How Many U.S. Presidents Owned Enslaved People?

EVAN ANDREWS @ history.com

[A]t least 12 chief executives—over a quarter of all American presidents—enslaved people during their lifetimes. Of these, eight held enslaved people while in office.

  • George Washington
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison
  • James Monroe
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Martin VanBuren
  • William Henry Harrison
  • John Tyler
  • James K. Polk
  • Zachary Taylor
  • Andrew Johnson
  • Ulysses S Grant
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