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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
No, that honor belongs to William Henry Harrison, the 9th president.
William Henry Harrison served the shortest term as President: March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841
Shortest Term held by a US PresidentThe Shortest Term held by a US President was the 9th President of the United States William Henry Harrison. President Harrison was in office from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841, and died on his thirty-second day in office. The oldest President to be elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, Harrison died from complications from a cold, and was the first President to die while in office.