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| Name | Locale | Remarks | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson | Paris, Chaumont | Attended Preliminary to the Paris Peace Conference. Departed the U.S. December 4. | December 14–25, 1918 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Paris | Stopover en route to Italy. | December 31, 1918–January 1, 1919 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Paris | Attended Paris Peace Conference. Arrived In the U.S. February 24. | January 7–February 14, 1919 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Paris | Attended Paris Peace Conference. Departed the U.S. March 5. | March 14–June 18, 1919 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Paris | Attended Paris Peace Conference. Returned to U.S. July 8. | June 20–28, 1919 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Martinique | Conferred with U.S. officials. | December 8, 1940 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Oran (Algeria) | Disembarked en route to Cairo. | November 20, 1943 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Dakar (Senegal) | Re-embarked for the U.S. | December 9, 1943 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Algiers (Algeria) | Briefed U.S. Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, France, and Italy on the Yalta Conference. | February 18, 1945 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Paris | Attended meeting of NATO Heads of Government. | December 14–19, 1957 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Paris | Informal meeting with President De Gaulle and Italian Premier Segni. Addressed North Atlantic Council. | September 2–4, 1959 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Toulon, Paris | Conference with President De Gaulle, British Prime Minister Macmillan, and German Chancellor Adenauer. | December 18–21, 1959 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Paris | Conference with President De Gaulle, British Prime Minister Macmillan, and Soviet Premier Khrushchev. | May 15–19, 1960 |
| John F. Kennedy | Paris | State visit; addressed North Atlantic Council and met with President De Gaulle. | May 31–June 3, 1961 |
| Richard M. Nixon | Paris | Met with President De Gaulle. | February 28–March 2, 1969 |
| Richard M. Nixon | Paris | Attended memorial services for former President De Gaulle. | November 12, 1970 |
| Richard M. Nixon | Paris | Attended memorial services for former President Pompidou. Met afterward with interim President Poher, Italian Prime Minister Leone, British Prime Minister Wilson, West German Chancellor Brandt, Danish Prime Minister Hartling, Soviet President Podgorny, and Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka. | April 5–7, 1974 |
| Gerald R. Ford | Martinique | Met with President Giscard d'Estaing. | December 14–16, 1974 |
| Gerald R. Ford | Rambouillet | Attended Economic Summit meeting of the Heads of State and Government of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. | November 15–17, 1975 |
| Jimmy Carter | Paris, Normandy, Bayeux, Versailles | Met with President Giscard d'Estaing and Prime Minister Barre. | January 4–6, 1978 |
| Jimmy Carter | Guadeloupe | Met informally with President Giscard d'Estaing, German Chancellor Schmidt, and British Prime Minister Callaghan. | January 4–9, 1979 |
| Ronald Reagan | Paris | State visit; met with President Mitterrand and Prime Minister Mauroy. | June 2–7, 1982 |
| Ronald Reagan | Versailles | Attended Economic Summit Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. | June 5–6, 1982 |
| Ronald Reagan | Normandy | Attended commemorative ceremonies of the 40th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy. Also present were Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Olav V of Norway, King Baudouin I of Belgium, President Mitterrand of France, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. | June 6, 1984 |
| Ronald Reagan | Strasbourg | Addressed the European Parliament. | May 8, 1985 |
| George H.W. Bush | Paris | Attended Economic Summit Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Also attended ceremonies for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, and met with Ivorian President Houphouet-Boigny. | July 13–17, 1989 |
| George H.W. Bush | St. Martin Island (French West Indies) | Informal meeting with President Mitterrand. | December 16, 1989 |
| George H.W. Bush | Paris | Attended CSCE Summit Meeting and the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. | November 18–21, 1990 |
| George H.W. Bush | Martinique, West Indies | Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Mitterrand. | March 14, 1991 |
| George H.W. Bush | Rambouillet | Discussed further sanctions against Iraq with President Mitterrand. | July 14, 1991 |
| George H.W. Bush | Paris | Discussed the Bosnian crisis with President Mitterrand. | January 3, 1993 |
| William J. Clinton | Colleville, Paris | Attended D-Day memorial ceremonies. Met with President Mitterrand and senior French officials. Addressed the French National Assembly. | June 6–8, 1994 |
| William J. Clinton | Paris | Attended the signing of the Bosnian peace treaty. | December 14, 1995 |
| William J. Clinton | Lyon, Perouges, Paris | Attended the G-7 Economic Summit Meeting and met with Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin and UN Secretary-General Boutrous-Ghali. | June 27–29, 1996 |
| William J. Clinton | Paris | Attended the signing of the NATO-Russia Founding Act. | May 26–27, 1997 |
| William J. Clinton | Paris | Discussed peacekeeping in Kosovo with President Chirac and Prime Minister Jospin. | June 16–17, 1999 |
| George W. Bush | Paris, St. Mere- Eglise, Colleville | Met with President Chirac and delivered a Memorial Day address in Normandy. | May 26–27, 2002 |
| George W. Bush | Evian-les-Bains | Attended the G-8 Economic Summit and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | June 1–2, 2003 |
| George W. Bush | Paris, Colleville, Caen, Arromanches | Met with President Chirac and commemorated the 60th anniversary of D-Day. | June 5–6, 2004 |
| George W. Bush | Paris | Met with President Sarkozy. Addressed the OECD. Attended wreath-laying ceremonies at Suresnes and Mont Valerien. | June 13–15, 2008 |
| Barack Obama | Strasbourg | Attended the NATO Summit Meeting. | April 3–4, 2009 |
| Barack Obama | Paris, Caen | Met with President Sarkozy and dedicated the new visitor center at the U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy. | June 5–7, 2009 |
| Barack Obama | Deauville, Paris | Attended the G-8 Economic Summit. | May 26–27, 2011 |
| Barack Obama | Cannes | Attended the G-20 Summit Meeting. | November 3–4, 2011 |
| Barack Obama | Paris, Omaha Beach, Benouville, Ouistreham | Met with President Francois Hollande. Attended ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Discussed the Ukrainian situation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. | June 5–6, 2014 |
| Barack Obama | Paris | Attended the UN Climate Change Conference. | November 30–December 1, 2015 |
| Donald J. Trump | Paris | Official visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron. Commemorated Bastille Day and the entry of the United States into World War I. | July 13–14, 2017 |
| Donald J. Trump | Paris | Commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the WWI and met with French President Emmanuel Macron. | November 10–11, 2018 |
| Donald J. Trump | Colleville-sur-Mer, Caen | Attended remembrance ceremony on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. | June 6, 2019 |
| Donald J. Trump | Biarritz | Attended the G–7 Summit Meeting. | August 24–26, 2019 |