Rank President Length in days Order of presidency Number of terms Franklin D. Roosevelt 7003442200000000000 ♠ 4,422 32! 32nd March 4, 1933 -- April 12, 1945 Three full terms; died 2 months and 23 days into fourth term tie Thomas Jefferson 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 03! 3rd March 4, 1801 -- March 4, 1809 Two full terms James Madison 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 04! 4th March 4, 1809 -- March 4, 1817 Two full terms James Monroe 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 05! 5th March 4, 1817 -- March 4, 1825 Two full terms Andrew Jackson 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 07! 7th March 4, 1829 -- March 4, 1837 Two full terms Ulysses S. Grant 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 18! 18th March 4, 1869 -- March 4, 1877 Two full terms Grover Cleveland 2,922 22! 22nd March 4, 1885 -- March 4, 1889 Two full terms (non-consecutive) 24! 24th March 4, 1893 -- March 4, 1897 Woodrow Wilson 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 28! 28th March 4, 1913 -- March 4, 1921 Two full terms Dwight D. Eisenhower 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 34! 34th January 20, 1953 -- January 20, 1961 Two full terms Ronald Reagan 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 40! 40th January 20, 1981 -- January 20, 1989 Two full terms Bill Clinton 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 42! 42nd January 20, 1993 -- January 20, 2001 Two full terms George W. Bush 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 43! 43rd January 20, 2001 -- January 20, 2009 Two full terms Barack Obama 7003292200000000000 ♠ 2,922 44! 44th January 20, 2009 -- January 20, 2017 Two full terms 14 George Washington 7003286500000000000 ♠ 2,865 01! 1st April 30, 1789 -- March 4, 1797 Two full terms 15 Harry S. Truman 7003284000000000000 ♠ 2,840 33! 33rd April 12, 1945 -- January 20, 1953 One partial term (3 years, 9 months, and 8 days), followed by one full term 16 Theodore Roosevelt 7003272800000000000 ♠ 2,728 26! 26th September 14, 1901 -- March 4, 1909 One partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 18 days), followed by one full term 17 Calvin Coolidge 7003204100000000000 ♠ 2,041 30! 30th August 2, 1923 -- March 4, 1929 One partial term (1 year, 7 months, and 2 days), followed by one full term 18 Richard Nixon 7003202700000000000 ♠ 2,027 37! 37th January 20, 1969 -- August 9, 1974 One full term; resigned 1 year, 6 months, and 20 days into second term 19 Lyndon B. Johnson 7003188600000000000 ♠ 1,886 36! 36th November 22, 1963 -- January 20, 1969 One partial term (1 year, 1 month, and 29 days), followed by one full term 20 William McKinley 7003165400000000000 ♠ 1,654 25! 25th March 4, 1897 -- September 14, 1901 One full term; assassinated 6 months and 2 days into second term, dying 8 days later, 6 months and 10 days into that term 21 Abraham Lincoln 7003150300000000000 ♠ 1,503 16! 16th March 4, 1861 -- April 15, 1865 One full term; assassinated 1 month and 10 days into second term, dying 1 day later, 1 month and 11 days into that term 22 tie John Quincy Adams 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 06! 6th March 4, 1825 -- March 4, 1829 One full term Martin Van Buren 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 08! 8th March 4, 1837 -- March 4, 1841 One full term James K. Polk 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 11! 11th March 4, 1845 -- March 4, 1849 One full term Franklin Pierce 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 14! 14th March 4, 1853 -- March 4, 1857 One full term James Buchanan 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 15! 15th March 4, 1857 -- March 4, 1861 One full term Rutherford B. Hayes 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 19! 19th March 4, 1877 -- March 4, 1881 One full term Benjamin Harrison 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 23! 23rd March 4, 1889 -- March 4, 1893 One full term William Howard Taft 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 27! 27th March 4, 1909 -- March 4, 1913 One full term Herbert Hoover 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 31! 31st March 4, 1929 -- March 4, 1933 One full term Jimmy Carter 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 39! 39th January 20, 1977 -- January 20, 1981 One full term George H.W. Bush 7003146100000000000 ♠ 1,461 41! 41st January 20, 1989 -- January 20, 1993 One full term 33 John Adams 7003146000000000000 ♠ 1,460 02! 2nd March 4, 1797 -- March 4, 1801 One full term 34 John Tyler 7003143000000000000 ♠ 1,430 10! 10th April 4, 1841 -- March 4, 1845 One partial term (3 years and 11 months) 35 Andrew Johnson 7003141900000000000 ♠ 1,419 17! 17th April 15, 1865 -- March 4, 1869 One partial term (3 years, 10 months, and 17 days) 36 Chester A. Arthur 7003126200000000000 ♠ 1,262 21! 21st September 19, 1881 -- March 4, 1885 One partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 13 days) 37 John F. Kennedy 7003103600000000000 ♠ 1,036 35! 35th January 20, 1961 -- November 22, 1963 Assassinated 2 years, 10 months, and 2 days into term 38 Millard Fillmore 7002969000000000000 ♠ 969 13! 13th July 9, 1850 -- March 4, 1853 One partial term (2 years, 7 months, and 23 days) 39 Gerald Ford 7002895000000000000 ♠ 895 38! 38th August 9, 1974 -- January 20, 1977 One partial term (2 years, 5 months, and 11 days) 40 Warren G. Harding 7002881000000000000 ♠ 881 29! 29th March 4, 1921 -- August 2, 1923 Died 2 years, 4 months, and 29 days into term 41 Zachary Taylor 7002492000000000000 ♠ 492 12! 12th March 4, 1849 -- July 9, 1850 Died 1 year, 4 months, and 5 days into term 42 Donald Trump 7002431000000000000 ♠ 431 45! 45th January 20, 2017 -- Incumbent Serving first term 43 James A. Garfield 7002199000000000000 ♠ 199 20! 20th March 4, 1881 -- September 19, 1881 Assassinated 3 months and 28 days into term, dying 79 days later, 6 months and 15 days into term 44 William Henry Harrison 7001310000000000000 ♠ 31 09! 9th March 4, 1841 -- April 4, 1841 Died 31 days into term
who was last president to serve one term
George H.W. Bush