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The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [ 6 ] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [ 7 ]
James Monroe. James Monroe (/ mənˈroʊ / mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last ...
The presidency of James Monroebegan on March 4, 1817, when James Monroewas inauguratedas President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1825. Monroe, the fifthUnited States president, took office after winning the 1816 presidential electionby an overwhelming margin over FederalistRufus King. This election was the last in which the ...
The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at the age of 78. [ 1 ][ 3 ] Assassinated at age 46, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president at the end of his tenure, and his lifespan was the shortest of any president. [ 4 ] The oldest president at the end of his tenure was Ronald Reagan at 77; when Joe Biden (currently at age 81 ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt 4,422 days (1933–1945) William Henry Harrison 31 days (1841) This is a list of presidents of the United States by time in office. The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the last day. The length of a full four-year presidential term of ...
Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later became president. Two presidents, Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, have died in office.
Vice presidents have exercised this latter power to varying extents over the years. [2] Before adoption of the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967, an intra-term vacancy in the office of the vice president could not be filled until the next post-election inauguration. Several such vacancies occurred: seven vice presidents died, one resigned and ...
Another presidential era considered exceptional by historians is the WWII and post-war era of the mid-20th century, with Roosevelt consistently ranking in the top three, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower in the top ten, and John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson in the top 20.