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Ex-Presidential Eras

This is a list of the times in history when the number of ex-presidents changed. You can change how the list is sorted by clicking on the column headers.

# Start End Duration Days Count List Change
1 March 4, 1797 December 14, 1799 2 years, 9 months, 10 days 1,015 1 Washington + Washington
2 December 14, 1799 March 4, 1801 1 year, 2 months, 18 days 445 0 − Washington
3 March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 8 years, 0 days 2,922 1 Adams + Adams
4 March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 8 years, 0 days 2,922 2 Adams , Jefferson + Jefferson
5 March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 8 years, 0 days 2,922 3 Adams , Jefferson , Madison + Madison
6 March 4, 1825 July 4, 1826 1 year, 4 months, 0 days 487 4 Adams , Jefferson , Madison , Monroe + Monroe
7 July 4, 1826 July 4, 1826 less than one day 3 Adams , Madison , Monroe − Jefferson
8 July 4, 1826 March 4, 1829 2 years, 8 months, 0 days 974 2 Madison , Monroe − Adams
9 March 4, 1829 July 4, 1831 2 years, 4 months, 0 days 852 3 Madison , Monroe , J.Q. Adams + J.Q. Adams
10 July 4, 1831 June 28, 1836 4 years, 11 months, 24 days 1,821 2 Madison , J.Q. Adams − Monroe
11 June 28, 1836 March 4, 1837 8 months, 4 days 249 1 J.Q. Adams − Madison
12 March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 4 years, 0 days 1,461 2 J.Q. Adams , Jackson + Jackson
13 March 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 4 years, 0 days 1,461 3 J.Q. Adams , Jackson , Van Buren + Van Buren
14 March 4, 1845 June 8, 1845 3 months, 4 days 96 4 J.Q. Adams , Jackson , Van Buren , Tyler + Tyler
15 June 8, 1845 February 23, 1848 2 years, 8 months, 15 days 990 3 J.Q. Adams , Van Buren , Tyler − Jackson
16 February 23, 1848 March 4, 1849 1 year, 9 days 375 2 Van Buren , Tyler − J.Q. Adams
17 March 4, 1849 June 15, 1849 3 months, 11 days 103 3 Van Buren , Tyler , Polk + Polk
18 June 15, 1849 March 4, 1853 3 years, 8 months, 17 days 1,358 2 Van Buren , Tyler − Polk
19 March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 4 years, 0 days 1,461 3 Van Buren , Tyler , Fillmore + Fillmore
20 March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 4 years, 0 days 1,461 4 Van Buren , Tyler , Fillmore , Pierce + Pierce
21 March 4, 1861 January 18, 1862 10 months, 14 days 320 5 Van Buren , Tyler , Fillmore , Pierce , Buchanan + Buchanan
22 January 18, 1862 July 24, 1862 6 months, 6 days 187 4 Van Buren , Fillmore , Pierce , Buchanan − Tyler
23 July 24, 1862 June 1, 1868 5 years, 10 months, 8 days 2,139 3 Fillmore , Pierce , Buchanan − Van Buren
24 June 1, 1868 March 4, 1869 9 months, 3 days 276 2 Fillmore , Pierce − Buchanan
25 March 4, 1869 October 8, 1869 7 months, 4 days 218 3 Fillmore , Pierce , Johnson + Johnson
26 October 8, 1869 March 8, 1874 4 years, 5 months, 0 days 1,612 2 Fillmore , Johnson − Pierce
27 March 8, 1874 July 31, 1875 1 year, 4 months, 23 days 510 1 Johnson − Fillmore
28 July 31, 1875 March 4, 1877 1 year, 7 months, 1 day 582 0 − Johnson
29 March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 4 years, 0 days 1,461 1 Grant + Grant
30 March 4, 1881 March 4, 1885 4 years, 0 days 1,461 2 Grant , Hayes + Hayes
31 March 4, 1885 July 23, 1885 4 months, 19 days 141 3 Grant , Hayes , Arthur + Arthur
32 July 23, 1885 November 18, 1886 1 year, 3 months, 26 days 483 2 Hayes , Arthur − Grant
33 November 18, 1886 March 4, 1889 2 years, 3 months, 14 days 837 1 Hayes − Arthur
34 March 4, 1889 January 17, 1893 3 years, 10 months, 13 days 1,415 2 Hayes , Cleveland 1st + Cleveland 1st
35 January 17, 1893 March 4, 1893 1 month, 15 days 46 1 Cleveland 1st − Hayes
36 March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 4 years, 0 days 1,461 1 Harrison + Harrison , − Cleveland 1st
37 March 4, 1897 March 13, 1901 4 years, 9 days 1,469 2 Harrison , Cleveland 2nd + Cleveland 2nd
38 March 13, 1901 June 24, 1908 7 years, 3 months, 11 days 2,660 1 Cleveland 2nd − Harrison
39 June 24, 1908 March 4, 1909 8 months, 8 days 253 0 − Cleveland 2nd
40 March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 4 years, 0 days 1,461 1 Roosevelt + Roosevelt
41 March 4, 1913 January 6, 1919 5 years, 10 months, 2 days 2,134 2 Roosevelt , Taft + Taft
42 January 6, 1919 March 4, 1921 2 years, 1 month, 26 days 788 1 Taft − Roosevelt
43 March 4, 1921 February 3, 1924 2 years, 10 months, 30 days 1,066 2 Taft , Wilson + Wilson
44 February 3, 1924 March 4, 1929 5 years, 1 month, 1 day 1,856 1 Taft − Wilson
45 March 4, 1929 March 8, 1930 1 year, 4 days 369 2 Taft , Coolidge + Coolidge
46 March 8, 1930 January 5, 1933 2 years, 9 months, 28 days 1,034 1 Coolidge − Taft
47 January 5, 1933 March 4, 1933 1 month, 27 days 58 0 − Coolidge
48 March 4, 1933 January 20, 1953 19 years, 10 months, 16 days 7,262 1 Hoover + Hoover
49 January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961 8 years, 0 days 2,922 2 Hoover , Truman + Truman
50 January 20, 1961 October 20, 1964 3 years, 9 months, 0 days 1,369 3 Hoover , Truman , Eisenhower + Eisenhower
51 October 20, 1964 January 20, 1969 4 years, 3 months, 0 days 1,553 2 Truman , Eisenhower − Hoover
52 January 20, 1969 March 28, 1969 2 months, 8 days 67 3 Truman , Eisenhower , L. Johnson + L. Johnson
53 March 28, 1969 December 26, 1972 3 years, 8 months, 28 days 1,369 2 Truman , L. Johnson − Eisenhower
54 December 26, 1972 January 22, 1973 27 days 27 1 L. Johnson − Truman
55 January 22, 1973 August 9, 1974 1 year, 6 months, 18 days 564 0 − L. Johnson
56 August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 2 years, 5 months, 11 days 895 1 Nixon + Nixon
57 January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 4 years, 0 days 1,461 2 Nixon , Ford + Ford
58 January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 8 years, 0 days 2,922 3 Nixon , Ford , Carter + Carter
59 January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 4 years, 0 days 1,461 4 Nixon , Ford , Carter , Reagan + Reagan
60 January 20, 1993 April 22, 1994 1 year, 3 months, 2 days 457 5 Nixon , Ford , Carter , Reagan , Bush + Bush
61 April 22, 1994 January 20, 2001 6 years, 8 months, 29 days 2,465 4 Ford , Carter , Reagan , Bush − Nixon
62 January 20, 2001 June 5, 2004 3 years, 4 months, 16 days 1,232 5 Ford , Carter , Reagan , Bush , Clinton + Clinton
63 June 5, 2004 December 26, 2006 2 years, 6 months, 21 days 934 4 Ford , Carter , Bush , Clinton − Reagan
64 December 26, 2006 January 20, 2009 2 years, 25 days 756 3 Carter , Bush , Clinton − Ford
65 January 20, 2009 January 20, 2017 8 years, 0 days 2,922 4 Carter , Bush , Clinton , G.W. Bush + G.W. Bush
66 January 20, 2017 November 30, 2018 1 year, 10 months, 10 days 679 5 Carter , Bush , Clinton , G.W. Bush , Obama + Obama
67 November 30, 2018 January 20, 2021 2 years, 1 month, 21 days 782 4 Carter , Clinton , G.W. Bush , Obama − Bush
68 January 20, 2021 December 29, 2024 3 years, 11 months, 9 days 1,439 5 Carter , Clinton , G.W. Bush , Obama , Trump 1st + Trump 1st
69 December 29, 2024 January 20, 2025 22 days 22 4 Clinton , G.W. Bush , Obama , Trump 1st − Carter
70 January 20, 2025 present 1 year, 29 days 394 3 Clinton , G.W. Bush , Obama − Trump 1st