President
|
Dates
|
Country or
territory
|
Locations
|
Key details
|
Warren G. Harding
[1]
|
November 30, 1920
|
Jamaica
|
Kingston
|
Stopped while returning to the U.S. from
Panama
. (Visit made as President-elect.)
|
Calvin Coolidge
[2]
|
January 15?17, 1928
|
Cuba
|
Havana
|
Met with President
Gerardo Machado
.
[3]
Addressed the
Sixth International Conference of American States
.
[4]
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
[5]
|
February 6?14, 1933
|
Bahamas
|
|
Fishing trip. (Visit made as President-elect.)
|
March 29 ? April 11, 1934
|
Elbow Cay
,
Gun Cay
[6]
|
Fishing trip.
|
July 5?6, 1934
|
Haiti
|
Cap-Haitien
|
Informal visit en route to vacation in
Hawaii
.
|
March 27 ? April 6, 1935
|
Bahamas
|
Cat Cays
,
Lobos Cay
,
Great Inagua Island
,
Crooked Island
[6]
|
Fishing trip.
|
March 24 ? April 7, 1936
|
Nassau
, Great Inagua Island
|
Fishing trip. Luncheon with Governor
Bede Clifford
and the President of the
Legislative Council
, George Johnson.
[7]
|
November 21, 1936
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Port of Spain
|
Stopped on the way to
South America
.
|
December 11, 1936
|
Stopped while returning to the United States.
|
December 5, 1940
|
Jamaica
|
Kingston
|
Inspected
British base sites for possible American use
.
|
December 8, 1940
|
Saint Lucia
|
|
Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
|
December 8, 1940
|
Martinique
|
Fort Saint Louis
|
Conferred with U.S. officials.
|
December 9, 1940
|
British Leeward Islands
|
Antigua
|
Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
|
December 12?13, 1940
|
Bahamas
|
Eleuthera
Island
|
Inspected British base sites for possible American use. Met with the Governor, H.R.H. the
Duke of Windsor
.
|
January 11, 1943
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Port of Spain
|
Overnight stop en route to
Casablanca
.
|
January 29, 1943
|
Port of Spain
|
Overnight stop en route home from the
Casablanca Conference
.
|
John F. Kennedy
[8]
|
December 18?21, 1962
|
Bahamas
|
Nassau
|
Conferred with British Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
. Concluded
Nassau Agreement
on nuclear defense systems.
|
Gerald Ford
[9]
|
December 14?16, 1974
|
Martinique
|
Fort-de-France
|
Met with President
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
|
Jimmy Carter
[10]
|
January 4?9, 1979
|
Guadeloupe
|
Basse-Terre
|
Met informally with President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt
and British Prime Minister
James Callaghan
.
|
Ronald Reagan
[11]
|
April 7?8, 1982
|
Jamaica
|
Kingston
|
Official Visit. Met with Prime Minister
Edward Seaga
.
|
April 8?11, 1982
|
Barbados
|
Bridgetown
|
Official Visit. Met with the Prime Ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Christopher and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
|
February 20, 1986
|
Grenada
|
St. George's
|
Met with Governor General
Paul Scoon
and Prime Minister
Herbert Blaize
, and with the Prime Ministers of Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago. Dedicated a memorial to U.S. servicemen.
|
George H. W. Bush
[12]
|
December 16, 1989
|
Saint Martin
|
Marigot
|
Informal meeting with President
Francois Mitterrand
.
|
March 14, 1991
|
Martinique
|
Fort-de-France
|
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Francois Mitterrand.
|
Bill Clinton
[13]
|
March 31, 1995
|
Haiti
|
Port-au-Prince
|
Attended transition ceremony for
United Nations Mission in Haiti
.
|
May 9?11, 1997
|
Barbados
|
Bridgetown
|
Attended the U.S.-Caribbean Community summit meeting. Signed the
Partnership for Prosperity and Security in the Caribbean
pact.
|
Barack Obama
|
April 17?18, 2009
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Port of Spain
|
Attended the
5th Summit of the Americas
.
[14]
|
April 9?10, 2015
|
Jamaica
|
Kingston
|
Met with Prime Minister
Portia Simpson-Miller
. Visited the
Bob Marley Museum
. Attended a
town hall meeting
at the
University of the West Indies
. Laid wreath at the
National Heroes Park
.
[15]
[16]
|
March 20?22, 2016
|
Cuba
|
Havana
|
Official visit. Met with President
Raul Castro
. Laid a wreath at the
Jose Marti Memorial
. Addressed Cuban
civil society
organizations at the
Gran Teatro de La Habana
. Toured
Old Havana
and visited the
Havana Cathedral
.
[17]
Attended an exhibition
baseball
game between the
Cuba national baseball team
and the
Tampa Bay Rays
.
[18]
|