List of US Presidential Transitions
| Outgoing President | Transition begins (Election Day) |
Transition ends (Inauguration Day) |
Incoming President |
|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | November 4, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | Barack Obama |
| Bill Clinton | November 7, 2000 (December 12, 2000) |
January 20, 2001 | George W. Bush |
| George H. W. Bush | November 3, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | Bill Clinton |
| Ronald Reagan | November 8, 1988 | January 20, 1989 | George H. W. Bush |
| Jimmy Carter | November 4, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | Ronald Reagan |
| Gerald Ford | November 2, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | Jimmy Carter |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | November 5, 1968 | January 20, 1969 | Richard Nixon |
| Dwight Eisenhower | November 8, 1960 | January 20, 1961 | John F. Kennedy |
| Harry Truman | November 4, 1952 | January 20, 1953 | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Herbert Hoover | November 8, 1932 | March 4, 1933 | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Calvin Coolidge | November 6, 1928 | March 4, 1929 | Herbert Hoover |
| Woodrow Wilson | November 2, 1920 | March 4, 1921 | Warren Harding |
| William Taft | November 5, 1912 | March 4, 1913 | Woodrow Wilson |
| Theodore Roosevelt | November 3, 1908 | March 4, 1909 | William Taft |
| Grover Cleveland | November 3, 1896 | March 4, 1897 | William McKinley |
| Benjamin Harrison | November 8, 1892 | March 4, 1893 | Grover Cleveland |
| Grover Cleveland | November 6, 1888 | March 4, 1889 | Benjamin Harrison |
| Chester Arthur | November 4, 1884 | March 4, 1885 | Grover Cleveland |
| Rutherford Hayes | November 2, 1880 | March 4, 1881 | James Garfield |
| Ulysses Grant | November 7, 1876 (March 2, 1877) |
March 4, 1877 | Rutherford Hayes |
| Andrew Johnson | November 3, 1868 | March 4, 1869 | Ulysses Grant |
| James Buchanan | November 6, 1860 | March 4, 1861 | Abraham Lincoln |
| Franklin Pierce | November 4, 1856 | March 4, 1857 | James Buchanan |
| Millard Fillmore | November 2, 1852 | March 4, 1853 | Franklin Pierce |
| James Polk | November 7, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | Zachary Taylor |
| John Tyler | December 4, 1844 | March 4, 1845 | James Polk |
| Martin Van Buren | December 2, 1840 | March 4, 1841 | William Harrison |
| Andrew Jackson | December 7, 1836 | March 4, 1837 | Martin Van Buren |
| John Quincy Adams | December 3, 1828 | March 4, 1829 | Andrew Jackson |
| James Monroe | February 9, 1825 | March 4, 1825 | John Quincy Adams |
| James Madison | 1816 | March 4, 1817 | James Monroe |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1808 | March 4, 1809 | James Madison |
| John Adams | February 17, 1801 | March 4, 1801 | Thomas Jefferson |
| George Washington | 1796 | March 4, 1797 | John Adams |
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