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Presidential Facts – Shortest Retirement

Being President has to be one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Excluding the Presidents who died in office (WH Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, FDR, and Kennedy), the Presidents who are still alive (Carter, Clinton, GW Bush, and Obama) and the current President (Trump), which Presidents had the shortest retirement (length of time after they left office until they died)?

  • James K. Polk –  103 days

  • Chester Arthur – 624 days

  • George Washington –  1015 days

  • Woodrow Wilson – 1033 days

  • Calvin Coolidge – 1403 days

  • Lyndon Johnson – 1463 days

  • James Monroe – 2313 days

  • Andrew Johnson – 2340 days

  • James Buchanan 2646 days

  • Benjamin Harrison 2930 days

Sidenote: As of December 29, 2019, Jimmy Carter (14222 days) has the longest retirement and he adds to it every day. Herbert Hoover (11553 days) is next on the list.

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