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Although Joseph Biden is the 46th President of the United States, he is only the 45th person to be a US President because
Grover Cleveland, who served nonconsecutive terms, is counted as the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States.
 ***   Name**********   Religion*********   Occupation**************   Education******************************************************
    1   Washington   Episcopalian   Planter, Soldier   No formal education
    2   John Adams   Unitarian   Lawyer   Grad Harv College (1755)
    3   Jefferson   No formal relig   Lawyer, planter   Grad-William & Mary (1762)
    4   Madison   Episcopalian   Lawyer   Grad Princeton Univ (1771)
    5   Monroe   Episcopalian   Lawyer   Grad-William & Mary (1776)
    6   J Q Adams   Unitarian   Lawyer   Grad Harv Coll (1787)
    7   Jackson   Presbyterian   Lawyer, soldier   No formal education
    8   Van Buren   Dutch Reformed   Lawyer   Gr Kinderhook Acad (1796)
    9   W Harrison   Episcopalian   Soldier   Attd Hampden-Sydney Col
  10   Tyler   Episcopalian   Lawyer   Grad-William & Mary (1807)
  11   Polk   Presbyterian   Lawyer   Grad Univ of NC (1818)
  12   Taylor   Episcopalian   Soldier   No formal education
  13   Fillmore   Unitarian   Lawyer   No formal education
  14   Pierce   Episcopalian   Lawyer, public official   Grad Bowdoin Coll (1824)
  15   Buchanan   Presbyterian   Lawyer   Grad Dickinson Col (1809)
  16   Lincoln   No formal relig   Lawyer   No formal education
  17   A Johnson   No formal relig   Tailor, public official   No formal education
  18   Grant   Methodist   Soldier   Grad West Point (1843)
  19   Hayes   No formal relig   Lawyer   Kenyon Col (1842) Harv Law (1845)
  20   Garfield   Disc of Christ   Teacher,public official   Grad Williams College (1856)
  21   Arthur   Episcopalian   Lawyer   Grad Union College (1848)
  22   Cleveland   Presbyterian   Lawyer   No formal education
  23   B Harrison   Presbyterian   Lawyer   Grad Miami University (Ohio) (1852)
  24   Cleveland   Presbyterian   Lawyer   No formal education
  25   McKinley   Methodist   Lawyer   Attended Allegheny College
  26   T Roosevelt   Dutch Reformed   Author,lawyer,publ ofcl   Grad Harvard College (1880)
  27   Taft   Unitarian   Lawyer, public official   GradYale (1878) Cincinnati Law (1880)
  28   Wilson   Presbyterian   Teacher,public official   Grad Princeton University (1879)
  29   Harding   Baptist   Editor-Publisher   Grad Ohio Central College (1882)
  30   Coolidge   Congregatnalst   Lawyer   Grad Amherst College (1895)
  31   Hoover   Quaker   Engineer   Grad Stanford University (1895)
  32   F Roosevelt   Episcopalian   Public official, lawyer   Grad Harv (1903) Attd ColumbLaw
  33   Truman   Baptist   Farmer, public official   Attnd U Kansas City Law School
  34   Eisenhower   Presbyterian   Soldier   Grad West Point (1915)
  35   Kennedy   Roman Catholic   Author, public official   Grad Harvard College (1940)
  36   L Johnson   Disc of Christ   Teacher,public official   Grad SW Texas State Teachers Col (1930)
  37   Nixon   Quaker   Lawyer, public official   Whittier Col (1934) / Duke U Law (1937)
  38   Ford   Episcopalian   Lawyer, public official   Univ of Mich (1935) / Yale Law (1941)
  39   Carter, Jr.   Baptist   Farmer, public official   Grad Navy Acad-Annapolis (1946)
  40   Reagan   Disc of Christ   Actor, public official   Graduated Eureka College (1932)
  41   Bush   Episcopalian   Businessman,publ offcl   Grad Yale University (1948)
  42   Clinton   Baptist   Lawyer, public official   Grad Georgetown U (1968); Attd Oxford 1968-70; Grad Yale Law (1973) 
  43   Bush, GW   Methodist   Texas Governor   Grad Yale Univ (1968); Harvard Business School (MBA 1975)
  44   Obama   United Church of Christ   Lawyer; US Senator   Occidental College; Columbia University; Harvard Law School
  45   Trump   Presbyterian   Real Estate Businessman   University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
  46   Biden   Catholic   Lawyer; US Vice Pres   University of Delaware; Syracuse University College of Law



  *****   President*******   Wife*************************** **Born****Died****Married******Comments***************************************
  1   Washington   Martha Dandridge Custis   1732  1802  01/06/1759   Made the shortest inauguration speech 2 minutes; 133 words
  2   John Adams   Abigail Smith   1744   1818   10/25/1764   Oldest President (61 ⅓) until Jackson
  First President to live in the White House
  3   Jefferson   Martha Wayles Skelton   1748   1782   01/01/1772   Wrote the "Declaration of Independence"
  4   Madison   Dolley Payne Todd   1768   1849   09/15/1794   Shortest President
  5   Monroe   Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright   1768   1830   02/16/1786   Last President who was a "Founding Father".
  6   J Q Adams   Louisa Catherine Johnson   1775   1852   07/26/1797   First President who was a son of a US President
  7   Jackson   Rachel Donelson Robards   1767   1828   01/17/1794   Married his wife twice 1791 & 1797
 (legality about divorce from her 1st Marriage)
  First President to encounter an assassination attempt.
  Oldest President (61.97) until WH Harrison
  In 1806, Jackson killed a man in a pistol duel
  8   Van Buren   Hannah Hoes   1783   1819   02/21/1807   Only President who learned English as a second language.
  9   W Harrison   Anna Tuthill Symmes   1775   1864   11/25/1795   The shortest presidency (30 Days);
  Oldest President (68) until Ronald Reagan (#40).
  First President to die in office
  Made the longest inaugural speech - 8,578 words - 100 minutes
  10   Tyler   Letitia Chrisitan   1790   1842   03/29/1813   First President to enter office by succession
  1st wife died while Tyler was in office. Remarried in office.
  2nd wife Julia Gardiner (1820-1889) June 26, 1844
  Buried in a coffin covered by a Confederate Flag
  President with the most children 16
  11   Polk   Sarah Childress   1803   1891   01/01/1824   During his Presidency, America expanded to the Pacific Coast
  12   Taylor   Margaret Mackall Smith   1788   1852   06/21/1810   Taylor delayed oath for 1 Day Because it was a Sunday;
  Taylor died in office
  13   Fillmore   Abigail Powers   1798   1853   02/05/1826   2nd Wife Caroline Carmichael McIntosh (1813-1881), 02/10/1858
  The last Whig president
  14   Pierce   Jane Means Appleton   1806   1863   11/10/1834   Only President that did not get his party's nomination for a second term
  15   Buchanan   Never Married   ----   ----     The White House hostess was his niece Harriet Lane (1830-1903)
  Never married.
  16   Lincoln   Mary Todd   1818   1882   11/04/1842   Tallest US President; First President to be assassinated
  17   A Johnson   Eliza McCardle   1810   1876   05/05/1827   First President to be impeached
  18   Grant   Julia Boggs Dent   1826   1902   08/22/1848   America's youngest President until Theodore Roosevelt
  19   Hayes   Lucy Ware Webb   1831   1889   12/30/1852   Removed all federal troops from the South, thus ending Reconstruction
  20   Garfield   Lucretia Rudolph   1832   1918   11/11/1858   Garfield was assassinated
  Was ambidextrous
  Could simultaneously write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other
  Spoke German, Greek and Latin fluently
  21   Arthur   Ellen Lewis Herndon   1837   1880   10/25/1859   Did not run for 2nd term due to kidney disease
  22   Cleveland   Frances Folsom   1864   1947   06/02/1886   only President whose wedding was held in the White House
  only President to serve non-consecutive terms
  23   B Harrison   Caroline Lavinia Scott   1832   1892   10/20/1853   2nd Wife Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (1858-1948) 04/06/1896
  Only President who was a grandson of a US President
  William Henry Harrison
  24   Cleveland   Frances Folsom   1864   1947   06/02/1886   See President #22
  25   McKinley   Ida Saxton   1847   1907   01/25/1871   McKinley was assassinated
  26   T Roosevelt   Alice Hathaway Lee   1861   1884   10/27/1880   02/14/1884 Two days after giving birth, Alice Lee died.
  02/14/1884 Roosevelt's mother died.
  Married 2nd Wife: Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948) on 12/02/1886
  TR was America's youngest President
  America's first Nobel Prize winner
  27   Taft   Helen Herron   1861   1943   06/19/1886   Heaviest US President
  28   Wilson   Ellen Louise Axson   1860   1914   06/24/1885   While Wilson was in office his 1st wife died.
  Married 2nd Wife: Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961) 12/18/1915
  The only US President to earn a doctorate degree.
  Oct, 1919 a severe stroke left him in poor health.
  29   Harding   Florence Kling De Wolfe   1860   1924   07/08/1891   Lost a set of White House China while playing poker
  Harding died in office
  30   Coolidge   Grace Anna Goodhue   1879   1957   10/04/1905   Due to the death of his father and son, did not seek re-election.
  31   Hoover   Lou Henry   1875   1944   02/10/1899   The US entered an economic depression September 1929
  32   F Roosevelt   Anna Eleanor Roosevelt   1884   1962   03/17/1905   Only President who served more than 2 terms;
  F Roosevelt died while in office
  33   Truman   Elizabeth"Bess"Virginia Wallace   1885   1982   06/28/1919   The last US President without a college degree.
  34   Eisenhower   Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud   1896   1979   07/01/1916  
  35   Kennedy   Jacqueline Lee Bouvier   1929   1994   09/12/1953   Youngest President at time of election
  President with shortest lifetime
  John Kennedy was assassinated
  36   L Johnson   Claudia "Lady Bird" Alta Taylor   1912   2007   11/17/1934   Succeeded into Presidency then elected into Presidency in less than one year.
  37   Nixon   Thelma"Patricia"Catherine Ryan   1912   1993   06/21/1940   Only President to resign from office
  38   Ford   Elizabeth"Betty"Bloomer Warren   1918   2011   10/15/1948   Became Vice President and President without being elected to either office.
  39   Carter, Jr.   Eleanor Rosalynn Smith   1928     07/07/1946   Longest-lived US President 99 Years old
  Longest Presidential Marriage 77 ¼ Years
  Longest Post-Presidency 43 ¾ Years
  40   Reagan   Jane Wyman   1914   2007   06/25/1940   (divorced in 1948);
  2nd wife Nancy Davis (1923-2016), on March 1, 1952
  Oldest President (69.94) until Donald Trump (#45)
  41   Bush   Barbara Pierce   1925   2018   01/06/1945   Second longest-lived US President (94 Years 5.5 Months)
  The first US President born in June.
  42   Clinton   Hillary Rodham   1947     10/11/1975   Only American President who was a Rhodes Scholar
  Second President to be impeached
  43   Bush, GW   Laura Welch   1946     11/05/1977   2nd President who is a son of a US President
  44   Obama   Michelle Robinson   1964     10/18/1992   First African American US President
  45   Trump   Melania Knauss   1970     01/22/2005   1st Wife Ivana Zelníčková (1977-1990)
  2nd Wife Marla Maples (1993-1999);
  Third President to be impeached.
  Only President to be impeached twice.
  Oldest President (70) until Joseph Biden
  46   Biden   Jill Tracy Jacobs   1951     06/17/1977   1st Wife Neilia Hunter (1966-1972)
  Oldest President (78)

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