ANALYSIS — Former President Donald Trump’s working hours in the White House were the shortest for any president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Trump averaged six hours and two minutes of work each day from his first appointment to his last while in office.
As measured from the start of his presidency to June 30, President Joe Biden’s presidential office hours are the third-shortest since 1933, averaging six hours and 48 minutes. Harry S. Truman had the second-shortest average at six hours and 43 minutes. The averages come from a Roll Call Factba.se analysis of presidential schedules from FDR to Biden. (See methodology and notes below.)
Biden’s presidential office hours have peaked in 2024. From Jan. 1 to June 30, Biden averaged nearly eight hours between his first and last appointments each day. Biden’s average presidential office hours have stayed steady or increased over his 3.5 years in office. During 2021, his first year in office, he averaged seven hours and 16 minutes from his first to last appointment.
