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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 ]
Current president, number 46, Joe Biden, wins the title of “Longest Full Name” at 26 characters. His full name is of course Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. While “junior” is abbreviated, he would still qualify more so if it was fully spelled out, so let’s say 26 to 29 characters.
William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office, while Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the longest. Roosevelt is the only American president to have served more than two terms.
There have been 46 presidents of the United States. The youngest president was John F. Kennedy at age 43. The oldest is Joe Biden at age 78. The longest-serving president was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died shortly into his fourth term in office.
Franklin D. Roosevelt served as president longer than any other Chief Executive - 12 years 39 days; William Henry Harrison served the shortest time - 31 days. Twelve presidents have served exactly two terms (8 years). Thirteen have served exactly one term (4 years). + Cleveland's length of service is for two complete non-consecutive terms.
For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Upon the resignation of 37th president Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford became the 38th president even though he simply served out the remainder of Nixon's second term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right.
Rutherford is the longest Presidential first name at 10 letters. John and Bill are the shortest Presidential first names at four letters. The average length in letters of commonly used presidential first names is 6.14 letters. Seventeen of the 43 presidents to date have no known middle name.
Five presidents have been called John; most recently John Fitzgerald Kennedy, while John is also the middle name of the incumbent President Donald Trump. Middle names were rarely given in the...
Click on a president below to learn more about each presidency through an interactive timeline. The table below the graphic provides a list of presidents of the United States, their birthplaces, political parties, and terms of office.
List of Presidents of the United States in order and their terms in office.