Name Religion Occupation Education
1 Washington Episcopalian Planter, Soldier No formal education
2 John Adams Unitarian Lawyer Grad Harv College (1755)
3 Jefferson No formal relig Lawyer, planter Grad-William & Mary (1762)
4 Madison Episcopalian Lawyer Grad Princeton Univ (1771)
5 Monroe Episcopalian Lawyer Grad-William & Mary (1776)
6 J Q Adams Unitarian Lawyer Grad Harv Coll (1787)
7 Jackson Presbyterian Lawyer, soldier No formal education
8 Van Buren Dutch Reformed Lawyer Gr Kinderhook Acad (1796)
9 W Harrison Episcopalian Soldier Attd Hampden-Sydney Col
10 Tyler Episcopalian Lawyer Grad-William & Mary (1807)
11 Polk Presbyterian Lawyer Grad Univ of NC (1818)
12 Taylor Episcopalian Soldier No formal education
13 Fillmore Unitarian Lawyer No formal education
14 Pierce Episcopalian Lawyer, public official Grad Bowdoin Coll (1824)
15 Buchanan Presbyterian Lawyer Grad Dickinson Col (1809)
16 Lincoln No formal relig Lawyer No formal education
17 A Johnson No formal relig Tailor, public official No formal education
18 Grant Methodist Soldier Grad West Point (1843)
19 Hayes No formal relig Lawyer Kenyon Col (1842) Harv Law (1845)
20 Garfield Disc of Christ Teacher,public official Grad Williams College (1856)
21 Arthur Episcopalian Lawyer Grad Union College (1848)
22 Cleveland Presbyterian Lawyer No formal education
23 B Harrison Presbyterian Lawyer Grad Miami University (Ohio) (1852)
24 Cleveland Presbyterian Lawyer No formal education
25 McKinley Methodist Lawyer Attended Allegheny College
26 T Roosevelt Dutch Reformed Author,lawyer,publ ofcl Grad Harvard College (1880)
27 Taft Unitarian Lawyer, public official GradYale (1878) Cincinnati Law (1880)
28 Wilson Presbyterian Teacher,public official Grad Princeton University (1879)
29 Harding Baptist Editor-Publisher Grad Ohio Central College (1882)
30 Coolidge Congregatnalst Lawyer Grad Amherst College (1895)
31 Hoover Quaker Engineer Grad Stanford University (1895)
32 F Roosevelt Episcopalian Public official, lawyer Grad Harv (1903) Attd ColumbLaw
33 Truman Baptist Farmer, public official Attnd U Kansas City Law School
34 Eisenhower Presbyterian Soldier Grad West Point (1915)
35 Kennedy Roman Catholic Author, public official Grad Harvard College (1940)
36 L Johnson Disc of Christ Teacher,public official Grad SW Texas State Teachers Col (1930)
37 Nixon Quaker Lawyer, public official Whittier Col (1934) / Duke U Law (1937)
38 Ford Episcopalian Lawyer, public official Univ of Mich (1935) / Yale Law (1941)
39 Carter, Jr. Baptist Farmer, public official Grad Navy Acad-Annapolis (1946)
40 Reagan Disc of Christ Actor, public official Graduated Eureka College (1932)
41 Bush Episcopalian Businessman,publ offcl Grad Yale University (1948)
42 Clinton Baptist Lawyer, public official Grad Georgetown U (1968); Attd Oxford 1968-70; Grad Yale Law (1973)
43 Bush, GW Methodist Texas Governor Grad Yale Univ (1968); Harvard Business School (MBA 1975)
44 Obama United Church of Christ Lawyer; US Senator Occidental College; Columbia University; Harvard Law School
45 Trump Presbyterian Real Estate Businessman University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
46 Biden Catholic Lawyer; US Vice Pres University of Delaware; Syracuse University College of Law
President Wife Born Died Married Comments
1 Washington Martha Dandridge Custis 1732 1802 01/06/1759 Made the shortest inauguration speech 2 minutes; 133 words
2 John Adams Abigail Smith 1744 1818 10/25/1764 Oldest President (61 ⅓) until Jackson
First President to live in the White House
3 Jefferson Martha Wayles Skelton 1748 1782 01/01/1772 Wrote the “Declaration of Independence”
4 Madison Dolley Payne Todd 1768 1849 09/15/1794 Shortest President
5 Monroe Elizabeth “Eliza” Kortright 1768 1830 02/16/1786 Last President who was a “Founding Father”.
6 J Q Adams Louisa Catherine Johnson 1775 1852 07/26/1797 First President who was a son of a US President
7 Jackson Rachel Donelson Robards 1767 1828 01/17/1794 Married his wife twice 1791 & 1797
(legality about divorce from her 1st Marriage)First President to encounter an assassination attempt.
Oldest President (61.97) until WH HarrisonIn 1806, Jackson killed a man in a pistol duel
8 Van Buren Hannah Hoes 1783 1819 02/21/1807 Only President who learned English as a second language.
9 W Harrison Anna Tuthill Symmes 1775 1864 11/25/1795 The shortest presidency (30 Days);
Oldest President (68) until Ronald Reagan (#40).
First President to die in office
Made the longest inaugural speech – 8,578 words – 100 minutes
10 Tyler Letitia Chrisitan 1790 1842 03/29/1813 First President to enter office by succession
1st wife died while Tyler was in office. Remarried in office.
2nd wife Julia Gardiner
(1820-1889) June 26, 1844Buried in a coffin covered by a Confederate FlagPresident with the most children 16
11 Polk Sarah Childress 1803 1891 01/01/1824 During his Presidency, America expanded to the Pacific Coast
12 Taylor Margaret Mackall Smith 1788 1852 06/21/1810 Taylor delayed oath for 1 Day Because it was a Sunday;
Taylor died in office
13 Fillmore Abigail Powers 1798 1853 02/05/1826 2nd Wife Caroline Carmichael McIntosh (1813-1881), 02/10/1858
The last Whig president
14 Pierce Jane Means Appleton 1806 1863 11/10/1834 Only President that did not get his party’s nomination for a second term
15 Buchanan Never Married —- —- The White House hostess was his niece Harriet Lane (1830-1903)
Never married.
16 Lincoln Mary Todd 1818 1882 11/04/1842 Tallest US President; First President to be assassinated
17 A Johnson Eliza McCardle 1810 1876 05/05/1827 First President to be impeached
18 Grant Julia Boggs Dent 1826 1902 08/22/1848 America’s youngest President until Theodore Roosevelt
19 Hayes Lucy Ware Webb 1831 1889 12/30/1852 Removed all federal troops from the South, thus ending Reconstruction
20 Garfield Lucretia Rudolph 1832 1918 11/11/1858 Garfield was assassinated
Was ambidextrous
Could simultaneously write Latin with
one hand and Greek with the other
Spoke German, Greek and Latin fluently
21 Arthur Ellen Lewis Herndon 1837 1880 10/25/1859 Did not run for 2nd term due to kidney disease
22 Cleveland Frances Folsom 1864 1947 06/02/1886 only President whose wedding was held in the White House
only President to serve
non-consecutive terms
23 B Harrison Caroline Lavinia Scott 1832 1892 10/20/1853 2nd Wife Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (1858-1948) 04/06/1896
Only President who was a
grandson of a US President
William Henry Harrison
24 Cleveland Frances Folsom 1864 1947 06/02/1886 See President #22
25 McKinley Ida Saxton 1847 1907 01/25/1871 McKinley was assassinated
26 T Roosevelt Alice Hathaway Lee 1861 1884 10/27/1880 02/14/1884 Two days after giving birth, Alice Lee died.
02/14/1884 Roosevelt’s mother died.
Married 2nd Wife: Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948) on 12/02/1886
TR was America’s youngest President
America’s first Nobel Prize winner
27 Taft Helen Herron 1861 1943 06/19/1886 Heaviest US President
28 Wilson Ellen Louise Axson 1860 1914 06/24/1885 While Wilson was in office his 1st wife died.
Married 2nd Wife: Edith Bolling Galt
(1872-1961) 12/18/1915
The only US President to earn a doctorate degree.
Oct, 1919 a severe stroke left him in poor health.
29 Harding Florence Kling De Wolfe 1860 1924 07/08/1891 Lost a set of White House China while playing poker
Harding died in office
30 Coolidge Grace Anna Goodhue 1879 1957 10/04/1905 Due to the death of his father and son, did not seek re-election.
31 Hoover Lou Henry 1875 1944 02/10/1899 The US entered an economic depression September 1929
32 F Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 1962 03/17/1905 Only President who served more than 2 terms;
F Roosevelt died while in office
33 Truman Elizabeth”Bess”Virginia Wallace 1885 1982 06/28/1919 The last US President without a college degree.
34 Eisenhower Mary “Mamie” Geneva Doud 1896 1979 07/01/1916
35 Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Bouvier 1929 1994 09/12/1953 Youngest President at time of election
President with shortest lifetime
John
Kennedy was assassinated
36 L Johnson Claudia “Lady Bird” Alta Taylor 1912 2007 11/17/1934 Succeeded into Presidency then elected into Presidency in less than one year.
37 Nixon Thelma”Patricia”Catherine Ryan 1912 1993 06/21/1940 Only President to resign from office
38 Ford Elizabeth”Betty”Bloomer Warren 1918 2011 10/15/1948 Became Vice President and President without being elected to either office.
39 Carter, Jr. Eleanor Rosalynn Smith 1928 07/07/1946 Longest-lived US President 99 Years old
Longest Presidential Marriage 77 ¼ Years
Longest Post-Presidency 43 ¾ Years
40 Reagan Jane Wyman 1914 2007 06/25/1940 (divorced in 1948);
2nd wife Nancy Davis (1923-2016), on March 1, 1952
Oldest
President (69.94) until Donald Trump (#45)
41 Bush Barbara Pierce 1925 2018 01/06/1945 Second longest-lived US President (94 Years 5.5 Months)
The first US President born
in June.
42 Clinton Hillary Rodham 1947 10/11/1975 Only American President who was a Rhodes
ScholarSecond President to be impeached
43 Bush, GW Laura Welch 1946 11/05/1977 2nd President who is a son of a US President
44 Obama Michelle Robinson 1964 10/18/1992 First African American US President
45 Trump Melania Knauss 1970 01/22/2005 1st Wife Ivana Zelníčková (1977-1990)

2nd Wife Marla Maples (1993-1999);

Third President to be impeached.

Only President to be impeached twice.

Oldest President (70) until Joseph Biden
46 Biden Jill Tracy Jacobs 1951 06/17/1977 1st Wife Neilia Hunter (1966-1972)
Oldest President (78)