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APPENDICES
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
No. | President | Politics | Inaug. | Age | Years Served | Religious Connection | Time of Death | Age |
1. | Washington | Federalist | 1789 | 57 | 7 y. 10 mo. 4 d. | Episcopalian | December 14, 1799 | 67 |
2. | J. Adams | Federalist | 1797 | 61 | 4 | Congregationalist | July 4, 1826 | 90 |
3. | Jefferson | Republican[1] | 1801 | 57 | 8 | Liberal[2] | July 4, 1826 | 83 |
4. | Madison | Republican | 1809 | 57 | 8 | Episcopalian | June 28, 1836 | 85 |
5. | Monroe | Republican | 1817 | 58 | 8 | Episcopalian | July 4, 1831 | 73 |
6. | J. Q. Adams | Republican[3] | 1825 | 57 | 4 | Congregationalist | February 23, 1848 | 80 |
7. | Jackson | Democrat | 1829 | 61 | 8 | Presbyterian | June 8, 1845 | 78 |
8. | Van Buren | Democrat | 1837 | 54 | 4 | Reformed Dutch | July 24, 1862 | 79 |
9. | Harrison | Whig | 1841 | 68 | 1 mo. | Episcopalian | April 4, 1841 | 68 |
10. | Tyler | Democrat | 1841 | 51 | 3 y. 11 mo. | Episcopalian | January 17, 1862 | 71 |
11. | Polk | Democrat | 1845 | 49 | 4 | Presbyterian | June 15, 1849 | 53 |
12. | Taylor | Whig | 1849 | 64 | 1 y. 4 mo. 5 d. | Episcopalian | July 9, 1850 | 65 |
13. | Fillmore | Whig | 1850 | 50 | 2 y. 7 mo. 26 d. | Unitarian | March 8, 1874 | 74 |
14. | Pierce | Democrat | 1853 | 48 | 4 | Episcopalian | October 8, 1869 | 64 |
15. | Buchanan | Democrat | 1857 | 65 | 4 | Presbyterian | June 1, 1868 | 77 |
16. | Lincoln | Republican | 1861 | 52 | 4 y. 1 mo. 11 d. | Presbyterian | April 15, 1865 | 56 |
17. | Johnson | Republican | 1865 | 56 | 3 y. 10 mo. 19 d. | Methodist[4] | July 31, 1875 | 66 |
18. | Grant | Republican | 1869 | 46 | 8 | Methodist | July 23, 1885 | 63 |
19. | Hayes | Republican | 1877 | 54 | 4 | Methodist | January 17, 1893 | 70 |
20. | Garfield | Republican | 1881 | 49 | 6½ mo. | Disciples | September 19, 1881 | 49 |
21. | Arthur | Republican | 1881 | 50 | 3 y. 5½ mo. | Episcopalian | November 18, 1886 | 56 |
22. | Cleveland | Democrat | 1885 | 47 | 4 | Presbyterian | June 24, 1908 | 71 |
23. | B. Harrison | Republican | 1889 | 55 | 4 | Presbyterian | March 13, 1901 | 67 |
24. | Cleveland | Democrat | 1893 | 55 | 4 | Presbyterian | June 24, 1908 | 71 |
25. | McKinley | Republican | 1897 | 54 | 4 y. 6 mo. 10 d. | Methodist | September 14, 1901 | 58 |
26. | Roosevelt | Republican | 1901 | 42 | 7 y. 5 mo. 18 d. | Reformed Dutch | ||
27. | Taft | Republican | 1909 | 51 | 4 | Unitarian | ||
28. | Wilson | Democrat | 1913 | 56 | Presbyterian | |||
- ↑ The Democratic party of to-day claims lineal descent from the first Republican party, and President Jefferson as its founder.
- ↑ Randall, the biographer of Jefferson, declares that he was a believer in Christianity, although not a sectarian.
- ↑ Political parties were disorganized at the time of the election of John Quincy Adams. He claimed to be a Republican, but his doctrines were decidedly Federalistic. The opposition to his Administration took the name of Democrats, and elected Jackson President.
- ↑ While President Johnson was not a church-member, he was a Christian believer. His wife was a Methodist.