Gallery of American Presidents
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James K. Polk
11th
President of the U.S.A.
1845-1849
Party:
Democratic
Predecessor:
John Tyler
Successor:
Zachary Taylor
Lived from November 2, 1795 to June 15, 1849 (aged 53)
President from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849
Former 9th Governor of Tennessee (1839-1841)
Vice President George M. Dallas
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy
Zachary Taylor
12th
President of the U.S.A.
1849-1850
Party:
Whig
Predecessor:
James K. Polk
Successor:
Millard Fillmore
Lived from November 24, 1784 to July 9, 1850 (aged 65).
President from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850.
Former Major General of the 1st Infantry Regiment, US Army (1846-1849)
Vice President: Millard Fillmore
Portrait by Joseph H. Bush, 1849.
Millard Fillmore
13th
President of the U.S.A.
1850-1853
Party:
Whig
Predecessor:
Zachary Taylor
Successor:
Franklin Pierce
Lived from January 7, 1800 to March 8, 1874 (aged 74)
President from July 9, 1850 to March 4, 1853
Former 12th Vice President of the United States
Vice President: None
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1857.
Franklin Pierce
14th
President of the U.S.A.
1853-1857
Party:
Democratic
Predecessor:
Millard Fillmore
Successor:
James Buchanan
Lived from November 23, 1804 to October 8, 1869 (aged 64)
President from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857
Former Brigadier General of the 9th Infantry, US Army (1847-1848)
Vice President: William R. King
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy
James Buchanan
15th
President of the U.S.A.
1857-1861
Party:
Democratic
Predecessor:
Franklin Pierce
Successor:
Abraham Lincoln
Lived from April 23, 1791 to June 1, 1868 (aged 77)
President from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861
Former United States Minister to the Court of St James (1853-1856)
Vice President: John C. Breckinridge
Portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy
Abraham Lincoln
16th
President of the U.S.A.
1861-1865
Party:
Republican and National Union
Predecessor:
James Buchanan
Successor:
Andrew Johnson
Lived from February 12, 1809 to April 15, 1865 (age 56)
President from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865 (assassinated)
Former U.S. Representative for Illinois' 7th (1847-1849)
Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson
17th
President of the U.S.A.
1865-1869
Party:
Democratic and National Union
Predecessor:
Abraham Lincoln
Successor:
Ulysses S. Grant
Lived from December 29, 1808 to July 31, 1875 (aged 66)
President from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869
Former 16th Vice President of the United States
Vice President: None
Portrait by Washington B Cooper
Ulysses S. Grant
18th
President of the U.S.A.
1869-1877
Party:
Republican
Predecessor:
Andrew Johnson
Successor:
Rutherford B. Hayes
Lived from April 27, 1822 to July 23, 1885 (aged 63)
President from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877
Former Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864-1869)
Vice Presidents: Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson
Portrait by Henry Ulke (1821-1910)
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th
President of the U.S.A.
1877-1881
Party:
Republican
Predecessor:
Ulysses S. Grant
Successor:
James A. Garfield
Lived from October 4, 1822 to January 17, 1893 (aged 70)
President from March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881
Former 32nd Governor of Ohio (1868-1872 and 1876-1877)
Vice president: William A. Wheeler
Portrait by Daniel Huntington, 1883.
James A. Garfield
20th
President of the U.S.A.
1881-1881
Party:
Republican
Predecessor:
Rutherford B. Hayes
Successor:
Chester A. Arthur
Lived from November 19, 1831 to September 19, 1881 (aged 49)
President from March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881 (assassinated)
U.S. Representative for Ohio's 19th (1863-1881)
Vice President: Chester A. Arthur
Portrait by Calvin Curtis, 1881.
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