Originally Posted by
ClydeR
It's impressive that you linked to an official source. Notice, though, that the years at the link are each preceded by "FY." They are not calendar years. The government's fiscal year begins on October 1. Several months of each FY are in the preceding calendar year, and a President's term does not begin until the end of January. If you shift the numbers to calendar years, a clearer timeline emerges, and even this fails to account for the actual starting date of a presidential term..