Shortest U.S. Presidential Terms

Of the 45 Presidents of the United States, 10 did not serve at least one full term. Can you name them?

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Days	President
31	William Henry Harrison
199	James A. Garfield
492	Zachary Taylor
881	Warren G. Harding
895	Gerald R. Ford

Days	President
969	Millard Fillmore
1,036	John F. Kennedy
1,262	Chester A. Arthur
1,419	Andrew Johnson
1,430	John Tyler

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Level 85

Dec 21, 2025

Fun fact: A full 4-year presidential term is 1,461 days. However, John Adams only spent 1,460 days in office since the year 1800 wasn't a leap year.

Level 85

Dec 21, 2025

William McKinley also had this 1-day reduction in 1900. George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt also had unusually short terms, the former due to logistical delays and the latter due to Inauguration Day being moved. However, all three of these presidents went on to serve more than 1 term so their time in office overall was not unusually short.

Bill Clinton did NOT have the 1-day reduction in 2000 since years divisible by 400 are still leap years.

Level 85

Dec 21, 2025

Oh, and of course, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon also had shortened terms. William McKinley and Franklin D. Roosevelt also had another shortened term other than the ones I've already mentioned. But those ones are pretty obvious.

Level 89

Dec 22, 2025

Not pictured: the dude who was kinda sorta almost president for a day, but not really.

Level 78

Dec 22, 2025

I believe Kamala Harris was also president for a few hours technically while Biden was under general anesthesia for a colonoscopy.

Level 83

Jan 19, 2026

That technicality would apply to Cheney as well (and Bush 41 when he was Vice under Reagan), but it doesn't really count in the same way.

Level 56

Jan 19, 2026

Here I am again, singing the Mediocre Presidents song from the Simpsons in my head to get some of the answers.

Level 55

Jan 19, 2026

Somehow forgot Kennedy eventhough I guessed Johnson because of LBJ and not Andrew