William Henry Harrison, our ninth President, was the President with the shortest term of 30 days, 11 hours, and 30 minutes. His term was from March 4, 1841, to April 4, 1841. He died from right lower lobe pneumonia, jaundice, and overwhelming septicemia, and also becoming the first American president to die in office.
The president that had the shortest term was not James Garfield it was actually William Harrison.
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William Henry Harrison served the shortest term of any US President. His term lasted only 32 days. He died from pneumonia.
Shortest according to height, James Madison was the shortest President at 5' 4" or 160 cm. Shortest according to Presidential Term, William Henry Harrison was the shortest term with 31 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes.
sergio osmeña
soon after presidents could be elected, Hancock was elected president but never showed up for the inauguration. I guess you could call it the shortest term - zero days.
William Henry Harrison
James Madison, the shortest president, served for 8 years, from 1809 March 4 to 1817 March 4.
William Henry Harrison, 30 days.
William Henry Harrison is the president with the shortest term. He only served one month before he died of pneumonia.
As of 2018, the president to serve the shortest term was William H. Harrison, who was in office for all of one month back in 1841 before dying of pneumonia.
The term for a president is 4 years long.
William Henry Harrison, the 9th President. He fell ill with pneumonia after giving a long inaugural address in bad weather and died one month into his term. He took office on March 4,1841 and died on April 4, 1841.
James A. Garfield was the twentieth president of the US, and the second shortest term president. Garfield was shot four months into his term, and died two months later.