Acronym Key
| Acronym | President | Term | Date range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHO | Barack Obama | first | January 20, 2009 – present |
| GWB 2 | George W. Bush | second | January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
| GWB 1 | George W. Bush | first | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005 |
| WJC 2 | Bill Clinton | second | January 20, 1997 – January 20, 2001 |
| WJC 1 | Bill Clinton | first | January 20, 1993 – January 20, 1997 |
| GHWB | George H. W. Bush | only | January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
| RWR 2 | Ronald Reagan | second | January 20, 1985 – January 20, 1989 |
| RWR 1 | Ronald Reagan | first | January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1985 |
| JEC | Jimmy Carter | only | January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
| RMN/GRF | Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford | split | January 20, 1973 – January 20, 1977 |
| RMN 1 | Richard Nixon | first | January 20, 1969 – January 20, 1973 |
| LBJ | Lyndon Johnson | second | January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969 |
| JFK/LBJ | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson | split | January 20, 1961 – January 20, 1965 |
| DDE 2 | Dwight Eisenhower | second | January 20, 1957 – January 20, 1961 |
| DDE 1 | Dwight Eisenhower | first | January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1957 |
| HST 2 | Harry Truman | second | January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953 |
| FDR/HST | Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman | split | January 20, 1945 – January 20, 1949 |
| FDR 3 | Franklin Roosevelt | third | January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945 |
| FDR 2 | Franklin Roosevelt | second | January 20, 1937 – January 20, 1941 |
| FDR 1 | Franklin Roosevelt | first | March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1937 |
| HCH | Herbert Hoover | only | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
| JCC | Calvin Coolidge | second | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929 |
| WGH/JCC | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge | split | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1925 |
| TWW 2 | Woodrow Wilson | second | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921 |
| TWW 1 | Woodrow Wilson | first | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1917 |
| WHT | William Howard Taft | only | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
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