| Date | Biography |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Born on 31 January in Brackenheim |
| 1892-1902 | Attended school in Heilbronn |
| 1902 | Higher education entrance qualification |
| 1902-1905 | Read national economics in Munich and Berlin |
| 1905 | Doctorate in Munich (under the supervision of Lujo Brentano); editor of Friedrich Naumann's review "Hilfe" in Berlin |
| 1907 | Took over the political desk at "Hilfe" |
| 1912-1913 | Editor-in-chief of the "Neckarzeitung" in Heilbronn |
| 1913 | Editor of the journal "März" |
| 1918 | Member of the management of the German Werkbund in Berlin |
| 1918-1922 | Took over editorship of the journal "Deutsche Politik" |
| 1919 | Elected as district councillor in Schöneberg/Berlin; also worked for the newspapers "Vossische Zeitung" and "Frankfurter Zeitung" |
| 1920 | Lecturer at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik (German University of Politics) in Berlin |
| 1923-1926 | Took over editorship of the journal "Die Deutsche Nation" |
| 1924 | Elected to the German Reichstag as a member of the Deutsche Demokratische Partei (German Democratic Party - DDP). Became a member of the board of directors of the German Werkbund |
| 1928 | Lost seat at the Reichstag elections |
| 1930 | Returned to the German Reichstag as a member of the Deutsche Staatspartei (German State Party) following the DDP's regrouping to form the Deutsche Staatspartei |
| 1933 | Lost Reichstag seat and lectureship at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik |
| 1936 | Banned from publishing, gave up editorship of "Hilfe" |
| 1943 | Moved to Heidelberg |
| 1945 | Heuss was licenced to publish the "Rhein-Neckarzeitung" in Heidelberg. Became Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs of Land Württemberg-Baden in Stuttgart and moved to Stuttgart |
| 1946 | Founded the DVP for Württemberg-Baden in Stuttgart on 6 January; Heuss became a member of the constituent assembly of the Land parliament on 30 June; entered the Land parliament on 10 December; announced intention not to take up ministerial post in December; Heuss became Chairman of the DVP in the US zone on 28/29 September |
| 1947 | Became Co-Chairman (with Wilhelm Külz) of the Demokratische Partei Deutschlands (Democratic Party of Germany); on 17 March took up associate professorship of political science at the Technical University in Stuttgart (appointed at the beginning of 1948) |
| 1948 | Heuss became a member of the Parliamentary Council in Bonn on 1 September; became Chairman of the Free Democratic Party (F.D.P.) founded on 12 December in Heppenheim |
| 1949 | Confirmed as F.D.P. Chairman by the party conference held in Bremen on 12 June; elected member of the Bundestag in Bonn on14 August; elected Federal President by the Federal Convention in Bonn on 12 September; stepped down from the office of F.D.P. Chairman |
| 1949-1959 | Federal President |
| 1963 | Theodor Heuss died in Stuttgart on 12 December |
Theodor Heuss was Protestant. He married Elly Knapp in 1908. (She died on 21 July 1952). They had one son.