April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797 - Two Terms
1 - President George Washington, First Lady- Martha Washington, Vice President - John Adams
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March 4, 1797 to March 4, 1801 - One Term
2 - President John Adams, First Lady - Abigail Adams, Vice President - Thomas Jefferson
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March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809 - Two Terms
3 - President Thomas Jefferson, First Hostess - Dolley Madison, Vice President - Aaron Burr.
Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, died in 1782. His two daughters occasionally served as hostess. Then in 1801, Jefferson asked Dolley Madison to be permanent White House hostess which she did for the rest of his two terms as well as for the two terms of her husband James Madison. Her birth was registered as "Dolley" but her given name was "Dollie" even though some biographers claim she was named after her Aunt Dorothea.
However, when her grandniece Lucia Cutts published her memoirs, she spelled her aunt’s name as "Dolly." The spelling of her name has been a conundrum for authors for centuries.
Vice President - George Clinton from 1805 to 1809. Jefferson kept First Hostess Dolley Madison for emergencies, but for the day to day projects, Jefferson did not have a First Lady.
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March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817- Two Terms
4 - President James Madison, First Lady - Dolley Madison, Vice President - George Clinton who was re-elected with Madison.
George Clinton died in office April 20, 1812. The Vice President position was vacant until the 1812 election. Elbridge Gerry served from March 4, 1813 until he died in office on November 23, 1814. For the rest of Madison’s term, the position of Vice President was vacant.
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March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825 - Two Terms
5 - President James Monroe, First Lady - Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, Vice President - Daniel D. Tompkins
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March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829 - One Term
6 - President John Quincy Adams, First Lady - Louisa Catherine Adams, Vice President - John C. Calhoun
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March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837 - Two Terms
7 - President Andrew Jackson, no First Lady (Jackson’s wife Rachel, died three weeks before he was sworn into office). Vice President - John C. Calhoun (who resigned December 28, 1832 over conflicts with President Jackson).
On March 4, 1833, Martin van Buren was sworn in as Vice President and served until the end of Jackson’s second term on March 4, 1837.
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March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841 - One Term
8 - President Martin Van Buren, First Hostess - Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Vice President - Richard M. Johnson.
Van Buren's wife died in 1819. Various hostesses served until son Abraham Van Buren married Angelica Singleton in 1838. Abraham acted quickly to ensure she was accepted in the position.
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March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841 - Term: 31 days
9 - President William Henry Harrison, First Lady - Anna Tuthill Harrison. Vice President - John Tyler. President Harrison died one month after being sworn in as President. First Lady Anna Harrison never served as First Lady. In fact, she never visited the White House. Vice President John Tyler was sworn in as the 10th President and finished Harrison’s term.
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April 4, 1841 to March 4, 1845 - One Term
10 - President John Tyler, First Lady - Letitia Christian Tyler (died in 1842, had 8 children), then First Lady was Julia Gardiner Tyler (married 1844, had 7 children), no Vice President during his term. He ran for re-election in 1844 but lost to James Polk.
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March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849 - One Term
11 - President James K. Polk, First Lady - Sarah Childress Polk, Vice President - George M. Dallas
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March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850 - One Partial Term
12 - President Zachary Taylor, First Lady - Margaret Smith Taylor, Vice President - Millard Fillmore.
President Taylor died on July 9, 1850 and Vice President Fillmore was sworn into office.
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July 9, 1850 to March 4, 1853 - One Partial Term
13 - President Millard Fillmore, First Lady - Abigail Powers Fillmore, no Vice President
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March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857 - One Term
14 - President Franklin Pierce, First Lady - Jane M. Pierce, Vice President - William R. King who served about 6 weeks, until he died of Tuberculosis on April 18, 1853. The position remained vacant for the rest of the term.
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March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861 - One Term
15 - President James Buchanan, no First Lady, Vice President - John C. Breckinridge
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March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865 - One Full Term
16 - President Abraham Lincoln, First Lady - Mary Todd Lincoln, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. In the 1864 election, Hamlin was dropped and Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's running mate. They won and Andrew Johnson served as Vice President until Lincoln’s assassination on April 15, 1865.
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April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869 - One Partial Term
17 - President Andrew Johnson, First Lady - Eliza McCardle Johnson, no Vice President since Johnson was completing Lincoln’s term.
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March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877 - Two Terms
18 - President Ulysses S. Grant, First Lady - Julia Dent Grant, Vice President - Schuyler Colfax from 1869 to 1873.
One year into the job saw very little cordiality between Colfax and President Grant. Colfax announced he would not run again for any office. For the rest of his VP term, he said he felt alienated from Grant and tried to make amends. He also didn't think Grant would be elected for another term.
Colfax said he would be a candidate for Vice President in 1872 elections, but only if it was offered to him. Grant chose Henry Wilson.
Henry Wilson served as Vice President from March 4, 1873 to November 22, 1875 when he died in office. Grant did not offer Colfax the job. The position remained vacant until the end of Grant’s term.
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March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881 - One Term
19 - President Rutherford B. Hayes, First Lady - Lucy Webb Hayes, Vice President - William A. Wheeler
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March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881
20 - President James A. Garfield, First Lady - Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, Vice President - Chester A. Arthur. President Garfield was assassinated on September 19, 1881 and Chester Arthur became the 21st President.
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September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885 - One Term
21 - President Chester A. Arthur, First Lady - Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, no Vice President
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March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889 - One Term
22 - President Grover Cleveland, First Lady - Frances Folsom Cleveland, Vice President - Thomas A. Hendricks who died in office on November 25, 1885. The position remained vacant for the rest of Cleveland’s term.
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March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893 - One Term
23 - President Benjamin Harrison, First Lady - Caroline Scott, Vice President - Levi P. Morton Caroline Scott died in 1892; there was no First Lady for the rest of Harrison’s term. After Harrison left office, he married Mary Lord Dimmick on April 6, 1896. Contrary to some biographies, she never served as First Lady.
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March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897 - One Term
24 - President Grover Cleveland, First Lady - Frances Folsom Cleveland, Vice President - Adlai E Stevenson
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March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901
25 - President William McKinley served until he was assassinated on September 14, 1901, First Lady - Ida Saxton McKinley, Vice President - Garret A. Hobart died in office on November 21, 1899. The VP position was vacant from November 21, 1899 until Theodore Roosevelt was considered and accepted.
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September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909 - Two Terms
26 - President Theodore Roosevelt, First Lady - Edith Kermit Roosevelt, no Vice President until the next election in 1904. In 1905 Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was sworn in.
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March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1912 - One Term
27 - President William H. Taft, First Lady - Helen Herron Taft, Vice President - James S. Sherman who died in office on October 30, 1912. The position remained vacant until the 1912 elections.
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March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921 - Two Terms
28 - President Woodrow Wilson, First Lady - Ellen Axson Wilson. Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall. Ellen Wilson died in office in 1914, President Wilson got married in 1915 to Edith Bolling Wilson who became his First Lady,
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March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923 - Died in office
29 - President Warren G Harding, First Lady - Florence Kling Harding, Vice President - Calvin Coolidge. Harding died in office on August 2, 1923. His VP was sworn in as President.
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August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929
30 - President Calvin Coolidge, new First Lady - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, no Vice President until after the 1924 elections. Charles G. Dawes became Vice President.
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March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933 - One Term
31 - President Herbert Hoover, First Lady - Lou Henry Hoover, after the 1928 elections, Charles Curtis became Vice President.
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March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945 - Two Terms
32 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady - Eleanor Roosevelt, Vice President - John Nance Garner served from March 4, 1933 until January 20, 1941. Garner was considering a run for President in 1940 election, but ran for VP instead. He didn’t get enough votes for VP nomination and the party supported Henry A. Wallace who served from January 20, 1941 to January 20, 1945. For the 1944 election, FDR dropped Wallace and favored FDR/Harry S. Truman ticket. Truman served from January 20, 1945 until Roosevelt’s death on April 12, 1945, then he was sworn in as the 33rd President.
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April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953 - Two Terms
33 - President Harry S. Truman finished FDR's term, First Lady - Bess Wallace Truman, no Vice President. He won the 1948 election with Alben W Barkley who served from January 20, 1949 to January 20, 1953.
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January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961 - Two Terms
34 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Lady - Mamie Eisenhower, Vice President - Richard M. Nixon
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January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963
35 - President John F. Kennedy, First Lady - Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President - Lyndon B. Johnson. He was sworn in as the 36th President after John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
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November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969
36 - President Lyndon B. Johnson finished JFK’s term and ran for re-election in 1964, First Lady - Lady Bird Johnson, no Vice President until the 1964 elections. Hubert Humphrey served January 20, 1965 until January 20, 1969
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January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974
37 - President Richard M. Nixon, First Lady - Pat Nixon, Vice President - Spiro Agnew. Nixon and Agnew resigned on August 9, 1974. Gerald Ford was appointed as Vice President under the 25th Amendment. He served from December 6, 1973 until Nixon resigned, then he became the 38th President.
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August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977
38 - President Gerald R. Ford, First Lady - Betty Ford, no Vice President until December 19, 1974 when Nelson Rockefeller was appointed under the 25th Amendment. Ford lost the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter.
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January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981 - One Term
39 - President Jimmy Carter, First Lady - Rosalynn Carter, Vice President - Walter F. Mondale
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January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989 - Two Terms
40 - President Ronald Reagan, First Lady - Nancy Reagan, Vice President - George H. W. Bush
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January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993 - One Term
41 - President George H. W. Bush, First Lady - Barbara Bush, Vice President - Dan Quayle
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January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001 -Two Terms
42 - President Bill Clinton, First Lady - Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President - Al Gore
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January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009 - Two Terms
43 - President George W. Bush, First Lady - Barbara Bush, Vice President - Richard Cheney
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January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017 - Two Terms
44 - President Barack Obama, First Lady - Michelle Obama, Vice President - Joseph Biden
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January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021
45 - President Donald J Trump, First Lady - Melania Trump, Vice President - Mike Pence
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January 20, 2021 to present
46 - President Joseph Biden, First Lady - Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President - Kamala Harris
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