List of US presidents and their political affiliation

GW Bush 2001- REP
Clinton 1993-2001DEM
GHW Bush 1989-1993Rep
Reagan 1981-1989 Rep
Carter 1977-1981 Dem
Ford 1974-1977 Rep
Nixon 1969-1974 Rep
L Johnson 1963-1969 Dem
Kennedy 1961-1963 Dem
Eisenhower 1953-1961 Rep

Those be the easy ones!

Truman 1945-1953 Dem
FD Roosevelt 1933-1945 Dem
H Hoover 1929-1933 Rep
C Coolidge 1923-1929 Rep
W Harding 1921-1923 Rep
W Wilson 1913-1921 Dem
H Taft 1909-1913 Rep
T Roosevelt 1901-1909 Rep (unlike FDR)
W McKinley 1897-1901 Rep
G Cleveland 1885-1889 and 1893-1897 Dem
B Harrison 1889-1893 Rep
C A Arthur 1881-1885 Rep
J Garfield 1881 Rep

There's a name for folk who look gift horses in the mouth!

R B Hayes 1877-1881 Rep
US Grant 1869-1877 Rep
A Johnson 1865-1869 Dem*
A Lincoln 1861-1865 Rep*
*Technically, Lincoln/Johnson ran in 1864 as the "Union" Party, but Lincoln was previously a Republican and Johnson had previously been a democratic senator
LINCOLN WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT

J Buchanan 1857-1861 Dem
F Pierce 1853-1857 Dem
M Fillmore 1850-1853 WHIG
Z Taylor 1849-1850 WHIG
J Polk 1845-1849 Dem
J Tyler 1841-1845 WHIG
WH Harrison 1841 WHIG
M Vanburen 1837-1841 Dem
A Jackson 1829-1837 Dem
ANDREW JACKSON WAS THE FIRST (Modern) DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT

JQ Adams 1825-1829 Democratic Republican**
J Monroe 1817-1825 Democratic Republican**
J Madison 1809-1817 Democratic Republican**
T Jefferson 1801-1809 Democratic Republican**
**Despite the similarity in name, the Democratic-Republican party was different from either of the modern parties of the same names.

J Adams 1797-1801 Federalist
G Washington 1789-1797 Federalist

And if I can take a bow, I did all that off the top of my head.

Applause!

If you cannot take a bow (Dr. Lecter!), did you still deal that deck from the top of your own pate?

Urrrrrrrr. Fire bad. Urrrrrrr.
There have been 43 presidents (counting Cleveland twice) and 54 elections
Five parties (counting the Union party in the Civil war as a republican victory) have had Presidents:
Republican: 18 presidents (22 elections won)
Democrat: 14 presidents (20 elections won)
Whig: 4 presidents (2 elections won)
Democrat-Republican: 4 presidents (7 elections won)
Federalist: 2 presidents (3 elections won)
Technically, the first election had no political parties, but Washington is considered to have been a Federalist.

For a good reference on US Presidents, their party affiliation and election results Dave Leip's Presidental Election Atlas is a good tool to add to your favorites list.

http://www.uselectionatlas.org/

Thank you Equus!

Gotta go check out fishin's link.