List of Presidents of the United States by time in office
Presidents by time in office

List of Presidents of the United States by time in office

Section Title: Presidents by time in office
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Rank	President	Length in days	Order of presidency	Number of terms

1	Franklin D. Roosevelt	4,422	32nd • March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945	Three full terms; died 2 months and 23 days into fourth term

2 tie	Thomas Jefferson	2,922	3rd • March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809	Two full terms

James Madison	2,922	4th • March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817	Two full terms

James Monroe	2,922	5th • March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825	Two full terms

Andrew Jackson	2,922	7th • March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837	Two full terms

Ulysses S. Grant	2,922	18th • March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877	Two full terms

Grover Cleveland	2,922	22nd • March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889	Two full terms (non-consecutive)

24th • March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897

Woodrow Wilson	2,922	28th • March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921	Two full terms

Dwight D. Eisenhower	2,922	34th • January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961	Two full terms

Ronald Reagan	2,922	40th • January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989	Two full terms

Bill Clinton	2,922	42nd • January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001	Two full terms

George W. Bush	2,922	43rd • January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009	Two full terms

Barack Obama	2,922	44th • January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017	Two full terms

14	George Washington	2,865	1st • April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797	Two full terms

15	Harry S. Truman	2,840	33rd • April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953	One partial term (3 years, 9 months, and 8 days), followed by one full term

16	Theodore Roosevelt	2,728	26th • September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909	One partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 18 days), followed by one full term

17	Calvin Coolidge	2,041	30th • August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929	One partial term (1 year, 7 months, and 2 days), followed by one full term

18	Richard Nixon	2,027	37th • January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974	One full term; resigned 1 year, 6 months, and 20 days into second term Further information: Resignation of Richard Nixon

19	Lyndon B. Johnson	1,886	36th • November 22, 1963 –January 20, 1969	One partial term (1 year, 1 month, and 29 days), followed by one full term

20	William McKinley	1,654	25th • March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901	One full term; died 6 months and 10 days into second term, 8 days after being shot Further information: Assassination of William McKinley

21	Abraham Lincoln	1,503	16th • March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865	One full term; died 1 month and 11 days into second term, 1 day after being shot Further information: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

22 tie	John Quincy Adams	1,461	6th • March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	One full term

Martin Van Buren	1,461	8th • March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841	One full term

James K. Polk	1,461	11th • March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849	One full term

Franklin Pierce	1,461	14th • March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857	One full term

James Buchanan	1,461	15th • March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	One full term

Rutherford B. Hayes	1,461	19th • March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881	One full term

Benjamin Harrison	1,461	23rd • March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893	One full term

William Howard Taft	1,461	27th • March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913	One full term

Herbert Hoover	1,461	31st • March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933	One full term

Jimmy Carter	1,461	39th • January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981	One full term

George H. W. Bush	1,461	41st • January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993	One full term

33	John Adams	1,460	2nd • March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801	One full term

34	John Tyler	1,430	10th • April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845	One partial term (3 years and 11 months)

35	Andrew Johnson	1,419	17th • April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869	One partial term (3 years, 10 months, and 17 days)

36	Chester A. Arthur	1,262	21st • September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885	One partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 13 days)

37	John F. Kennedy	1,036	35th • January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963	Died 2 years, 10 months, and 2 days into term Further information: Assassination of John F. Kennedy

38	Millard Fillmore	969	13th • July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853	One partial term (2 years, 7 months, and 23 days)

39	Gerald Ford	895	38th • August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977	One partial term (2 years, 5 months, and 11 days)

40	Warren G. Harding	881	29th • March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923	Died 2 years, 4 months, and 29 days into term

41	Donald Trump	825	45th • January 20, 2017 – Incumbent	Serving first term

42	Zachary Taylor	492	12th • March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850	Died 1 year, 4 months, and 5 days into term

43	James A. Garfield	199	20th • March 4 – September 19, 1881	Died 6 months and 15 days into term, 79 days after being shot Further information: Assassination of James A. Garfield

44	William Henry Harrison	31	9th • March 4 – April 4, 1841	Died 31 days into term

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Gerald Ford's 895 day-long presidency is one the shortest in U.S. history for any president who did not die in office.

final_sentence: Gerald Ford's 895 day-long presidency is one the shortest in U.S. history for any president who did not die in office.