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The Seal of the President of the United States is based on the Great Seal of the United States. The first President to use a presidential seal was Rutherford B. Hayes; in 1880, Hayes used the seal for White House invitations. Harry Truman had the seal redesigned on October 26, 1945, adding the circle of stars and re-orienting the eagle towards its own right (the side with the olive branch, thus symbolizing that the United States favors peace while being prepared for war). This also made the seal consistent with long-established heraldry custom, as the right is considered the side of honor.
The Presidential Seal is most often seen on the podium at press conferences, on the sides of Air Force One and Marine One, and on White House documents. Additional stars have been added to the seal as other states have joined the Union. The last additional star, the 50th, was added with the admission of Hawaii in 1960.
with links to biographies and portraits
Vice President
1
1789-1797
George Washington
John Adams
2
1797-1801
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson *
3
1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr, George Clinton
4
1809-1817
James Madison
George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
5
1817-1825
James Monroe
Daniel D Tompkins
6
1825-1829
John Quincy Adams
John C Calhoun
7
1829-1837
Andrew Jackson
John C Calhoun +, Martin Van Buren
8
1837-1841
Martin Van Buren
Richard M Johnson
9
1841
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
10
1841-1845
John Tyler
None
11
1845-1849
James Polk
George M Dallas
12
1849-1850
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
13
1850-1853
Millard Fillmore
None
14
1853-1857
Franklin Pierce
William R King
15
1857-1861
James Buchanan
John C Breckinridge
16
1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson *
17
1865-1869
Andrew Johnson
None
18
1869-1877
Ulysses Simpson Grant **
Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
19
1877-1881
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
William A Wheeler
20
1881
James Abram Garfield
Chester A Arthur
21
1881-1885
Chester Alan Arthur
None
22
1885-1889
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks
23
1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P Morton
24
1893-1897
Grover Cleveland
Adlai E Stevenson
25
1897-1901
William McKinley
Garret A Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
26
1901-1909
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Charles W Fairbanks
27
1909-1913
William Howard Taft
James S Sherman
28
1913-1921
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R Marshall
29
1921-1923
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Calvin Coolidge
30
1923-1929
John Calvin Coolidge
Charles G Dawes
31
1929-1933
Herbert Clark Hoover
Charles Curtis
32
1933-1945
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John N Garner, Henry A Wallace, Harry S Truman
33
1945-1953
Harry S Truman ##
Alben W Barkley
34
1953-1961
Dwight David Eisenhower
Richard M Nixon
35
1961-1963
John (Jack) Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
36
1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
37
1969-1974
Richard Milhous Nixon +
Spiro T Agnew +, Gerald Ford
38
1974-1977
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
39
1977-1981
James (Jimmy) Earl Carter
Walter Mondale
40
1981-1989
Ronald Wilson Reagan
George Bush
41
1989-1993
George Herbert Walker Bush
Dan Quayle
42
1993-2001
William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton
Al Gore
43
2001-
George Walker Bush
Dick Cheney
** He was baptized Hiram Ulysses Grant
## The S stood for nothing
Vice Presidents whose names are in italics later became President
* the only times the President and Vice President have been of different parties.
In the Adams/Jefferson case this was as a result of the pre-1804 electoral system.
In the Lincoln/Johnson case it was by agreement during the Civil War.
# elected by the Senate
% appointed under the XXVth Amendment
+ resigned
20 Things You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents
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The U. S. Constitution
