Can you name the United States presidents who served less than one full term?

# of Days (Reason)	President	Year(s) in Office
32 (Pneumonia)		1841
199 (Assassinated)		1881
491 (Gastroenteritis)		1849-1850
881 (Heart Attack)		1921-1923
895 (Presidential Succession)		1974-1977
969 (Presidential Succession)		1850-1853
1,036 (Assassinated)		1961-1963
1,262 (Presidential Succession)		1881-1885
1,419 (Presidential Succession)		1865-1869
1,430 (Presidential Succession)		1841-1845

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Shortest U.S. Presidencies Quiz

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Created by: Kicking222 -
Published: June 21st, 2009
Category: History
Plays: 113,094

Tags: State Quizzes, united, reason, United States, served, term, office, full, shortest, presidency, less, us history pack, Presidents

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	sammyhain2364:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	-3 points
	Only missed 881 days and was just going to type his name when time expired. Interesting little quiz.

	JustBen:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	4 points
	Nice fast easy quiz

	ForPony:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:22 GMT	8 points
	Sweet and simple. :)

	Rosco:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:22 GMT	29 points
	I liked the dynamic of this quiz a lot. When you get the president whose term was cut short, it jogs your memory and you can get his replacement. Similarly, if you get a replacement, you can just think of who he replaced.

	zalagreensbury:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:32 GMT	12 points
	poor millard fillmore...that's all i can say.

	tifire85:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	25 points
	Wasted a lot of time trying to type McKinley over and over again, thinking I was just spelling it wrong. I finally realized that McKinley was actually assassinated in his second term, not in his first. Ehh...oh well. Liked this quiz, though.

	Jaspers:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:38 GMT	-3 points
	No bonus points for David Atchison's one day presidency?

	TFritsche:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 04:54 GMT	19 points
	David Rice Atchison was never president.

	Iridium:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 05:00 GMT	3 points
	How anyone could forget the name "Millard Fillmore" escapes me.

	danzam:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 05:02 GMT	18 points
	I mostly got these from the "Mediocre Presidents" song in the Simpsons.

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	PresidentJSC:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 11:09 GMT	5 points
	What about one for shortest Vice Presidencies?

	Rowsdower:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 12:02 GMT	13 points
	There's Taylor, there's Tyler, there's Harding and there's Hayes. There's William Henry Harrison. "I died in thirty days!"

	PopdCulture:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 12:49 GMT	11 points
	Thank you, Animaniacs.

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	Kicking222:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 14:23 GMT	5 points
	Hey everybody, hope you're enjoying this one. The Sporcle gods made it much better (by, among other things, adding in the reason they served less than a full term), but I was really happy to have come up with this idea. And to all the dads out there, a very happy Father's Day.

	btroup1:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 14:36 GMT	3 points
	Interesting how the Presidents were connected. It's almost as if the public said, "Ya know what? We never cared much for Zachary Taylor's ideas in the first place. And this Fillmore fella? He ain't the bees knees I tells ya." And snopes explains the whole Atchison thing in detail.

	imprettygood:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 15:05 GMT	2 points
	got all the ones that died of diseases...wierd

	cocky:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 15:11 GMT	-3 points
	If you know your presidents its a pretty easy quiz. Got them all the first try and didn't have to guess.

	Skydog:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 15:51 GMT	-1 points
	Easy quiz, but very relaxing only had to think a bit.. fillmore almost got me :X

	marpocky:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 16:37 GMT	4 points
	I like the idea of having Obama as a bonus, but it would be too much work to update it every day (unless maybe it could be scripted)

	Blaise:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	6 points
	At first I thought it was the shortest presidents as in terms of height so I quickly typed in Madison (He being the only one I would know). Then I realized what the quiz actually was about...

	Booger:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 17:16 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz and great idea.

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	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 17:39 GMT	1 point
	I guessed Taylor right as the timer ticked to zero- that's the closest call I've ever had in a Sporcle quiz! Anyway, being familiar the left-hand column of the Presidents quiz would certainly help here, although so would just guessing every president.

	Kicking222:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 17:43 GMT	2 points
	@Andy B: If I knew how to do that, I would've included Obama. The compromise was putting the note on top of the game that he doesn't count. @Booger: Thanks a lot. Only, like, 50 more great ideas to catch up to you! @Stimulus: That's why the quiz is only two minutes. I originally made it three, but the Sporcle admins, in their infinite wisdom, decided that was too long, and I agree. Sure, you could type every name in 120 seconds if you could think of them all, but thinking of them is the tough part.

	Henry:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 21:25 GMT	-1 points
	I only got Fillmore and Kennedy haha

	DLJessup:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 22:40 GMT	0 points
	Here's a question: what president who got at least a full term served the shortest length of time?

	TIMTEBOW15:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 23:11 GMT	2 points
	i was thinking that it would be heightwise, so i originally thought madison, then i saw the quiz title

	TIMTEBOW15:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 23:12 GMT	-2 points
	i typed nearly the same thing as blaise up there and i never saw his before

	TIMTEBOW15:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 23:21 GMT	5 points
	Why is the default logo for sporcle the moon?

	DLJessup:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 23:27 GMT	3 points
	BTW, Sporcle admins: Harrison served 31 days, not 32. (In fact, he didn't serve a full 31 days: he took office at noon on March 4 and died at 12:30 am on April 4.) Also, Taylor served 492 days, not 491.

	Edge:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 23:37 GMT	-2 points
	Good quiz, a bit easy. Might have been better if we had to match a specific answer with a specific clue rather than just any name at any time

	Kicking222:	Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:12 GMT	8 points
	@Jessup: I actually do know the answer to that- John Adams' one term included 1800, which didn't have a leap day (as it ends in 00 but isn't divisible by 400), so his term was a single day shorter than other terms. (McKinley was prez in 1900, but of course, he got reelected before his assassination.)

	DLJessup:	Jun 22nd, 2009 at 21:26 GMT	4 points
	@Kicking222: Thanks for answering; the chirping of the crickets was getting awfully loud. You're right, of course.

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	diamondsight:	Jun 23rd, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	9 points
	William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in American history (which is how he got pneumonia).

	micah:	Jun 23rd, 2009 at 20:52 GMT	0 points
	The other potential candidate for shortest full-term president would be the first to take office after the ratification of the 20th amendment, but that's FDR. (His first term was the shortest presidential term, though...)