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The Presidents
Every U.S. president, in the order they served. Tap any one to learn their story — or play the game and see how far through history you can climb.
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2048 Presidents
Slide and merge the presidents in the order they served — meet each one as you climb through history. See how far you can get, then read their stories below.
#11789–1797
George Washington
The very first president
#21797–1801
John Adams
First to live in the White House
#31801–1809
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
#41809–1817
James Madison
Father of the Constitution
#51817–1825
James Monroe
The Monroe Doctrine
#61825–1829
John Quincy Adams
Son of a president
#71829–1837
Andrew Jackson
Founder of the Democratic Party
#81837–1841
Martin Van Buren
First president born American
#91841
William Henry Harrison
Shortest time in office
#101841–1845
John Tyler
First VP to take over
#111845–1849
James K. Polk
Grew the country westward
#121849–1850
Zachary Taylor
War hero president
#131850–1853
Millard Fillmore
The Compromise of 1850
#141853–1857
Franklin Pierce
A divided nation
#151857–1861
James Buchanan
President before the Civil War
#161861–1865
Abraham Lincoln
Ended slavery, saved the Union
#171865–1869
Andrew Johnson
First president impeached
#181869–1877
Ulysses S. Grant
Winning Union general
#191877–1881
Rutherford B. Hayes
A famously close election
#201881
James A. Garfield
A very short presidency
#211881–1885
Chester A. Arthur
Cleaned up government jobs
#221885–1889
Grover Cleveland
Served two separate terms
#231889–1893
Benjamin Harrison
Grandson of a president
#241893–1897
Grover Cleveland
The comeback president
#251897–1901
William McKinley
The Spanish-American War
#261901–1909
Theodore Roosevelt
National parks and big energy
#271909–1913
William Howard Taft
President AND top judge
#281913–1921
Woodrow Wilson
Led the U.S. in World War I
#291921–1923
Warren G. Harding
'Return to normal'
#301923–1929
Calvin Coolidge
The quiet 'Roaring Twenties'
#311929–1933
Herbert Hoover
The Great Depression began
#321933–1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal and World War II
#331945–1953
Harry S. Truman
The end of World War II
#341953–1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
WWII general, then president
#351961–1963
John F. Kennedy
The race to the Moon
#361963–1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
Civil Rights laws
#371969–1974
Richard Nixon
First Moon landing, then Watergate
#381974–1977
Gerald Ford
Never elected president or VP
#391977–1981
Jimmy Carter
Peacemaker
#401981–1989
Ronald Reagan
The end of the Cold War era
#411989–1993
George H. W. Bush
End of the Cold War
#421993–2001
Bill Clinton
The 1990s economic boom
#432001–2009
George W. Bush
9/11 and its aftermath
#442009–2017
Barack Obama
First Black president
#452017–2021
Donald Trump
Businessman turned president
#462021–2025
Joe Biden
Longtime public servant
#472025–present
Donald Trump
Two non-consecutive terms