Why does history "forget" the first 16 Presidents of the United States of America?

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Below is the compiled list of all 63 presidents of the United States:

# Name Term State/Colony or Party Offiliation Length Previous Position or Vice President

1 Peyton Randolph September 5, 1774 Virginia 47 days Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
(1721–1775) –
October 22, 1774

2 Henry Middleton October 22, 1774 South Carolina 4 days Speaker, S.C. Commons House of Assembly
(1717–1784) –
October 26, 1774

3 Peyton Randolph May 10, 1775 Virginia 14 days Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
(1721–1775) –
May 24, 1775

4 John Hancock May 24, 1775 Massachusetts 2 years, 158 days President, Massachusetts Provincial Congress
(1737–1793) –
October 29, 1777

5 Henry Laurens November 1, 1777 South Carolina 1 year, 38 days President, S.C. Provincial Congress, Vice President, S.C.
(1724–1792) –
December 9, 1778

6 John Jay December 10, 1778 New York 292 days Chief Justice New York Supreme Court
(1745–1829) –
September 28, 1779

7 Samuel Huntington September 28, 1779 Connecticut 1 year, 285 days Associate Judge, Connecticut Superior Court
(1731–1796) –
July 10, 1781

8 Thomas McKean July 10, 1781 Delaware 118 days Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
(1734–1817) –
November 5, 1781

9 John Hanson November 5, 1781 Maryland 364 days Maryland House of Delegates
(1721–1783) –
November 4, 1782

10 Elias Boudinot November 4, 1782 New Jersey 364 days Commissary of Prisoners for the Continental Army
(1740–1821) –
November 3, 1783

11 Thomas Mifflin November 3, 1783 Pennsylvania 213 days Quartermaster General of Continental Army, Board of War
(1744–1800) –
June 3, 1784

12 Richard Henry Lee November 30, 1784 Virginia 339 days Virginia House of Burgesses
(1732–1794) –
November 4, 1785

13 John Hancock November 23, 1785 Massachusetts 194 days Governor of Massachusetts
(1737–1793) –
June 5, 1786

14 Nathaniel Gorham June 6, 1786 Massachusetts 241 days Board of War
(1738–1796) –
February 2, 1787

15 Arthur St. Clair February 2, 1787 Pennsylvania 275 days Major General, Continental Army
(1737–1818) –
November 4, 1787

16 Cyrus Griffin January 22, 1788 Virginia 298 days Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals
(1748–1810) –
November 2, 1788

17 George Washington April 30, 1789 Unaffiliated 1788–1789 John Adams[c]
(1732–1799) –
March 4, 1797 1792

18 John Adams March 4, 1797 Federalist 1796 Thomas Jefferson[d]
–
March 4, 1801

(1735–1826)

19 Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 Democratic- 1800 Aaron Burr
– Republican
March 4, 1809 1804 George Clinton

(1743–1826)

20 James Madison March 4, 1809 Democratic- 1808 George Clinton[e]
– Republican
March 4, 1817 1812 Vacant after
April 20, 1812

Elbridge Gerry[e]

Vacant after
November 23, 1814
(1751–1836)

21 James Monroe March 4, 1817 Democratic- 1816 Daniel D. Tompkins
– Republican
March 4, 1825 1820

(1758–1831)

22 John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 Democratic- 1824 John C. Calhoun[g]
– Republican[f]
March 4, 1829
National Republican

(1767–1848)

23 Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 Democratic 1828 John C. Calhoun[h]
–
March 4, 1837 1832 Vacant after
December 28, 1832

Martin Van Buren

(1767–1845)

24 Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 Democratic 1836 Richard Mentor Johnson
–
March 4, 1841

(1782–1862)

25 William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 Whig 1840 John Tyler
–
April 4, 1841[e]

(1773–1841)

26 John Tyler April 4, 1841[i] Whig[j] – Vacant throughout
– presidency
March 4, 1845 Unaffiliated

(1790–1862)

27 James K. Polk March 4, 1845 Democratic 1844 George M. Dallas
–
March 4, 1849

(1795–1849)

28 Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849 Whig 1848 Millard Fillmore
–
July 9, 1850[e]

(1784–1850)

29 Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850[k] Whig – Vacant throughout
– presidency
March 4, 1853

(1800–1874)

30 Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 Democratic 1852 William R. King[e]
–
March 4, 1857 Vacant after
April 18, 1853

(1804–1869)

31 James Buchanan March 4, 1857 Democratic 1856 John C. Breckinridge
–
March 4, 1861

(1791–1868)

32 Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 Republican 1860 Hannibal Hamlin
–
April 15, 1865[e] National Union[l] 1864 Andrew Johnson

(1809–1865)

33 Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865[m] National Union[n] – Vacant throughout
– presidency
March 4, 1869 Democratic

(1808–1875)

34 Ulysses S. Grant March 4, 1869 Republican 1868 Schuyler Colfax
–
March 4, 1877 1872 Henry Wilson[e]

Vacant after
November 22, 1875

(1822–1885)

35 Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 1877 Republican 1876 William A. Wheeler
–
March 4, 1881

(1822–1893)

36 James A. Garfield March 4, 1881 Republican 1880 Chester A. Arthur
–
September 19, 1881[e]

(1831–1881)

37 Chester A. Arthur September 19, 1881[o] Republican – Vacant throughout
– presidency
March 4, 1885

(1829–1886)

38 Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 Democratic 1884 Thomas A. Hendricks[e]
–
March 4, 1889 Vacant after
November 25, 1885

(1837–1908)

39 Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 Republican 1888 Levi P. Morton
–
March 4, 1893

(1833–1901)

40 Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 Democratic 1892 Adlai Stevenson I
–
March 4, 1897

(1837–1908)

41 William McKinley March 4, 1897 Republican 1896 Garret Hobart[e]
–
September 14, 1901[e] 1900 Vacant after
November 21, 1899

Theodore Roosevelt

(1843–1901)

42 Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901[p] Republican – Vacant through
– 4-Mar-05
4-Mar-09 1904
Charles W. Fairbanks

(1858–1919)

43 William Howard Taft 4-Mar-09 Republican 1908 James S. Sherman[e]
–
4-Mar-13 Vacant after
30-Oct-12

(1857–1930)

44 Woodrow Wilson 4-Mar-13 Democratic 1912 Thomas R. Marshall
–
4-Mar-21 1916

(1856–1924)

45 Warren G. Harding 4-Mar-21 Republican 1920 Calvin Coolidge
–
August 2, 1923[e]

(1865–1923)

46 Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923[q] Republican – Vacant through
– 4-Mar-25
4-Mar-29 1924
Charles G. Dawes

(1872–1933)

47 Herbert Hoover 4-Mar-29 Republican 1928 Charles Curtis
–
4-Mar-33

(1874–1964)

48 Franklin D. Roosevelt 4-Mar-33 Democratic 1932 John Nance Garner
–
April 12, 1945[e] 1936 Henry A. Wallace

1940 Harry S. Truman

1944

(1882–1945)

49 Harry S. Truman April 12, 1945[r] Democratic – Vacant through
– 20-Jan-49
20-Jan-53 1948
Alben W. Barkley

(1884–1972)

50 Dwight D. Eisenhower 20-Jan-53 Republican 1952 Richard Nixon
–
20-Jan-61 1956

(1890–1969)

51 John F. Kennedy 20-Jan-61 Democratic 1960 Lyndon B. Johnson
–
November 22, 1963[e]

(1917–1963)

52 Lyndon B. Johnson November 22, 1963[s] Democratic – Vacant through
– 20-Jan-65
20-Jan-69 1964
Hubert Humphrey

(1908–1973)

53 Richard Nixon 20-Jan-69 Republican 1968 Spiro Agnew[h]
–
August 9, 1974[h] 1972 Vacant:
October 10 – December 6, 1973

Gerald Ford[t]

(1913–1994)

54 Gerald Ford August 9, 1974[u] Republican – Vacant through
– 19-Dec-74
20-Jan-77
Nelson Rockefeller[t]

(1913–2006)

55 Jimmy Carter 20-Jan-77 Democratic 1976 Walter Mondale
–
20-Jan-81

(b. 1924)

56 Ronald Reagan 20-Jan-81 Republican 1980 George H. W. Bush
–
20-Jan-89 1984

(1911–2004)

57 George H. W. Bush 20-Jan-89 Republican 1988 Dan Quayle
–
20-Jan-93

(1924–2018)

58 Bill Clinton 20-Jan-93 Democratic 1992 Al Gore
–
20-Jan-01 1996

(b. 1946)

59 George W. Bush 20-Jan-01 Republican 2000 Dick Cheney
–
20-Jan-09 2004

(b. 1946)

60 Barack Obama 20-Jan-09 Democratic 2008 Joe Biden
–
20-Jan-17 2012

(b. 1961)

61 Donald Trump 20-Jan-17 Republican 2016 Mike Pence
–
20-Jan-21

(b. 1946)

62 Joe Biden 20-Jan-21 Democratic 2020 Kamala Harris
–
20-Jan-25

(b. 1942)

63 Donald Trump Republican 2024 JD Vance
20-Jan-25

(b. 1946)

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