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  • This article came off the Ask Yahoo! website with a similar question. According to this it appears to be George Bush Sr, though I'm not sure if they're only talking contemporary times. Might be of some help... Wednesday October 1, 2003 Dear Yahoo!: How many vacation days has George W. Bush taken to date as president? How does that compare with Clinton? Vince West Hollywood, California Dear Vince: While the president of the United States is never completely on vacation, most commanders-in-chief manage to enjoy a respite from the daily grind during their stay the White House. George W. Bush seems to have taken this to the extreme early in his tenure as president. A humorous, fake resume for Bush suggests that he set the record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history -- a bit of an exaggeration, but still cause for some teasing. According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a "working vacation." Bush isn't the first president to get away from his work. George Bush Sr. took all or part of 543 vacation days at Camp David and in Kennebunkport. Ronald Reagan spent 335 days at or en route to his Santa Barbara, California, ranch during his eight years in office. Of recent presidents, Jimmy Carter took the least days off -- only 79 days, which he usually spent at his home in Georgia. That's less than three weeks a year, which is closer to the average American's paid time off of 13 days per year. What about Clinton? As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS News. A former staffer noted Clinton was such a workaholic that "it almost killed Clinton to take one-week vacations during August." In 2000, Clinton cut his summer vacation short to just three days, so he and his wife could concentrate on her Senate race and fundraising for Democrats. While we couldn't find the exact tally for Clinton's last year in office, it's reasonable to expect he didn't increase his vacation rate. And in barely three years in office, George W. Bush has already taken more vacation than Clinton did in seven years. http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031001.html
  • The answer depends on what is meant by "vacation." If by "vacation" you mean - as most of us working people do - days on which someone has left all job responsibilities in the hands of others (e.g. the vice president in this case), I suspect the number of vacation days will be a very small number - probably close to zero for most modern presidents. If by "vacation" you mean any days not spent in the oval office or on official business trips to the congress or a foreign country, etc., you will get a much larger number - see the other posts for this kind of information. When I go on vacation, I don't do any of the things that I am paid by my employer to do. A president of the USA away from the office can do, and usually does, everything he is paid to do. I am unaware of anyone who keeps records of which days the president does no presidential duties, so I don't think this question has a specific, meaningful answer.
  • George W. Bush have taken the most vacation days and everyone knows it.
  • Re: Clinton... Do reporters count his time with Monica as "vacation time"? Probably not, since he was in the White House at the time.
  • I am sure Obama will break that record easily!
  • George W. Bush

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