Birthplaces
• Religion
• Military Experience
• Pre-Presidential Careers
• Electoral Lists
• Deaths and Misfortunes
• Families
• Party Affiliation
• Vice Presidents
• Miscellaneous
• Books and CDs

Presidents born before the USA became a country:

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison

Presidents born in Arkansas

• Bill Clinton

Presidents born in California

• Richard Nixon

Presidents born in the Carolinas

• Andrew Jackson (historians are not sure whether he was born in North or South Carolina)
• James Polk (North Carolina)
• Andrew Johnson (North Carolina)

Presidents born in Connecticut

• George W. Bush

Presidents born in Georgia

• Jimmy Carter

Presidents born in Illinois

• Ronald Reagan

Presidents born in Iowa

• Herbert Hoover

Presidents born in Kentucky

• Abraham Lincoln

Presidents born in Massachusetts

• John Adams
• John Quincy Adams
• John Kennedy
• George Bush

Presidents born in Missouri

• Harry Truman

Presidents born in Nebraska

• Gerald Ford

Presidents born in New Hampshire

• Franklin Pierce

Presidents born in New Jersey

• Grover Cleveland

Presidents born in New York

• Martin Van Buren
• Millard Fillmore
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt

Presidents born in Ohio

• Ulysses Grant
• Rutherford Hayes
• James Garfield
• Benjamin Harrison
• William McKinley
• William Taft
• Warren Harding

Presidents born in Pennsylvania

• James Buchanan

Presidents born in Texas

• Dwight Eisenhower
• Lyndon Johnson

Presidents born in Vermont

• Chester Arthur
• Calvin Coolidge

Presidents born in Virginia

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• William Henry Harrison
• John Tyler
• Zachary Taylor
• Woodrow Wilson

Baptist presidents

• Warren Harding
• Harry Truman
• Jimmy Carter
• Bill Clinton (Southern Baptist)

Congregationalist presidents

• Calvin Coolidge

Deist presidents

• Thomas Jefferson

Presidents belonging to Disciples of Christ

• James Garfield
• Lyndon Johnson
• Ronald Reagan

Dutch Reformed presidents

• Martin Van Buren
• Theodore Roosevelt

Episcopalian presidents

• George Washington
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• William Henry Harrison
• John Tyler
• Zachary Taylor
• Franklin Pierce
• Chester Arthur
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Gerald Ford
• George Bush

Methodist presidents

• James Polk (originally Presbyterian)
• Ulysses Grant
• William McKinley
• George W. Bush

Presbyterian presidents

• Andrew Jackson
• James Polk (later Methodist)
• James Buchanan
• Rutherford Hayes (also attended Episcopal and Methodist services)
• Grover Cleveland
• Benjamin Harrison
• Woodrow Wilson
• Dwight Eisenhower

Quaker presidents

• Herbert Hoover
• Richard Nixon

Roman Catholic presidents

• John Kennedy

Unitarian presidents

• John Adams
• John Quincy Adams
• Millard Fillmore
• William Taft

Presidents without church affiliation

• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Johnson

Presidents who served in wars

• George Washington - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during the American Revolution.
• James Monroe - served in American Revolution
• Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole War
• William Henry Harrison - Indian wars in the NW territory, War of 1812
• John Tyler - War of 1812
• Zachary Taylor - War of 1812, Black Hawk, Second Seminole, and Mexican wars
• Franklin Pierce - Mexican War
• James Buchanan - War of 1812
• Abraham Lincoln - Black Hawk War
• Andrew Johnson - Civil War
• Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War
• Rutherford Hayes - Civil War
• James Garfield - Civil War
• Chester Arthur - Civil War
• Benjamin Harrison - Civil War
• William McKinley - Civil War
• Theodore Roosevelt - Spanish-American War
• Harry Truman - WWI
• Dwight Eisenhower - WWII General
• John Kennedy - WWII
• Lyndon Johnson - WWII
• Richard Nixon - WWII
• Gerald Ford - WWII
• George Bush - WWII

Presidents who were in the military but who saw no action

• James Madison
• James Polk
• Millard Fillmore
• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight
• George W. Bush
  

Presidents with no military experience

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Quincy Adams
• Martin Van Buren
• Grover Cleveland
• William Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Bill Clinton

Presidents during wartime

• George Washington: war with Native Americans in Ohio
• Thomas Jefferson: Tripolitan War, 1800-1805, against the Barbary pirates
• James Madison - War of 1812, 1812-1814, against the British
• James Monroe - First Seminole War, 1817-1818
• Andrew Jackson - Black Hawk War, 1832
• Martin Van Buren - Aroostook War, 1839; Second Seminole War - ended 1842
• William Henry Harrison - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
• John Tyler - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
• James Polk - Mexican War
• James Buchanan - beginning of the Civil War
• Abraham Lincoln - Civil War, 1861-1865
• William McKinley - Spanish-American War, 1898; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1900
• Woodrow Wilson - WWI, 1914-1918
• Warren Harding - formally concluded WWI
• Franklin Roosevelt - WWII, 1941-1945
• Harry Truman - conclusion of WWII, Korean War - 1950-1953
• Dwight Eisenhower - conclusion of Korean War
• John Kennedy - Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; beginning of Vietnam War
• Lyndon Johnson - Vietnam War, Dominican Republic, 1965
• Richard Nixon - Vietnam War
• Ronald Reagan - Grenada Invasion, 1983
• George Bush - Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990; Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991
• George W. Bush - War against the Taliban, Iraq, 2001 to present.

Presidents who did not preside over war during their terms

• John Adams
• John Quincy Adams
• Zachary Taylor
• Millard Fillmore
• Franklin Pierce
• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses Grant
• James Garfield
• Chester Arthur
• Grover Cleveland
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Taft
• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover
• Jimmy Carter

Pre-Presidential Careers

Actor

• Ronald Reagan

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt

Bank Clerk

• Harry Truman

Barker

• Richard Nixon 

Bookkeeper

• Harry Truman

Busboy

• Gerald Ford

Businessman

• Harry Truman
• Jimmy Carter 
• George Bush 
• George W. Bush 

Canal Boat Laborer

• James Garfield

Career Military

• George Washington
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison
• Zachary Taylor
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Dwight Eisenhower
  

Carpenter

• James Garfield

Cattle Rancher

• Theodore Roosevelt 

C.I.A. Director

• George Bush

Circus Roustabout

• Ronald Reagan 

City Solicitor

• Rutherford Hayes - Cincinnati, Ohio

Clothmaker

• Millard Fillmore

Coach

• Gerald Ford - football, boxing
• Ronald Reagan - swimming

Collector of the Port of New York

• Chester Arthur 

Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives

• James Madison -  Virginia
• Andrew Jackson -  Tennessee 
• William Henry Harrison - Northwest Territory, Ohio
• John Tyler - Virginia
• James Polk - Tennessee
• Millard Fillmore - New York
• Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire
• James Buchanan - Pennsylvania
• Abraham Lincoln - Illinois
• Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
• Rutherford Hayes - Ohio 
• James Garfield - Ohio
• William McKinley - Ohio
• John F. Kennedy - Massachusetts 
• Lyndon Johnson - Texas 
• Richard Nixon - California 
• Gerald Ford - Michigan 
• George Bush - Texas
  

Construction Worker

• Ronald Reagan 

Continental Congress Delegate

• George Washington
• John Adams
• James Madison
  
• James Monroe
  

Cook

• Gerald Ford

Delivery Boy

• Martin Van Buren

Deputy Sheriff

• Theodore Roosevelt

Diplomat

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Monroe
• John Quincy Adams
• William Henry Harrison
• James Buchanan 
• George Bush
  

Dishwasher

• Lyndon Johnson 
• Gerald Ford 
• Ronald Reagan

Editor

• Grover Cleveland
• Woodrow Wilson 
• Warren Harding  

Elevator Operator

• Lyndon Johnson 

Farmer, Farm Boy

• Millard Fillmore
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Benjamin Harrison
• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge 
• Herbert Hoover
• Harry Truman
• Lyndon Johnson
• Jimmy Carter
  

Ferryboat Operator

• Abraham Lincoln

Fruit Picker

• Lyndon Johnson

Geologist

• Herbert Hoover

Governor

• Thomas Jefferson - Virginia
• James Monroe - Virginia 
• Martin Van Buren - New York 
• William Henry Harrison - Indiana Territory
• John Tyler - Virginia
• James Polk - Tennessee
• Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
• Rutherford Hayes - Ohio 
• Grover Cleveland - New York
• William McKinley - Ohio
• Theodore Roosevelt - New York 
• William Taft - Philippines
• Woodrow Wilson - New Jersey 
• Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts
• Franklin Roosevelt - New York 
• Jimmy Carter - Georgia
• Ronald Reagan - California
• Bill Clinton - Arkansas 
• George W. Bush - Texas
  

Horse Handler

• Ulysses S. Grant

House Minority Leader

• Gerald Ford

Insurance Salesman

• Warren Harding 

Janitor

• James Garfield
• Lyndon Johnson

Judge

• Andrew Jackson
• Harry Truman

Launderer

• Herbert Hoover

Lawyer

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• Martin Van Buren
• John Tyler
• James Polk
• Millard Fillmore
• Franklin Pierce
• James Buchanan
• Rutherford Hayes
• Chester Arthur
• Grover Cleveland 
• Benjamin Harrison
• William McKinley
• William Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Calvin Coolidge
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford 
• Bill Clinton
  

Lieutenant Governor

• Warren Harding - Ohio
• Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts

Lifeguard

• Ronald Reagan 

Mailroom Clerk

• Harry Truman

Male Model

• Gerald Ford

Mayor

• Andrew Johnson - Greenville, Tennessee
• Grover Cleveland - Buffalo, New York
• Calvin Coolidge - Northampton, Massachusetts

Member of House of Burgesses

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
  

Mining Engineer

• Herbert Hoover

Newsboy

• Herbert Hoover

Newspaper Publisher

• Warren Harding 

Office Boy

• Herbert Hoover

Oilman

• George Bush
• George W. Bush
  

Park Ranger

• Gerald Ford

Postal Clerk

• William McKinley

Postmaster

• Abraham Lincoln

Printer's Devil

• Warren Harding
• Lyndon Johnson

Professor

• Woodrow Wilson 
• Bill Clinton 

Radio Announcer

• Ronald Reagan

Railroad Timekeeper

• Harry Truman

Reporter, Journalist

• Warren Harding 
• John F. Kennedy

Road Construction Laborer

• Warren Harding 
• Lyndon Johnson

School Principal

• Chester Arthur

School Teacher

• Millard Fillmore
• Franklin Pierce 
• James Garfield 
• Chester Arthur 
• Grover Cleveland 
• William McKinley 
• Warren Harding 
• Lyndon Johnson
  

Secretary of Commerce

• Herbert Hoover

Secretary of Northwest Territory

• William Henry Harrison

Secretary of State

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• John Quincy Adams
• Martin Van Buren 
• James Buchanan

Secretary of War 

• James Monroe
• William Taft

Senator, U.S.

• James Monroe - Virginia
• John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts
• Andrew Jackson - Tennessee 
• Martin Van Buren - New York
• William Henry Harrison - Ohio
• John Tyler - Virginia
• Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire
• James Buchanan - Pennsylvania
• Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
• Benjamin Harrison - Indiana
• Warren Harding - Ohio
• Harry Truman - Missouri
• John F. Kennedy - Massachusetts 
• Lyndon Johnson - Texas
• Richard Nixon - California
  

Sheriff

• Grover Cleveland 

Shoeshine Boy

• Lyndon Johnson

Speaker of the House

• James Polk

State Attorney General

• Bill Clinton - Arkansas

State Comptroller

• Millard Fillmore - New York

State Legislator

• John Adams - Massachusetts
• Thomas Jefferson - Virginia
• James Madison - Virginia
  
• James Monroe - Virginia
• John Tyler - Virginia
• James Polk - Tennessee
• Millard Fillmore - New York
• Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire
• James Buchanan - Pennsylvania
• Abraham Lincoln - Illinois
• Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
• Theodore Roosevelt - New York
  

State Senator

• John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts
• Martin Van Buren - New York 
• William Henry Harrison - Ohio 
• Andrew Johnson - Tennessee
• James Garfield - Ohio
• Warren Harding - Ohio
• Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts
• Franklin Roosevelt - New York
• Jimmy Carter - Georgia
  

Store Clerk

• James K. Polk
• Abraham Lincoln
• Grover Cleveland 

Surveyor

• George Washington

Tailor

• Andrew Johnson

Tavern worker

• Martin Van Buren

Toymaker

• Calvin Coolidge 

Trapper

• Lyndon Johnson 

Trash Collector

• Lyndon Johnson 

University President

• Woodrow Wilson
• Dwight Eisenhower

Vice President (See Electoral Lists, below)

Presidents who had been vice presidents

• John Adams, under George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson, under John Adams
• Martin Van Buren, under Andrew Jackson
• John Tyler, under William Henry Harrison
• Millard Fillmore, under Zachary Taylor
• Andrew Johnson, under Abraham Lincoln
• Chester Arthur, under James Garfield
• Theodore Roosevelt, under William McKinley
• Calvin Coolidge, under Warren Harding
• Harry Truman, under Franklin Roosevelt
• Lyndon Johnson, under John Kennedy
• Richard Nixon, under Dwight Eisenhower
• Gerald Ford, under Richard Nixon
• George Bush, under Ronald Reagan

Vice-presidents who were later elected president, without having served out the remainder of a predecessor's term

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Martin Van Buren
• Richard Nixon
• George Bush

Presidents who never ran for president

• John Tyler
• Millard Fillmore
• Andrew Johnson
• Chester Arthur

Presidents who were never elected president or vice president

• Gerald Ford

Presidents who ran for president, but were never elected

• Gerald Ford

Elected presidents whose parties did not nominate them for a second term

• Franklin Pierce

Presidents who ran unopposed

• George Washington, both terms.
• James Monroe, second term.

Vice presidents who became president through death or resignation of their president

• John Tyler - death of William Henry Harrison
• Millard Fillmore - death of Zachary Taylor
• Andrew Johnson - assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• Chester Arthur - assassination of James Garfield
• Theodore Roosevelt - assassination of William McKinley
• Calvin Coolidge - death of Warren Harding
• Harry Truman - death of Franklin Roosevelt
• Lyndon Johnson - assassination of John Kennedy
• Gerald Ford - resignation of Richard Nixon

Presidents who lost the popular vote but won the electoral college vote

• Rutherford Hayes - Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, and probably the electoral college vote, but the results were fixed to give Hayes the majority.
• Benjamin Harrison - incumbent president Grover Cleveland won the popular vote
• George W. Bush - Al Gore won the popular vote. The electoral college vote was thrown into doubt by peculiarities in Florida's election, and the election was decided by the Supreme Court when they stopped the recount.

Presidents who won neither the popular vote nor the electoral college vote, but still ended up as president

• John Quincy Adams - Andrew Jackson had more votes in both categories.

Presidents who were chosen by the House of Representatives because no one had a majority

• Thomas Jefferson (1st term)
• John Quincy Adams

Presidents who defeated incumbents

• Thomas Jefferson - defeated John Adams in 1800.
• Andrew Jackson - defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828,
• William Henry Harrison - defeated Martin Van Buren in 1840.
• Benjamin Harrison - defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888.
• Grover Cleveland - defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
• Woodrow Wilson - defeated Howard Taft in 1912.
• Franklin Roosevelt - defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932.
• Jimmy Carter - defeated Gerald Ford in 1976.
• Ronald Reagan - defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980.
• Bill Clinton - defeated George Bush in 1992.

Presidents elected to two terms

• George Washington: 1789, 1792
• Thomas Jefferson: 1800, 1804
• James Madison: 1808, 1812
• James Monroe: 1816, 1920
• Andrew Jackson: 1828, 1832
• Abraham Lincoln: 1860, 1864
• Ulysses Grant: 1868, 1872
• Grover Cleveland: 1884, 1892
• William McKinley: 1896, 1900
• Woodrow Wilson: 1912, 1916
• Dwight Eisenhower: 1952, 1956
• Richard Nixon: 1968, 1972
• Ronald Reagan: 1980, 1984
• Bill Clinton: 1992, 1996

Presidents elected to one term

• John Adams: 1796
• John Quincy Adams: 1824
• Martin Van Buren: 1836
• William Henry Harrison: 1840
• James Polk, 1844
• Zachary Taylor, 1848
• Franklin Pierce, 1852
• James Buchanan, 1856
• Rutherford Hayes, 1876
• James Garfield, 1880
• Benjamin Harrison, 1888
• Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
• William Taft, 1908
• Warren Harding, 1920
• Calvin Coolidge, 1924
• Herbert Hoover, 1928
• Harry Truman, 1948
• John Kennedy, 1960
• Lyndon Johnson, 1964
• Jimmy Carter, 1976
• George Bush, 1988

Presidents elected to four terms

• Franklin Roosevelt: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944

Presidents elected (or selected) on their first run for office (does not include primary bids)

• George Washington: 1789
• John Adams: 1796
• James Madison: 1808
• James Monroe: 1816
• John Quincy Adams: 1824
• Martin Van Buren: 1836
• James Polk: 1844
• Zachary Taylor: 1848
• Franklin Pierce: 1852
• James Buchanan: 1856
• Abraham Lincoln: 1860
• Ulysses Grant: 1868
• Rutherford Hayes: 1876
• James Garfield: 1880
• Grover Cleveland: 1884
• Benjamin Harrison: 1888
• William McKinley: 1896
• Theodore Roosevelt: 1904
• William Taft: 1908
• Woodrow Wilson: 1912
• Warren Harding: 1920
• Calvin Coolidge: 1924
• Herbert Hoover: 1928
• Franklin Roosevelt: 1932
• Harry Truman: 1948
• Dwight Eisenhower: 1952
• John Kennedy: 1960
• Lyndon Johnson: 1964
• Jimmy Carter: 1976
• Ronald Reagan: 1980
• George Bush, 1988
• Bill Clinton: 1992
• George W. Bush: 2000

Presidents elected on their second run for office (does not include primary bids)

• Thomas Jefferson: defeated in 1796 by John Adams
• Andrew Jackson: John Quincy Adams was selected over Jackson in 1824.
• William Henry Harrison: defeated in 1836 by Martin van Buren.
  
• Richard Nixon: defeated in 1960 by John F. Kennedy.

Presidents who defeated each other

• John Quincy Adams: was selected over Andrew Jackson in 1824.
• Andrew Jackson: defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828.

• Martin Van Buren: defeated William Henry Harrison in 1836.
• William Henry Harrison: defeated Martin van Buren in 1840.

• Benjamin Harrison: defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888. 
• Grover Cleveland: defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892.

Presidents who served non-consecutive terms

• Grover Cleveland

Presidents who received 100% of the electoral college votes

• George Washington

Ex-Presidents who tried unsuccessfully to regain the presidency

• Martin Van Buren was defeated in the primary in 1844 by James Polk.
• Millard Fillmore was defeated in 1856 by James Buchanan.
• Ulysses Grant was defeated in 1880 in the primary by James Garfield.
• Theodore Roosevelt was defeated in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson.

Presidents killed by the incompetence of their doctors

• George Washington - bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy"
• James Garfield - whose doctors contaminated his bullet wound so that he died of infection.

Assassinated presidents

• Abraham Lincoln - assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
• James Garfield - assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau
• William McKinley - assassinated by Leon F. Czolgosz
• John Kennedy - assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

Presidents who suffered attempted assassinations

• Andrew Jackson - would-be assassin: Richard Lawrence (both derringers misfired)
• Harry Truman - Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to storm Blair House, residence of Truman
• Gerald Ford - would be assassins: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, in two separate incidences
• Ronald Reagan - shot and wounded by John W. Hinkley, Jr

Presidents who died in office of natural causes

• William Henry Harrison - died of "bilious pleurisy"
• Zachary Taylor - died of cholera morbus
• Warren Harding - died of pneumonia or stroke
• Franklin Roosevelt - died of cerebral hemorrhage

Impeached presidents

• Andrew Johnson
• Bill Clinton

Presidents who resigned

• Richard Nixon

Presidents related to earlier presidents

• James Madison: half first cousin twice removed of George Washington
• John Quincy Adams: son of John Adams
• Zachary Taylor: second cousin of James Madison
• Grover Cleveland: sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant
• Benjamin Harrison: grandson of William Henry Harrison
• Theodore Roosevelt: third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren
• Franklin Roosevelt: fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant, fourth cousin three times removed of Zachary Taylor, fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
• Harry Truman: great-great-great nephew of John Tyler
• Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover
• George Bush: fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce, seventh cousin three times removed of Theodore Roosevelt, seventh cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, eleventh cousin once removed of Gerald Ford
• George W. Bush: son of George Bush

African-American Presidents

• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Warren Harding
• Dwight Eisenhower

Presidents who married while president

• James Tyler
• Grover Cleveland
• Woodrow Wilson

Bachelor presidents

• James Buchanan

Presidents with adopted children

• George Washington
• Andrew Jackson
• Ronald Reagan

Presidents who had children out of wedlock

• Thomas Jefferson
• Grover Cleveland
• Warren Harding

Childless presidents

• James Madison
• James Polk
• James Buchanan

Divorced presidents

• Ronald Reagan

Federalist presidents

• George Washington
• John Adams

Democratic (or earlier, Democratic-Republican) presidents

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• Andrew Jackson
• Martin Van Buren
• James Polk
• Franklin Pierce
• James Buchanan
• Andrew Johnson
• Grover Cleveland
• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Harry Truman
• John Kennedy
• Lyndon Johnson
• Jimmy Carter
• Bill Clinton

Whig presidents

• William Henry Harrison
• John Tyler
• Zachary Taylor
• Millard Fillmore

Republican presidents

• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses Grant
• Rutherford Hayes
• James Garfield
• Chester Arthur
• Benjamin Harrison
• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Taft
• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge
• Herbert Hoover
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford
• Ronald Reagan
• George Bush
• George W. Bush

Presidents belonging to no party

• John Quincy Adams

Presidents who changed party affiliation after their presidency

• Millard Fillmore (Whig) became a candidate for the American or Know-Nothing Party.
• Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) founded the Progressive or Bull Moose Party.

Presidents whose VP belonged to a different party

• John Adams (Federalist): Democratic Republican Thomas Jefferson was his VP.
• Abraham Lincoln (Republican): Democrat Andrew Johnson served as his second VP.

Presidents at least temporarily without vice-presidents

• John Tyler - He had been William Henry Harrison's VP, and the position was not filled when Tyler assumed the presidency.
• Millard Fillmore - He had been Zachary Taylor's VP, and the position was not filled when Fillmore assumed the presidency.
• Franklin Pierce - William Rufus DeVane King was elected VP, but died before assuming office, and was not replaced.
• Andrew Johnson - He had been Abraham Lincoln's VP, and the position was not filled when Johnson assumed the presidency.
• Ulysses Grant - His second-term VP, Henry Wilson, died in office and was not replaced, leaving Grant without a VP for more than a year.
• Chester Arthur - He had been James Garfield's VP, and the position was not filled when Arthur assumed the presidency.
• Grover Cleveland - His first-term VP, Thomas Hendricks, was not replaced after dying nine months into his term.
• William McKinkey - His first VP, Garret Hobart, died in office in 1899, and was not replaced until March 1900 by Theodore Roosevelt.
• William Taft - His VP, James Sherman, died shortly before the end of Taft's term and was not replaced.
• Calvin Coolidge - He had been Warren Harding's VP, and the position was not filled until Coolidge was elected for his own term in 1924.
• Harry Truman - He had been Franklin Roosevelt's last VP, and the position was not filled until Truman was elected for his own term in 1948.
• Lyndon Johnson - He had been John Kennedy's VP, and the position was not filled until Johnson was elected for his own term in 1964.

Presidents defeated for reelection by their own vice-president

• John Adams was defeated by his VP, Thomas Jefferson.

Vice-Presidents who tried for, but never achieved, the presidency

• George Clinton - Thomas Jefferson's VP, failed to defeat James Madison in the primary.
• Richard Johnson - Martin Van Buren's VP, failed to defeat James Polk in the primary.
• John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, ran as a National Democrat and failed to defeat Abraham Lincoln .
• Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, ran as a Progressive and failed to defeat Harry Truman.
• Hubert Humphrey - Lyndon Johnson's VP, failed to defeat Richard Nixon.
• Walter Mondale - Jimmy Carter's VP, failed to defeat Ronald Reagan.
• Al Gore - Bill Clinton's VP, lost the presidency to George W. Bush.

Vice-Presidents who later joined the Confederacy

• John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP.

Vice-Presidents who changed party affiliation after their terms as VP

• John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, was a Democrat and became a Whig.
• John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, was a Democrat and became a National Democrat.
• Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, was a Democrat and became a Progessive.

Vice-Presidents who resigned as VP

• John  Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, resigned in 1832 to accept election to the Senate.
• Spiro Agnew - Richard Nixon's VP, resigned in 1973 to avoid criminal prosecution.

Presidents who killed people outside of war (or who were accused thereof)

• George Washington - accused of murdering a French ambassador during peacetime.
• Andrew Jackson - killed a man in a duel

Presidents who had extramarital affairs

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Garfield
• Warren Harding
• Franklin Roosevelt
• John Kennedy
• Lyndon Johnson
• Bill Clinton

Presidents with an alcohol problem

• Franklin Pierce
• Ulysses Grant
• George W. Bush
  

Presidents who owned slaves

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Andrew Jackson
• James Polk
• Zachary Taylor

Presidents with facial hair

• Martin Van Buren - large mutton-chops
• Abraham Lincoln - beard
• Ulysses Grant - beard and mustache
• Rutherford Hayes - beard and mustache
• James Garfield - beard and mustache
• Chester Arthur - mustache and sideburns
• Grover Cleveland - mustache
• Benjamin Harrison - beard and mustache
• Theodore Roosevelt - mustache
• William Taft - mustache

Presidents who joined the Confederacy

• John Tyler

President who slept the most

• Calvin Coolidge - slept 10 hours a day.

Ready-for-bed Cal, by Megaera Lorenz

The Complete Book of the US Presidents, an incredible source of information and data, by William Degregorio.

Beautiful photographs, fascinating articles, and an interesting grouping of presidents by type, in The American President by Kunhardt, Kunhardt and Kunhardt.

Presidential Campaign Songs for every president from Washington to Clinton (except for Chester Arthur), performed by Oscar Brand. Has excellent liner notes.

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