List of US presidential transitions
Outgoing PresidentTransition begins
(Election Day)
Transition ends
(Inauguration Day)
Incoming President
George W. BushNovember 4, 2008January 20, 2009Barack Obama
Bill ClintonNovember 7, 2000
(December 12, 2000)[13]
January 20, 2001George W. Bush
George H. W. BushNovember 3, 1992January 20, 1993Bill Clinton
Ronald ReaganNovember 8, 1988January 20, 1989George H. W. Bush
Jimmy CarterNovember 4, 1980January 20, 1981Ronald Reagan
Gerald FordNovember 2, 1976January 20, 1977Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B. JohnsonNovember 5, 1968January 20, 1969Richard Nixon
Dwight EisenhowerNovember 8, 1960January 20, 1961John F. Kennedy
Harry TrumanNovember 4, 1952January 20, 1953Dwight Eisenhower
Herbert HooverNovember 8, 1932March 4, 1933Franklin Roosevelt
Calvin CoolidgeNovember 6, 1928March 4, 1929Herbert Hoover
Woodrow WilsonNovember 2, 1920March 4, 1921Warren Harding
William TaftNovember 5, 1912March 4, 1913Woodrow Wilson
Theodore RooseveltNovember 3, 1908March 4, 1909William Taft
Grover ClevelandNovember 3, 1896March 4, 1897William McKinley
Benjamin HarrisonNovember 8, 1892March 4, 1893Grover Cleveland
Grover ClevelandNovember 6, 1888March 4, 1889Benjamin Harrison
Chester ArthurNovember 4, 1884March 4, 1885Grover Cleveland
Rutherford HayesNovember 2, 1880March 4, 1881James Garfield
Ulysses GrantNovember 7, 1876
(March 2, 1877)[14]
March 4, 1877[15]Rutherford Hayes
Andrew JohnsonNovember 3, 1868March 4, 1869Ulysses Grant
James BuchananNovember 6, 1860March 4, 1861Abraham Lincoln
Franklin PierceNovember 4, 1856March 4, 1857James Buchanan
Millard FillmoreNovember 2, 1852March 4, 1853Franklin Pierce
James PolkNovember 7, 1848March 4, 1849[16]Zachary Taylor
John TylerDecember 4, 1844March 4, 1845James Polk
Martin Van BurenDecember 2, 1840March 4, 1841William Harrison
Andrew JacksonDecember 7, 1836March 4, 1837Martin Van Buren
John Quincy AdamsDecember 3, 1828March 4, 1829Andrew Jackson
James MonroeFebruary 9, 1825[17]March 4, 1825John Quincy Adams
James Madison1816March 4, 1817James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson1808March 4, 1809James Madison
John AdamsFebruary 17, 1801[18]March 4, 1801Thomas Jefferson
George Washington1796March 4, 1797John Adams