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He died in office.
Taylor was not in office for very long and nothing earth-shaking happened. The US made a treaty with Britain to keep neutral any canal built across Central America. The was a conflict of interest scandal involving Secretary of War Crawford. Taylor made it clear that he was much opposed to what became known as the Compromise of 1850. When he died it passed and led to a fiasco in Kansas, so maybe the most historic thing Taylor did was to leave office prematurely and open the way for this compromise.
No, not really and it is way too early to do that now for 2012.
Franklin Pierce left office in 1857, at the end of his term in office. He was not nominated for reelection in 1856 and was thus not reelected as President to a second term. While his presidency is considered one of the least effective, he did not leave office prematurely.
John Adams gave up the presidency to Thomas Jefferson in March 4, 1801.
Barack Obama was elected in November 2008. He took office in January 2009, at which time George W Bush left office.
Some presidents are elected to two four year terms and leave office at the end of their term in office. Some presidents are elected to one four year term and leave at the end. The other presidents died in office, except Richard Nixon who was forced to resign.
He left the presidency because he died.
He was assassinated
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The 42nd President of the United States was Bill Clinton. President Clinton was in office from January 20, 1993 to January 20 2001.
A president about to leave office is referred to as a "Lame Duck" president.