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The first president of the United States was:
1)"John Hanson" of Maryland 1781-1782
http://www.cojoweb.com/first-president.html#John%20Hanson
Seven other presidents were elected after him
2) Elias Boudinot (1782-83),
3) Thomas Mifflin (1783-84),
4) Richard Henry Lee (1784-85)
5) John Hancock (1785-86),
6) Nathan Gorman (1786-87),
7) Arthur St. Clair (1787-88),
8) Cyrus Griffin (1788-89)

- All prior to # (9) George Washington taking office in 1789-1797.

George Washington was the first president after the Constitution was ratified by the States in 1789.


Yours: Grumpy

2006-07-31 10:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy 6 · 0 1

George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe

2006-07-31 18:02:27 · answer #2 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0 0

George Washington April 30, 1789 March 3, 1797 none
(Federalist policies) John Adams 1
2
2 John Adams March 4, 1797 March 3, 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 3
3 Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 March 3, 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 4
George Clinton 5
4 James Madison March 4, 1809 March 3, 1817 Democratic-Republican George Clinton[D]
vacant 6
Elbridge Gerry[D]
vacant 7
5 James Monroe March 4, 1817 March 3, 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel Tompkins 8
9
6 John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 March 3, 1829 Democratic-Republican John Calhoun 10
7 Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 March 3, 1837 Democrat John Calhoun[R]
vacant 11
Martin Van Buren 12
8 Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 March 3, 1841 Democrat Richard Johnson 13
9 William Harrison March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841[D] Whig John Tyler 14
10 John Tyler April 4, 1841 March 3, 1845 Whig[W] vacant
11 James Polk March 4, 1845 March 3, 1849 Democrat George Dallas 15
12 Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850[D] Whig Millard Fillmore 16
13 Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850 March 3, 1853 Whig vacant
14 Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 March 3, 1857 Democrat William King[D]
vacant 17
15 James Buchanan March 4, 1857 March 3, 1861 Democrat John Breckinridge 18
16 Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865[A] Republican Hannibal Hamlin 19
Andrew Johnson[U] 20
17 Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865 March 3, 1869 Democrat[U] vacant
18 Ulysses Grant March 4, 1869 March 3, 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 21
Henry Wilson[D]
vacant 22
19 Rutherford Hayes March 4, 1877 March 3, 1881 Republican William Wheeler 23
20 James Garfield March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881[A] Republican Chester Arthur 24
21 Chester Arthur September 19, 1881 March 3, 1885 Republican vacant
22 Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 March 3, 1889 Democrat Thomas Hendricks[D]
vacant 25
23 Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 March 3, 1893 Republican Levi Morton 26
24 Grover Cleveland
(2nd time) March 4, 1893 March 3, 1897 Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson 27
25 William McKinley March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901[A] Republican Garret Hobart[D]
vacant 28
Theodore Roosevelt 29
26 Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 March 3, 1909 Republican vacant
Charles Fairbanks 30
27 William Taft March 4, 1909 March 3, 1913 Republican James Sherman[D]
vacant 31
28 Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 March 3, 1921 Democrat Thomas Marshall 32
33
29 Warren Harding March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923[D] Republican Calvin Coolidge 34
30 Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 March 3, 1929 Republican vacant
Charles Dawes 35
31 Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 March 3, 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 36
32 Franklin Roosevelt March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945[D] Democrat John Garner 37
38
Henry Wallace 39
Harry Truman 40
33 Harry Truman April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 Democrat vacant
Alben Barkley 41
34 Dwight Eisenhower January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961 Republican Richard Nixon 42
43
35 John Kennedy January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963[A] Democrat Lyndon Johnson 44
36 Lyndon Johnson November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Democrat vacant
Hubert Humphrey 45
37 Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974[R] Republican Spiro Agnew 46
Spiro Agnew[R]
vacant
Gerald Ford 47
38 Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Republican vacant
Nelson Rockefeller
39 Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Democrat Walter Mondale 48
40 Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 49
50
41 George H. W. Bush January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Republican Dan Quayle 51
42 Bill Clinton January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001 Democrat Al Gore 52
53
43 George W. Bush January 20, 2001 Incumbent
(Term expires January 20, 2009) Republican Dick Cheney 54
55

Left office early:
[A] Assassinated.
[D] Died in office of natural causes.
[R] Resigned.
Ran on other party's ticket:
[U] Democrat who ran on Union ticket with Republican Lincoln.
[W] Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.

2006-07-31 17:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by Linda 7 · 0 0

George Washington, John Adams Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe... and yes I had to search it on the net... most americans don't even know this question but kids from other countries do!

2006-07-31 18:01:03 · answer #4 · answered by Braidynsmama 3 · 0 0

1.George Wasington: 1789-1797
2.John Adams: 1797-1801
3.Thomas Jefferson: 1801-1809
4.James Madison: 1809-1817
5.James Monroe: 1817-1825

2006-07-31 18:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

google.

google are the first five presidents in america.

2006-07-31 17:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 0 0

Washington (father of our country)
Adams (not of the Adams Family)
Jefferson (not related to George or Weezie)
Madison (I think he was married to Dolly)
Monroe (not related to Marilyn)

2006-07-31 18:02:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If you asked this question in 2030, i would say: they are Bush the father, Bush the son, up to Bush the fifth grandchild.

2006-07-31 17:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by sniper 2 · 0 0

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Damn, I forgot five... so close... yet so far away...

2006-07-31 17:59:14 · answer #9 · answered by Demon of hand-writing analysis 5 · 0 0

washington adams jefferson maddison monroe

2006-07-31 17:58:53 · answer #10 · answered by chrismango13 3 · 0 0

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