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

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[a]
Whig
3   Henry Pelham
(1694–1754)
27 August
1743
6 March
1754[a]
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[a]
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[a]
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
[a]
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[a]
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[a]
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[a]
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[a]
Liberal  
  Republican March 4,
1861
April 15,
1865
[a]
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
[a]
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
[a]
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[a]
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[a]
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
[a]
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[b]
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
(born 1924)
  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[c] 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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Died in office.
  2. ^ Resigned from office.
  3. ^ Joe Biden's term ends on January 20, 2025.