| Term |
Score |
President |
Took Office |
Party |
US Flag |
Year |
Event |
| 1 |
|
1 |
George Washington
(1732–1799) |
30 Apr
1789 |
no party |
|
1789 |
US Election Year |
| 1790 |
|
| 1791 |
Amendment
1 No Established Religion |
| 1792 |
French First Republic
(1792–1804) |
| 2 |
|
|
1793 |
|
| |
1794 |
Metric
Pioneer Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) executed by guillotine |
|
1795 |
Metric
System Given Legal Basis during French Revolutionary |
| 1796 |
US Election Year |
| 3 |
1 |
2 |
John Adams
(1735–1826) |
4 Mar
1797 |
1 |
Federalist |
1797 |
|
| 1798 |
|
| |
1799 |
|
| |
1800 |
Federal Capital moved
from Philadelphia |
| 4 |
1 |
3 |
Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826) |
4 Mar
1801 |
1 |
Democratic-Republican |
|
1801 |
|
| |
1802 |
|
| |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase |
| |
1804 |
Emperor Napoléon
Bonaparte |
| 5 |
2 |
|
1805 |
|
| |
1806 |
|
| |
1807 |
|
| |
1808 |
US Election Year |
| 6 |
3 |
4 |
James Madison
(1751–1836) |
4 Mar
1809 |
2 |
Democratic-Republican |
|
1809 |
|
| |
1810 |
Frédéric François
Chopin Born |
| |
1811 |
|
| |
1812 |
War of 1812 US vs
British Empire; Napoleon Invades Russia |
| 7 |
4 |
|
1813 |
|
| |
1814 |
|
| |
1815 |
Napoleon Battle of
Waterloo, British Confine Napoleon on Saint Helena |
| |
1816 |
US Election Year |
| 8 |
5 |
5 |
James Monroe
(1758–1831) |
4 Mar
1817 |
3 |
Democratic-Republican |
|
1817 |
|
| |
1818 |
|
| |
1819 |
|
| |
1820 |
1 Billion Human
Population |
| 9 |
6 |
|
1821 |
Napoleon Dies under
British Confinement on Saint Helena |
|
1822 |
24-Star US Flag, 4
July 1822; Freed Slaves from US Begin to Settle in Liberia |
| 1823 |
|
| 1824 |
US Election Year |
| 10 |
7 |
6 |
John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848) |
4 Mar
1825 |
4 |
Democratic-Republican |
|
1825 |
|
| |
1826 |
|
| |
1827 |
Beethoven Dies;
Former Flag of Liberia (1827-1847) |
| |
1828 |
US Election Year |
| 11 |
1 |
7 |
Andrew Jackson
(1767–1845) |
4 Mar
1829 |
1 |
Democratic |
|
1829 |
|
| |
1830 |
|
| |
1831 |
|
| |
1832 |
US Election Year |
| 12 |
2 |
|
1833 |
|
| |
1834 |
|
| |
1835 |
|
| |
1836 |
US Election Year |
| 13 |
3 |
8 |
Martin Van Buren
(1782–1862) |
4 Mar
1837 |
2 |
Democratic |
|
1837 |
26-Star US Flag, 4
July 1837 |
| 1838 |
|
| 1839 |
|
| |
1840 |
US Election Year |
| 14 |
1 |
9 |
William Henry Harrison |
4
Mar 1841 |
1 |
Whig |
|
1841 |
|
| 10 |
John Tyler
(1790–1862) |
4 Apr
1841 |
2 |
Whig |
|
1842 |
|
| |
1843 |
|
|
|
1844 |
US Election Year |
| 15 |
4 |
11 |
James K. Polk
(1795–1849) |
4 Mar
1845 |
3 |
Democratic |
|
1845 |
|
| |
1846 |
Liberians name
capital Monrovia after colonization supporter US Pres. James Monroe [1847] |
| |
1847 |
Flag of Liberia
adopted 26 July 1847; 30-Star US Flag, 4 July 1848 |
| |
1848 |
French Second
Republic (1848–1852) First President Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte |
| 16 |
2 |
12 |
Zachary Taylor
(1784–1850) |
4 Mar
1849 |
3 |
Whig |
1849 |
Frédéric François
Chopin Dies |
| 1850 |
|
| 13 |
Millard Fillmore
(1800–1874) |
9 Jul
1850 |
4 |
Whig |
|
1851 |
31-Star US Flag, 4
July 1851 |
| 1852 |
US Election Year |
| 17 |
5 |
14 |
Franklin Pierce
(1804–1869) |
4 Mar
1853 |
4 |
Democratic |
1853 |
|
| |
1854 |
|
| |
1855 |
|
| |
1856 |
US Election Year |
| 18 |
6 |
15 |
James Buchanan
(1791–1868) |
4 Mar
1857 |
5 |
Democratic |
|
1857 |
|
| |
1858 |
|
|
1859 |
33-Star US Flag, 4
July 1859 |
| 1860 |
US Election Year |
| 19 |
1 |
16 |
Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865) |
4 Mar
1861 |
1 |
Republican |
1861 |
American Civil War
Begins |
| |
1862 |
|
| |
1863 |
Emancipation
Proclamation |
|
1864 |
US Election Year |
| 20 |
7 |
17 |
Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875) |
15 Apr
1865 |
6 |
Democratic |
|
1865 |
36-Star US Flag, 4
July 1865 |
| 1866 |
Amendment
13 Abolish Slavery [December 1865]; H. R. 596 Metric Act of 1866 |
| 1867 |
37-Star US Flag, 4
July 1867 |
|
1868 |
US Election Year |
| 21 |
2 |
18 |
Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885) |
4 Mar
1869 |
2 |
Republican |
1869 |
|
| 1870 |
Amendment
15 Male Former Slaves Right to Vote |
| |
1871 |
French Third Republic
(1870–1940) Second French President Adolphe Thiers |
| |
1872 |
US Election Year |
| 22 |
3 |
|
1873 |
Third French
President Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta |
| |
1874 |
|
| |
1875 |
|
| |
1876 |
Telephone Invented |
| 23 |
4 |
19 |
Rutherford B. Hayes
(1822–1893) |
4 Mar
1877 |
3 |
Republican |
|
1877 |
38-Star US Flag, 4
July 1877 |
| 1878 |
|
| 1879 |
Fourth French
President Jules Grévy |
| |
1880 |
US Election Year |
| 24 |
5 |
20 |
James A. Garfield |
4
Mar 1881 |
4 |
Republican |
|
1881 |
|
| 21 |
Chester A. Arthur
(1829–1886) |
19 Sep
1881 |
5 |
Republican |
|
1882 |
|
| |
1883 |
|
| |
1884 |
US Election Year |
| 25 |
8 |
22 |
Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908) |
4 Mar
1885 |
7 |
Democratic |
|
1885 |
|
| |
1886 |
|
| |
1887 |
Fifth French
President Marie François Sadi Carnot |
| |
1888 |
US Election Year |
| 26 |
6 |
23 |
Benjamin Harrison
(1833–1901) |
4 Mar
1889 |
6 |
Republican |
|
1889 |
|
| |
1890 |
|
|
1891 |
44-Star US Flag, 4
July 1891 |
| 1892 |
US Election Year |
| 27 |
9 |
24 |
Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908) |
4 Mar
1893 |
8 |
Democratic |
1893 |
|
| |
1894 |
Sixth French
President Jean Casimir-Perier |
|
|
1895 |
Seventh French
President Félix Faure |
| |
1896 |
45-Star US Flag, 4
July 1896 |
| 28 |
7 |
25 |
William McKinley
(1843–1901) |
4 Mar
1897 |
7 |
Republican |
1897 |
|
| 1898 |
Spanish-American War;
Puerto Rico Ceded to United States |
| |
1899 |
Eighth French
President Émile Loubet |
| 1900 |
US Election Year |
| 29 |
8 |
1901 |
|
| 26 |
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919) |
14 Sep
1901 |
8 |
Republican |
|
1902 |
|
| |
1903 |
|
| |
1904 |
US Election Year |
| 30 |
9 |
|
1905 |
|
| |
1906 |
Ninth French
President Armand Fallières |
| |
1907 |
|
|
1908 |
46-Star US Flag, 4
July 1908 |
| 31 |
10 |
27 |
William Howard Taft
(1857–1930) |
4 Mar
1909 |
9 |
Republican |
1909 |
|
| 1910 |
|
| |
1911 |
|
|
1912 |
48-Star US Flag, 4
July 1912 |
| 32 |
10 |
28 |
Woodrow Wilson
(1856–1924) |
4 Mar
1913 |
9 |
Democratic |
1913 |
French President 10
Raymond Poincaré |
| 1914 |
World
War I Begins |
| |
1915 |
|
| |
1916 |
US Election Year |
| 33 |
11 |
|
1917 |
Puerto
Ricans Granted United States Citizenship |
| 1918 |
World
War I Ends |
| 1919 |
|
| |
1920 |
Amendment
19 Women Right to Vote |
| 34 |
11 |
29 |
Warren G. Harding
(1865–1923) |
4 Mar
1921 |
10 |
Republican |
|
1921 |
French President 11
Paul Deschanel and 12 Alexandre Millerand |
| |
1922 |
|
| |
1923 |
|
| 30 |
Calvin Coolidge
(1872–1933) |
2 Aug
1923 |
11 |
Republican |
|
1924 |
French President 13
Gaston Doumergue |
| 35 |
12 |
|
1925 |
|
| |
1926 |
|
| |
1927 |
|
| |
1928 |
US Election Year |
| 36 |
13 |
31 |
Herbert Hoover
(1874–1964) |
4 Mar
1929 |
12 |
Republican |
|
1929 |
|
| |
1930 |
2 Billion Human
Population |
| |
1931 |
French President 14
Paul Doumer |
| |
1932 |
French President 15
Albert Lebrun |
| 37 |
12 |
32 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882–1945) |
4 Mar
1933 |
10 |
Democratic |
|
1933 |
|
| |
1934 |
|
| |
1935 |
|
| |
1936 |
US Election Year |
| 38 |
13 |
|
1937 |
|
| |
1938 |
|
| |
1939 |
World War II Begins |
| |
1940 |
French State
(1940–1944) |
| 39 |
14 |
|
1941 |
|
| |
1942 |
|
| |
1943 |
|
| |
1944 |
US Election Year |
| 40 |
15 |
|
1945 |
World War II Ends |
| 33 |
Harry S. Truman
(1884–1972) |
12 Apr
1945 |
11 |
Democratic |
|
1946 |
|
| |
1947 |
French Fourth
Republic (1947–1958) French President 16 Vincent Auriol |
| |
1948 |
US Election Year |
| 41 |
16 |
|
1949 |
|
| |
1950 |
|
| |
1951 |
|
| |
1952 |
US Election Year |
| 42 |
14 |
34 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890–1969) |
20 Jan
1953 |
13 |
Republican |
|
1953 |
|
| |
1954 |
French President 17
René Coty |
| |
1955 |
|
| |
1956 |
Bill Maher born |
| 43 |
15 |
|
1957 |
|
| |
1958 |
French Fifth Republic
(1958– ) French President 18 Charles de Gaulle |
| |
1959 |
Soviet Union Luna 2
First Reach to Moon Surface |
|
1960 |
50-Star
US Flag, 4 July 1960; 3 Billion Human Population |
| 44 |
17 |
35 |
John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963) |
20 Jan
1961 |
12 |
Democratic |
1961 |
US President Barack
Obama born |
| 1962 |
Jon Stewart born |
| |
1963 |
|
| 36 |
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1908–1973) |
22 Nov
1963 |
13 |
Democratic |
|
1964 |
US Election Year |
| 45 |
18 |
|
1965 |
|
| |
1966 |
|
| |
1967 |
Author Sam Harris
born |
| |
1968 |
French President 19
Georges Pompidou [1969] |
| 46 |
16 |
37 |
Richard Nixon
(1913–1994) |
20 Jan
1969 |
14 |
Republican |
|
1969 |
Apollo 11 First
Manned Moon Landing |
| |
1970 |
|
| |
1971 |
|
| |
1972 |
US Election Year |
| 47 |
17 |
|
1973 |
French President 20
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing [1974] |
| |
1974 |
4 Billion Human
Population |
| 38 |
Gerald Ford
(1913–2006) |
9 Aug
1974 |
15 |
Republican |
|
1975 |
United States Metric Conversion Act |
| |
1976 |
US Election Year |
| 48 |
19 |
39 |
Jimmy Carter
(1924– ) |
20 Jan
1977 |
14 |
Democratic |
|
1977 |
|
| |
1978 |
|
| |
1979 |
|
| |
1980 |
US Election Year |
| 49 |
18 |
40 |
Ronald Reagan
(1911–2004) |
20 Jan
1981 |
16 |
Republican |
|
1981 |
French President 21
François Mitterrand (Socialist Party) |
| |
1982 |
|
| |
1983 |
|
| |
1984 |
US Election Year |
| 50 |
19 |
|
1985 |
|
| |
1986 |
|
| |
1987 |
|
| |
1988 |
5 Billion Human
Population |
| 51 |
20 |
41 |
George H. W. Bush
(1924– ) |
20 Jan
1989 |
17 |
Republican |
|
1989 |
|
| |
1990 |
|
| |
1991 |
|
| |
1992 |
US Election Year |
| 52 |
20 |
42 |
Bill Clinton
(1946– ) |
20 Jan
1993 |
15 |
Democratic |
|
1993 |
|
| |
1994 |
|
| |
1995 |
French President 22
Jacques Chirac |
| |
1996 |
US Election Year |
| 53 |
21 |
|
1997 |
|
| |
1998 |
|
| |
1999 |
|
| |
2000 |
6 Billion Human
Population |
| 54 |
21 |
43 |
George W. Bush
(1946– ) |
20 Jan
2001 |
18 |
Republican |
|
2001 |
Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in Netherlands |
| |
2002 |
|
| |
2003 |
Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in Belgium |
| |
2004 |
Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts |
| 55 |
22 |
|
2005 |
Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in Canada and Spain |
| |
2006 |
Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in South Africa |
| |
2007 |
French President 23
Nicolas Sarkozy |
| |
2008 |
First
African-American is Elected US President / Same-Sex Marriage in Connecticut |
| 56 |
22 |
44 |
Barack Obama
(1961– ) |
20 Jan
2009 |
16 |
Democratic |
|
2009 |
Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in Iowa, Vermont and District of Columbia |
| |
2010 |
ObamaCare / Legal
Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage in New Hampshire |
| |
2011 |
7
Billion Human Population / Legal Recognition of
Same-Sex Marriage in New York |
| |
2012 |
French President 24
François Hollande (Socialist Party) |
| 57 |
23 |
|
2013 |
|
| |
2014 |
|
| |
2015 |
|
| |
2016 |
US Election Year |
| 58 |
24 |
45 |
|
|
17 |
Democratic |
|
2017 |
|
| |
2018 |
|
| |
2019 |
|
| |
2020 |
US Election Year |
| 59 |
25 |
46 |
|
|
18 |
Democratic |
|
2021 |
|
| |
2022 |
|
| |
2023 |
|
| |
2024 |
US Election Year |
| 60 |
26 |
47 |
|
|
19 |
Democratic |
|
2025 |
|
| |
2026 |
|
| |
2027 |
8 Billion Human
Population (United States Census Bureau Estimate) |
| |
2028 |
US Election Year |
|
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