US Presidents by time in retirement

Retirement being defined as time after having been President, while not being President, till death.

All the following are in order of how long they lived after being president except those marked with a *
† = still alive

Presidents who live in office*
Obama †

Presidents who died in office*
Harding
Roosevelt (Franklin)
Taylor
Harrison
Kennedy
Garfield
Lincoln
McKinley

Didn't live a full term (4 years) after he retired
Polk
Arthur
Washington
Wilson
Coolidge

Lived between 1 and 2 full terms
Johnson (Lyndon)
Buchanan
Bush (George W.) †

Lived between 3 and 4 full terms
Harrison
Eisenhower
Jackson
Grant
Roosevelt (Theodore)
Hayes

Lived between 4 and 5 full terms
Pierce
Clinton (Bill) †
Cleveland
Reagan

Lived between 5 and 6 full terms
Tyler
Taft
Jefferson
Adams (John Quincy)
Madison
Nixon
Truman

Lived between 6 and 7 full terms
Fillmore
Van Buren
Bush (George H.) †

Lived between 7 and 8 full terms
Adams (John)

Lived between 8 and 9 full terms
Ford
Hoover

Lived between 9 and 10 full terms
Carter †

Lived between 10 and 11 full terms




every time a new president is sworn in (or wins re-election) all living presidents are moved down to the next group
(IE January 20th, or 21st if the 20th is a Sunday)