If The American History Was On A Clock This Is How Much Time Each President Spent In Office

This past Independence Day for the United States of America was the 240th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If you shrunk down the timeline to a single day each hour would be 10 years. This is how each president's term would look on that clock!

1 - George Washingon - 47 minutes and 3 seconds

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First President elected to two terms.

2 - John Adams - 24 minutes

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3 - Thomas Jefferson - 48 minutes

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4 - James Madison - 48 minutes

5 - James Monroe - 48 minutes

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6 - John Quincy Adams - 24 minutes

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7 - John Quincy Adams - 24 minutes

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1st son of a former President elected to the Presidency.

8 - Martin Van Buren -24 minutes

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9 - William Henry Harrison - 31 seconds

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Shortest Presidency. First President to die in office,

10 - John Tyler - 23 minutes and 29 seconds

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11 - James Polk - 34 minutes

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12 - Zachary Taylor - 8 minutes and 4 seconds

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13 - Millard Fillmore - 15 minutes and 56 seconds

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14 - Franklin Pierce - 14 minutes

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15 - James Buchanan - 24 minutes

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16 - Abraham Lincoln - 24 minutes and 41 seconds

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17 - Andrew Johnson - 23 minutes and 19 seconds

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First President to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

18 - Ulysses S. Grant - 48 minutes

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19 - Rutherford B. Hayes - 24 minutes

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20 - James Garfield - 4 minutes

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21 - Chester A. Arthur - 20 minutes

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22 - Grover Cleveland (1st Presidency) - 24 minutes

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23 - Benjamin Harrison - 24 Minutes

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24 - Grover Cleveland (2nd Presidency) - 24 minutes

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First President to be re-elected in a non-consecutive election.

25 - William McKinley - 27 minutes and 10 seconds

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26 - Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt - 44 minutes and 50 seconds

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27 - William Howard Taft - 24 minutes

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28 - Woodrow Wilson - 48 minutes

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29 - Warren G. Harding - 14 minutes and 27 seconds

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30 - Calvin Coolidge - 33 minutes and 32 seconds

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31 - Herbert Hoover - 24 minutes

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32 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt aka FDR - 1 hour, 12 minutes, and 39 seconds

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Longest Presidency. Elected 4 times.

33 - Harry S. Truman - 46 minutes and 39 seconds

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34 - Dwight D. Eisenhower - 48 minutes

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35 - John F Kennedy aka JFK - 17 minutes and 1 second

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36 - Lyndon B. Johnson - 30 minutes and 59 seconds

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37 - Richard Nixon - 33 minutes and 18 seconds

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First President to step down from the Presidency.

38 - Gerald Ford - 14 minutes and 42 seconds

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39 - Jimmy Carter - 24 minutes

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40 - Ronald Reagan - 48 minutes

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41 - George H. W. Bush - 24 minutes

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42 - Bill Clinton - 48 minutes

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43 - George W. Bush - 24 minutes

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44 - Barack Obama - 44 minutes

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1st African American President