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| 26 || [[Theodore Roosevelt]] || 2,728 || 14 || Served the remainder of McKinley's term, elected to a full term. Four years after leaving office, ran again and lost.
| 26 || [[Theodore Roosevelt]] || 2,728 || 14 || Served the remainder of McKinley's term, elected to a full term. Four years after leaving office, ran again and lost.
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| 43 || [[George W. Bush]] || {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{CURRENTJULIANDAY}}-2451930 round 0}}}} || 15 || Currently serving his second term. <ref name=Bush-43>George W. Bush could tie
| 43 || [[George W. Bush]] || {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{CURRENTJULIANDAY}}-2451930 round 0}}}} || 15 || Currently serving his second term. <ref name=Bush-43>George W. Bush, if he is not assassinated, does not die in office of natural causes, is not impeached, or does not resign, could tie
*T. Roosevelt on [[July 10]] [[2008]]
*T. Roosevelt on [[July 10]] [[2008]]
*Truman on [[September 17]] [[2008]]
*Truman on [[September 17]] [[2008]]

Revision as of 04:21, 26 April 2007

Longest presidency
4,422 days
Franklin D. Roosevelt
from 1933 to 1945
Shortest presidency
31 days
William Henry Harrison
in 1841

This is a list of United States Presidents by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater, with the exception of Grover Cleveland who would receive two days.

Rank by time in office

# in
office		 President Length
in days		 Rank by
length
of term		 Explanation
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 4,422 1 Served three full terms, died early in his fourth term. His first term in office (1933-1937) was the shortest term for an elected President who did not die in office or resign. This is because in 1937, Inauguration Day for the U.S. Presidency was moved to January 20th from March 4th. So, Roosevelt's first term lasted from March 4, 1933 until January 20, 1937. He was consequently the first President to be inaugurated on January 20th.
3 Thomas Jefferson 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
4 James Madison 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
5 James Monroe 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
7 Andrew Jackson 2,922 2 Served two full terms.[1]
18 Ulysses S. Grant 2,922 2 Served two full terms.[2]
22/24 Grover Cleveland 2,922 2 Served two full terms, not consecutively. Not reelected on first try for a second term. [1]
28 Woodrow Wilson 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
34 Dwight Eisenhower 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
40 Ronald Reagan 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
42 Bill Clinton 2,922 2 Served two full terms.
1 George Washington 2,865 12 Served two full terms, but the first-term inaugural was postponed because the U.S. Congress had not properly convened.
33 Harry S. Truman 2,840 13 Served the remainder of Franklin Roosevelt's term, elected to a full term.
26 Theodore Roosevelt 2,728 14 Served the remainder of McKinley's term, elected to a full term. Four years after leaving office, ran again and lost.
43 George W. Bush 8,603 15 Currently serving his second term. [3]
30 Calvin Coolidge 2,040 16 Served the remainder of Harding's term, elected to a full term.
37 Richard Nixon 2,027 17 Resigned during his second term.
36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1,886 18 Served the remainder of Kennedy's term, elected to a full term.
25 William McKinley 1,654 19 Assassinated early in his second term; his first term was without a leap year.
16 Abraham Lincoln 1,503 20 Assassinated early in his second term.
6 John Quincy Adams 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.
8 Martin Van Buren 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.
11 James Knox Polk 1,461 21 Served one full term. Did not seek a second term.
14 Franklin Pierce 1,461 21 Served one full term. Was denied nomination for second term.
15 James Buchanan 1,461 21 Served one full term. Did not seek a second term.
19 Rutherford B. Hayes 1,461 21 Served one full term. Did not seek a second term.
23 Benjamin Harrison 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.
27 William Howard Taft 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.
31 Herbert Hoover 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.
39 Jimmy Carter 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.
41 George H. W. Bush 1,461 21 Served one full term. Not reelected for second term.[4]
2 John Adams 1,460 32 Served one full term without any leap year. Not reelected for second term.
10 John Tyler 1,430 33 Served the remainder of William Harrison's term. Denied renomination by the Whigs, Tyler flirted with the Liberty Party, but was persuaded not to run by the Democrats (his former party).[5]
17 Andrew Johnson 1,419 34 Served the remainder of Lincoln's term. Sought the Democratic nomination in 1868, but was unsuccessful.[5]
21 Chester A. Arthur 1,262 35 Served the remainder of Garfield's term. Sought a full term, but was not re-nominated.[5]
35 John F. Kennedy 1,036 36 Assassinated in his first term.
13 Millard Fillmore 969 37 Served the remainder of Taylor's term. Sought the Whig nomination in 1852, but lost to Winfield Scott. Four years later, ran again (as a Know Nothing) and came in third.[5]
38 Gerald Ford 895 38 Served the remainder of Nixon's term. Not elected for full term.[5]
29 Warren G. Harding 881 39 Died in his first term.
12 Zachary Taylor 491 40 Died in his first term. Did not take the oath of office until March 5, 1849, because March 4th fell on a Sunday and Taylor declined to take the oath on Sunday because of his religious beliefs.
20 James A. Garfield 199 41 Assassinated within less than a year of his first term.
9 William Henry Harrison 31 42 Died within a month of his first term.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Andrew Jackson and Grover Cleveland each won the popular or electoral vote in three different elections, but only served two terms. In Jackson's first presidential bid in 1824, he won the electoral vote—and perhaps the popular vote as well—but was denied the presidency after the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. Cleveland won the popular vote 1888 election, but not the electoral vote.
  2. ^ Ulysses S. Grant's name was entered into nomination at the 1880 Republican National Convention, which would have resulted in him running for a third term had he been nominated. Grant was the frontrunner through most of the balloting, but compromise candidate James A. Garfield was eventually nominated on the thirty-sixth ballot.
  3. ^ George W. Bush, if he is not assassinated, does not die in office of natural causes, is not impeached, or does not resign, could tie
  4. ^ George H. W. Bush and Dick Cheney each served as Acting President for a fraction of a day while a President underwent a medical procedure; this time is not counted.
  5. ^ a b c d e Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Arthur, and Ford are the only presidents never to have been elected to that office in their own right, having acceded to it from the Vice presidency upon the death or resignation of their predecessor. Ford is the only President to have never been elected President or Vice President, having been appointed by Richard Nixon according to the terms of the 25th Amendment.

According to the 22nd Amendment, no President may serve longer than ten years (2 terms plus a maximum of 2 years having acceded as President under some other President's term). This means that Franklin Delano Roosevelt will always be the number one in the record unless the 22nd Amendment is changed or repealed.

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