The shortest-serving President was William Henry Harrison. He fell ill immediately following his inauguration in 1841 and died of pneumonia a month later. He was only President for a month. The next shortest term was James A. Garfield, at about 6 months. He took office in March 1881, was shot in July, and died in September. In 3rd was Zachary Taylor. He came down with an infection of the stomach and/or intestines a little over a year into his term and died in July of 1850.
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William Henry Harrison Ninth President
1841 Born: February 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia Died: April 4, 1841. He died in Washington D.C. of pneumonia a month after taking office. He was the first president to die in office. http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wh9.html
I'm not sure I understand your wording but if you are asking which president served the shortest term the answer would be William Henry Harrison. There is, however, a man who was 'technically' president for a day by some glitch but I can't remember who it was...
William Henry Harrison. He got pneumonia from being out in the rain for his inaugural address and died about a month later. William Henry Harrison. He got pneumonia from being out in the rain for his inaugural address and died about a month later.
Only four terms? That's the most any one president has served. Franklin Delano Roosevelt served three terms, starting in 1933, and died during his fourth term in 1945. Every other President has only served one or two terms.
find a counterexample to the statement all us presidents have served only one term to show statement is false
George Washington is the president that appointed the most Supreme Court Justices. There have been only seven US Presidents that served only one term.
Only one and that was Franklin Roosevelt.
The members of the US House of Representatives are elected for 2-year terms which is the shortest term of any federal official .