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The U.S. president who served for just a few hours is William Henry Harrison. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1841, but died just 31 days later, making his tenure the shortest in American history. However, there is also a lesser-known case: David Rice Atchison, who was president pro tempore of the Senate, claimed he was president for a day in 1849 when Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on a Sunday.

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