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The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates , which counts the number of calendar days except the first day ( day zero ).
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] 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. [10]
The longest-serving male president ever was Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa, who held the office of O le Ao o le Malo for a special lifetime term (in derogation from the normal term length of five years), for 45 years and 130 days overall; first alongside Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole from 1962 to 1963 and then as sole head of state from 1963 to 2007.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms.
To commemorate his 50-plus years of service in the White House, President Obama presented Jerman with a series of plaques depicting all 11 presidents he served. First Lady Michelle Obama included a picture of her and the president in an elevator with Jerman in her best-selling memoir, Becoming. [5] Jerman was married twice and had five children.
This is a list of the longest-running United States television series, ordered by number of years the show has been aired.This list includes only first-run series originating in North America and available throughout the United States via national broadcast networks, U.S. cable networks, or syndication.
List of longest-serving governors of U.S. states; List of secretaries of state of the United States; List of Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by time in office; List of United States federal judges by longevity of service; List of presidents of the United States by time in office; List of United States Supreme Court justices by ...
There are several lists of presidents by time in office: List of presidents of Brazil by time in office; List of presidents of Finland by time in office; List of presidents of France by tenure; List of presidents of Romania by time in office; List of presidents of the Philippines by time in office; List of presidents of South Korea by time in ...