Can You Name the U.S. Presidents in Order?

By: J.P. Naomi
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can You Name the U.S. Presidents in Order?
Image: Wiki commons

About This Quiz

Carter before Nixon? Lincoln after Madison? How well do you know the chronological order of the Presidents of the United States? Take this quiz now to test your skills.
The first African-American President elected to office, he served as the 44th President from 2009 - 2017.
James Monroe
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was previously a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
Hailing from Texas, ________ was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 - 2009.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
George W. Bush was elected President after a close win over democratic rival, Al Gore. Gore had actually received more popular votes, but the electoral college boosted him to office.
___________ was the first President of the United States and now has his face on the one dollar bill.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
George Washington served two terms as President from 1789 - 1797. He had no party affiliation.
Richard Nixon
Barack Obama

Advertisement

The only U.S. President to resign from office, _________ was the 37th President.
James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon served in office from 1969 - 1974. He resigned following revelations about the Watergate scandal.
Franklin Pierce
He was the 2nd President and hailed from Boston, Massachusetts.
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Adams
John Adams served in office from 1797 - 1801. He died at the age of 90 in 1826.
Jimmy Carter
Who was the 3rd President of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Thomsa Jefferson was President for two terms from 1801 - 1809. He was a contributing writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Ronald Reagan
Harry S. Truman

Advertisement

Who was the 4th President of the United States and revered as the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
James Madison served as President for two terms from 1809 - 1817. Prior to that, he was the 5th U.S. Secretary of State.
Grover Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Andrew ______ was an Army general prior to becoming the 7th President of the United States.
Cleveland
Jackson
Andrew Jackson followed John Quincy Adams as President in 1829. He left office in 1837, after which martin Van Buren was sworn into office.,
Ford
Hoover
He was the 9th President and the first to die in office.
George H. Bush
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison served in office for just 31 days. He died of pneumonia in 1841.

Advertisement

Who was the 10th President of the United States?
John Tyler
John Tyler was sworn in as the 10th President following the death of William Henry Harrison. Tyler served from 1841 - 1845.
Barack Obama
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
__________ was the 11th President of the United States.
Donald Trump
James K. Polk
James K. Polk served as President from 1845 - 1849. He died at the age of 53 in 1949.
George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
Who was the 13th President of the United States?
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Lyndon B. Johnson
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was sworn into office following the death of President Zachary Taylor. Fillmore served from July 9, 1850 until March 4, 1853.

Advertisement

He was the 14th President and has a modern-day university named after him.
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce served in office from 1853 - 1857. Franklin Pierce University is located in Rindge, New Hampshire.
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Four score and seven years ago"... ________ served as the 16th President of the United States until his assassination in 1865.
Harry S. Truman
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln led the country through its Civil War, and he paved the way of the abolition of slavery.
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
He was Commanding General of the Union Army during the Civil War, and later the 18th President of the United States...
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822. He died on July 23, 1885.
Ronald Reagan

Advertisement

The 19th President, _________, served in office from 1877 - 1881.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born on October 4, 1822 and died on January 17, 1893. Prior to being President, he was the Governor of Ohio.
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
He served two non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland first served from 1885 - 1889. Benjamin Harrison served the next four years, and then Cleveland returned as President from 1893 - 1897.
John F. Kennedy
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Who was the 23rd President of the United States?
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20, 1833. A lawyer and American politician, he was also the grandson of the 9th President, William Henry Harrison.

Advertisement

_________ was the 25th President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
William McKinley served in office from 1897 until 1901. He died in office on September 14, 1901.
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
He was the 26th President of the United States whose face is depicted on Mount Rushmore alongside Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln...
James Monroe
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt served in office from 1901 - 1909. He died on January 6, 1919.
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Who was the 27th President of the United States who later became the 10th Chief Justice of the United States?
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
John Adams
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft served in office from 1909 - 1913. He died in 1930 at the age of 72.

Advertisement

He led the United States during World War I as the 28th President...
James Buchanan
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson served two terms from 1913 until 1921. Prior to the Presidency, Wilson served as the 34th Governor of New Jersey.
Barack Obama
George Washington
The 29th President of the United States, he is rated among the worst following the exposure of an affair he had with one of his mistresses...
Warren G. Harding
Harding served in office from 1921 until his death in 1923. At the time of his death, he was one of the most popular Presidents. However, opinions changed with the revelation of his personal affairs.
John Quincy Adams
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Who was the 30th President of the United States from 1923 - 1929?
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872. He died on January 5, 1933. He was sworn into office following the death of Warren G. Harding.
Thomas Jefferson

Advertisement

_______ was the 31st President of the United States during the Great Depression.
James K. Polk
George W. Bush
James Buchanan
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover served in office from 1929 - 1933. Prior to that, he was the third U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
The 32nd President of the United States, ____________, was diagnosed with polio in 1921.
Millard Fillmore
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Polio left President Roosevelt paralyzed from the waist down. He was confined to a wheelchair while in office.
Abraham Lincoln
Donald Trump
Who was the 33rd President of the United States who is remembered for launching the "Marshall Plan"?
Andrew Johnson
Harry Truman
The Marshall Plan was to rebuild the economy of Western Europe. Truman served in office from 1945 - 1953.
James Madison
John Tyler

Advertisement

Who was the 34th President of the United States, who was also a 5-star general in the U.S. Army during World War II?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890. Prior to being President, he served as the 13th President of Columbia University.
Martin Van Buren
Barack Obama
Ulysses S. Grant
The 35th President of the United States, he was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
Donald Trump
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy served in office from 1961 until his death in 1963. He was formerly a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
James Monroe
Ronald Reagan
Who was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 - 1969?
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
Benjamin Harrison
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded John F. Kennedy in office. He was a democrat from Texas.

Advertisement

Who was the 38th President of the United States from 1974 - 1977?
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was born in 1913. He died in 2006 at the age of 93.
William McKinley
A democrat, and former Governor of Georgia, __________ was the 39th President of the United States.
James Madison
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter served in office from 1977 - 1981. His Vice President was Walter Mondale.
Andrew Jackson
James Garfield
From 1981 - 1989, he was the 40th President of the United States.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911. Prior to being President, he was the 33rd Governor of California.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant

Advertisement

___________ served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 - 1993.
Chester Arthur
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush was born on July 12, 1924. Before becoming President, he had served as Ronald Reagan's Vice President from 1981 - 1989.
Calvin Coolidge
John Quincy Adams
He was the 42nd President from 1993 - 2001.
William Henry Harrison
Millard Fillmore
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton previously served as the 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas. He was also the 50th Attorney General of Arkansas.
Woodrow Wilson
You Got:
/35
Wiki commons