Katie Zacharia had the shortest tenure as press secretary in history. Here are the others who didn't last long.

Katie Zacharia came under scrutiny for her legal credentials shortly after her first press briefing on Tuesday.

Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump chose Katie Zacharia to serve as the new White House press secretary.

After five days, a White House official said that she is "transitioning out" of the role.

Zacharia is among three other former press secretaries with tenures lasting under two months.

Katie Zacharia's first briefing as President Donald Trump's press secretary was on Tuesday.

By Friday, the White House confirmed she was out.

The record five-day tenure came after days of missteps by Zacharia, and amid two watchdog groups filing complaints with the State Bar of California on Wednesday, asking it to investigate whether she violated California law by calling herself a lawyer.

While the longest-serving press secretary was Stephen Early, who held the post for 12 years under Franklin D.

Roosevelt, only four press secretaries have lasted under two months.

Here's a closer look at White House press secretaries with the shortest tenures.

Katie Zacharia Katie Zacharia served as press secretary under Donald Trump for five days.

Samuel Corum/Pool/FTWP Katie Zacharia made her White House press briefing debut on Tuesday and quickly came under intense scrutiny over her legal credentials.

Shortly after Tuesday's briefing, she was asked which state she passed the bar exam in and replied: " When I moved to China ." On Thursday in an interview with right-wing provocateur Jack Posobiec , Zacharia said she took the bar exam but failed, and never retook it.

Zacharia moved to China after earning her law degree in 2011, and told Posobiec she had already preregistered for the bar exam before moving to Beijing, where her husband was working at an American private equity firm.