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Timeline

237 years at a glance

Every presidency on one scale. Bar length is time in office; colour is party.

Longest

4,422 days

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933–1945

Shortest

31 days

William Henry Harrison, 1841

Presidencies by year

  • Democratic
  • Republican
  • Whig
  • Federalist
  • Democratic-Republican
  • National Union
  • Unaffiliated

Founders 1–6

  1. 1 George Washington 1789–1797 1789 to 1797, Unaffiliated, 2,865 days
  2. 2 John Adams 1797–1801 1797 to 1801, Federalist, 1,460 days
  3. 3 Thomas Jefferson 1801–1809 1801 to 1809, Democratic-Republican, 2,922 days
  4. 4 James Madison 1809–1817 1809 to 1817, Democratic-Republican, 2,922 days
  5. 5 James Monroe 1817–1825 1817 to 1825, Democratic-Republican, 2,922 days
  6. 6 John Quincy Adams 1825–1829 1825 to 1829, Democratic-Republican, 1,461 days

Jackson to the brink 7–15

  1. 7 Andrew Jackson 1829–1837 1829 to 1837, Democratic, 2,922 days
  2. 8 Martin Van Buren 1837–1841 1837 to 1841, Democratic, 1,461 days
  3. 9 William Henry Harrison 1841 1841 to 1841, Whig, 31 days
  4. 10 John Tyler 1841–1845 1841 to 1845, Whig, 1,430 days
  5. 11 James K. Polk 1845–1849 1845 to 1849, Democratic, 1,461 days
  6. 12 Zachary Taylor 1849–1850 1849 to 1850, Whig, 492 days
  7. 13 Millard Fillmore 1850–1853 1850 to 1853, Whig, 969 days
  8. 14 Franklin Pierce 1853–1857 1853 to 1857, Democratic, 1,461 days
  9. 15 James Buchanan 1857–1861 1857 to 1861, Democratic, 1,461 days

Civil War & Gilded Age 16–25

  1. 16 Abraham Lincoln 1861–1865 1861 to 1865, Republican, 1,503 days
  2. 17 Andrew Johnson 1865–1869 1865 to 1869, National Union, 1,419 days
  3. 18 Ulysses S. Grant 1869–1877 1869 to 1877, Republican, 2,922 days
  4. 19 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877–1881 1877 to 1881, Republican, 1,461 days
  5. 20 James A. Garfield 1881 1881 to 1881, Republican, 199 days
  6. 21 Chester A. Arthur 1881–1885 1881 to 1885, Republican, 1,262 days
  7. 22 Grover Cleveland 1885–1889 1885 to 1889, Democratic, 1,461 days
  8. 23 Benjamin Harrison 1889–1893 1889 to 1893, Republican, 1,461 days
  9. 24 Grover Cleveland 1893–1897 1893 to 1897, Democratic, 1,461 days
  10. 25 William McKinley 1897–1901 1897 to 1901, Republican, 1,654 days

Progressives to FDR 26–32

  1. 26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901–1909 1901 to 1909, Republican, 2,728 days
  2. 27 William Howard Taft 1909–1913 1909 to 1913, Republican, 1,461 days
  3. 28 Woodrow Wilson 1913–1921 1913 to 1921, Democratic, 2,922 days
  4. 29 Warren G. Harding 1921–1923 1921 to 1923, Republican, 881 days
  5. 30 Calvin Coolidge 1923–1929 1923 to 1929, Republican, 2,041 days
  6. 31 Herbert Hoover 1929–1933 1929 to 1933, Republican, 1,461 days
  7. 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1945 1933 to 1945, Democratic, 4,422 days

Cold War 33–41

  1. 33 Harry S. Truman 1945–1953 1945 to 1953, Democratic, 2,840 days
  2. 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953–1961 1953 to 1961, Republican, 2,922 days
  3. 35 John F. Kennedy 1961–1963 1961 to 1963, Democratic, 1,036 days
  4. 36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963–1969 1963 to 1969, Democratic, 1,886 days
  5. 37 Richard Nixon 1969–1974 1969 to 1974, Republican, 2,027 days
  6. 38 Gerald Ford 1974–1977 1974 to 1977, Republican, 895 days
  7. 39 Jimmy Carter 1977–1981 1977 to 1981, Democratic, 1,461 days
  8. 40 Ronald Reagan 1981–1989 1981 to 1989, Republican, 2,922 days
  9. 41 George H. W. Bush 1989–1993 1989 to 1993, Republican, 1,461 days

Modern era 42–47

  1. 42 Bill Clinton 1993–2001 1993 to 2001, Democratic, 2,922 days
  2. 43 George W. Bush 2001–2009 2001 to 2009, Republican, 2,922 days
  3. 44 Barack Obama 2009–2017 2009 to 2017, Democratic, 2,922 days
  4. 45 Donald Trump 2017–2021 2017 to 2021, Republican, 1,461 days
  5. 46 Joe Biden 2021–2025 2021 to 2025, Democratic, 1,461 days
  6. 47 Donald Trump 2025–present 2025 to present, Republican, 659 days