April 5, 2012 •
Who Were the One Term U.S. Presidents?
How many of them can you name?
1797-1801 John Adams*
1825-1829 John Quincy Adams*
1837-1841 Martin Van Buren*
1841-1841 William Henry Harrison
1841-1845 John Tyler**
1845-1849 James Polk
1849-1850 Zachary Taylor
1850-1853 Millard Fillmore**
1853-1857 Franklin Pierce
1857-1861 James Buchanan
1865-1869 Andrew Johnson
1877-1881 Rutherford Hayes
1881-1881 James Garfield
1881-1885 Chester A. Arthur
1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison*
1909-1913 William Taft*
1921-1923 Warren Harding
1929-1933 Herbert Hoover*
1961-1963 John Kennedy
1974-1977 Gerald Ford**
1977-1981 Jimmy Carter*
1989-1993 George H.W. Bush*
2016-2020 Donald J. Trump*
* Ran for re-election unsuccessfully
**John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur and Gerald Ford were never elected President.
Updated: November 7, 2020
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