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Main articles: List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom and List of presidents of the United States

This article is meant to compare when each United Kingdom prime minister and each United States president were in office.

Prime ministers and presidents

No.	UK Prime Minister			Term of office		Party		Party	Term of office		US President			No.
				Start	End				Start	End
1			Robert Walpole (1676–1745)	3 April 1721	11 February 1742	Whig		(none)
2			Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743)	16 February 1742	2 July 1743	Whig
3			Henry Pelham (1694–1754)	27 August 1743	6 March 1754	Whig
4			Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)	16 March 1754	11 November 1756	Whig
5			William Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720–1764)	16 November 1756	29 June 1757	Whig
(4)			Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)	29 June 1757	26 May 1762	Whig
6			John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792)	26 May 1762	8 April 1763	Tory
7			George Grenville (1712–1770)	16 April 1763	10 July 1765	Whig
8			Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)	13 July 1765	30 July 1766	Whig
9			William Pitt the Elder 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)	30 July 1766	14 October 1768	Whig
10			Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811)	14 October 1768	28 January 1770	Whig
11			Frederick North Lord North (1732–1792)	28 January 1770	27 March 1782	Tory
(8)			Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)	27 March 1782	1 July 1782	Whig
12			William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805)	4 July 1782	26 March 1783	Whig
13			William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)	2 April 1783	18 December 1783	Whig
14			William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806)	19 December 1783	14 March 1801	Tory
								Unaffiliated	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	George Washington (1732–1799)			1
								Federalist	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	John Adams (1735–1826)			2
								Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)			3
15			Henry Addington (1757–1844)	17 March 1801	10 May 1804	Tory
(14)			William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806)	10 May 1804	23 January 1806	Tory
16			William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834)	11 February 1806	25 March 1807	Whig
(13)			William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)	31 March 1807	4 October 1809	Tory
								Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809	March 4, 1817	James Madison (1751–1836)			4
17			Spencer Perceval (1762–1812)	4 October 1809	11 May 1812	Tory
18			Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)	8 June 1812	9 April 1827	Tory
								Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	James Monroe (1758–1831)			5
								Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1825	March 4, 1829	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)			6
19			George Canning (1770–1827)	12 April 1827	8 August 1827	Tory		National Republican
20			F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)	31 August 1827	8 January 1828	Tory
21			Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852)	22 January 1828	16 November 1830	Tory
								Democratic	March 4, 1829	March 4, 1837	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)			7
22			Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845)	22 November 1830	9 July 1834	Whig
23			William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)	16 July 1834	14 November 1834	Whig
(21)			Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852)	17 November 1834	9 December 1834	Tory
24			Robert Peel (1788–1850)	10 December 1834	8 April 1835	Conservative
(23)			William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)	18 April 1835	30 August 1841	Whig
								Democratic	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862)			8
								Whig	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841	William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)			9
								Whig	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	John Tyler (1790–1862)			10
(24)			Robert Peel (1788–1850)	30 August 1841	29 June 1846	Conservative		Unaffiliated
								Democratic	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	James K. Polk (1795–1849)			11
25			John Russell 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878)	30 June 1846	21 February 1852	Whig
								Whig	March 4, 1849	July 9, 1850	Zachary Taylor (1784–1850)			12
								Whig	July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853	Millard Fillmore (1800–1874)			13
26			Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	23 February 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative
27			George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)	19 December 1852	30 January 1855	Peelite
								Democratic	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)			14
28			Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865)	6 February 1855	19 February 1858	Whig
								Democratic	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	James Buchanan (1791–1868)			15
(26)			Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	20 February 1858	11 June 1859	Conservative
(28)			Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865)	12 June 1859	18 October 1865	Liberal
								Republican	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)			16
								National Union
								National Union	April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869	Andrew Johnson (1808–1875)			17
(25)			John Russell 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878)	29 October 1865	26 June 1866	Liberal
(26)			Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)	28 June 1866	25 February 1868	Conservative
29			Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)	27 February 1868	1 December 1868	Conservative		Democratic
30			William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)	3 December 1868	17 February 1874	Liberal
								Republican	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)			18
(29)			Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)	20 February 1874	21 April 1880	Conservative
								Republican	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893)			19
(30)			William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)	23 April 1880	9 June 1885	Liberal
							Republican	March 4, 1881	September 19, 1881	James A. Garfield (1831–1881)			20
							Republican	September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885	Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886)			21
							Democratic	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)			22
31			Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	23 June 1885	28 January 1886	Conservative
(30)			William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)	1 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal
(31)			Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	25 July 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative
							Republican	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)			23
(30)			William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)	15 August 1892	2 March 1894	Liberal
							Democratic	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)			24
32			Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)	5 March 1894	22 June 1895	Liberal
(31)			Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)	25 June 1895	11 July 1902	Conservative
							Republican	March 4, 1897	September 14, 1901	William McKinley (1843–1901)			25
							Republican	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)			26
33			Arthur Balfour (1848–1930)	12 July 1902	4 December 1905	Conservative
34			Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908)	5 December 1905	3 April 1908	Liberal
35			H. H. Asquith (1852–1928)	8 April 1908	5 December 1916	Liberal
							Republican	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	William Howard Taft (1857–1930)			27
							Democratic	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)			28
36			David Lloyd George (1863–1945)	6 December 1916	19 October 1922	Liberal
							Republican	March 4, 1921	August 2, 1923	Warren G. Harding (1865–1923)			29
37			Bonar Law (1858–1923)	23 October 1922	20 May 1923	Conservative
38			Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947)	22 May 1923	22 January 1924	Conservative
							Republican	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)			30
39			Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937)	22 January 1924	4 November 1924	Labour
(38)			Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947)	4 November 1924	4 June 1929	Conservative
							Republican	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)			31
(39)			Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937)	5 June 1929	7 June 1935	Labour
						National Labour	Democratic	March 4, 1933	April 12, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)			32
(38)			Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947)	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	Conservative
40			Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940)	28 May 1937	10 May 1940	Conservative
41			Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	10 May 1940	26 July 1945	Conservative
							Democratic	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)			33
42			Clement Attlee (1883–1967)	26 July 1945	26 October 1951	Labour
(41)			Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	26 October 1951	5 April 1955	Conservative
							Republican	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)			34
43			Anthony Eden (1897–1977)	6 April 1955	9 January 1957	Conservative
44			Harold Macmillan (1894–1986)	10 January 1957	18 October 1963	Conservative
							Democratic	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963	John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)			35
45			Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995)	18 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative
							Democratic	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973)			36
46			Harold Wilson (1916–1995)	16 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour
							Republican	January 20, 1969	August 9, 1974	Richard Nixon (1913–1994)			37
47			Edward Heath (1916–2005)	19 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative
(46)			Harold Wilson (1916–1995)	4 March 1974	5 April 1976	Labour
							Republican	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford (1913–2006)			38
48			James Callaghan (1912–2005)	5 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour
							Democratic	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter (1924–2024)			39
49			Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013)	4 May 1979	28 November 1990	Conservative
							Republican	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)			40
							Republican	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush (1924–2018)			41
50			John Major (born 1943)	28 November 1990	2 May 1997	Conservative
							Democratic	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton (born 1946)			42
51			Tony Blair (born 1953)	2 May 1997	27 June 2007	Labour
							Republican	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush (born 1946)			43
52			Gordon Brown (born 1951)	27 June 2007	11 May 2010	Labour
							Democratic	January 20, 2009	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama (born 1961)			44
53			David Cameron (born 1966)	11 May 2010	13 July 2016	Conservative
54			Theresa May (born 1956)	13 July 2016	24 July 2019	Conservative
							Republican	January 20, 2017	January 20, 2021	Donald Trump (born 1946)			45
55			Boris Johnson (born 1964)	24 July 2019	6 September 2022	Conservative
							Democratic	January 20, 2021	present	Joe Biden (born 1942)			46
56			Liz Truss (born 1975)	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative
57			Rishi Sunak (born 1980)	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	Conservative
58			Keir Starmer (born 1962)	5 July 2024	present	Labour
							Republican	Will take office January 20, 2025		Donald Trump (born 1946)			47

Living officeholders

Living prime ministers

As of January 2025, there are eight living UK prime ministers, plus the incumbent, Keir Starmer. The most recent prime minister to die was Margaret Thatcher (served 1979–1990) on 8 April 2013. The living prime ministers, from oldest to youngest, are as follows:

• 
  John Major
  (1990–1997)
  Born (1943-03-29)29 March 1943
  (age 81 years, 281 days)
• 
  Gordon Brown
  (2007–2010)
  Born (1951-02-20)20 February 1951
  (age 73 years, 319 days)
• 
  Tony Blair
  (1997–2007)
  Born (1953-05-06)6 May 1953
  (age 71 years, 243 days)
• 
  Theresa May
  (2016–2019)
  Born (1956-10-01)1 October 1956
  (age 68 years, 95 days)
• 
  Keir Starmer
  (2024–present)
  Born (1962-09-02)2 September 1962
  (age 62 years, 124 days)
• 
  Boris Johnson
  (2019–2022)
  Born (1964-06-19)19 June 1964
  (age 60 years, 199 days)
• 
  David Cameron
  (2010–2016)
  Born (1966-10-09)9 October 1966
  (age 58 years, 87 days)
• 
  Liz Truss
  (2022)
  Born (1975-07-26)26 July 1975
  (age 49 years, 162 days)
• 
  Rishi Sunak
  (2022–2024)
  Born (1980-05-12)12 May 1980
  (age 44 years, 237 days)

Living presidents

As of January 2025, there are four living US presidents, plus the incumbent, Joe Biden. The most recent president to die was Jimmy Carter (served 1977–1981) on December 29, 2024. The living presidents, from oldest to youngest, are as follows:

• 
  Joe Biden
  (2021–present)
  Born (1942-11-20)November 20, 1942
  (age 82 years, 45 days)
• 
  Donald Trump
  (2017–2021)
  Born (1946-06-14)June 14, 1946
  (age 78 years, 204 days)
• 
  George W. Bush
  (2001–2009)
  Born (1946-07-06)July 6, 1946
  (age 78 years, 182 days)
• 
  Bill Clinton
  (1993–2001)
  Born (1946-08-19)August 19, 1946
  (age 78 years, 138 days)
• 
  Barack Obama
  (2009–2017)
  Born (1961-08-04)August 4, 1961
  (age 63 years, 153 days)