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* The youngest president ''elected'' to office was [[John F. Kennedy]]. |
* The youngest president ''elected'' to office was [[John F. Kennedy]]. |
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* The youngest to assume office by any means was [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who was elevated to the Oval Office following [[William McKinley]]'s assassination. |
* The youngest to assume office by any means was [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who was elevated to the Oval Office following [[William McKinley]]'s assassination. |
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* The oldest president to assume office was [[Ronald Reagan]]. |
* The oldest president to assume office was [[Ronald Reagan]]. He is also the oldest person to have been president. |
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* The longest-lived president was [[Gerald Ford]], who died at the age of 93 years and 165 days. [[Ronald Reagan]] was the second longest-lived, only 45 days short of Ford. The next in line to surpass this is [[George H. W. Bush]], who will surpass Reagan if he is still alive on 11 October 2017 and Carter if he is still alive on 25 November 2017. |
* The longest-lived president was [[Gerald Ford]], who died at the age of 93 years and 165 days. [[Ronald Reagan]] was the second longest-lived, only 45 days short of Ford. The next in line to surpass this is [[George H. W. Bush]], who will surpass Reagan if he is still alive on 11 October 2017 and Carter if he is still alive on 25 November 2017. |
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* [[Barack Obama]] was elected president on November 4, 2008. On January 20, 2009, the date of his inauguration, he will be the fifth youngest person to ascend to the presidency, at 47 years, 5 months and 16 days old -- placing him between [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and [[Grover Cleveland]]. |
* [[Barack Obama]] was elected president on November 4, 2008. On January 20, 2009, the date of his inauguration, he will be the fifth youngest person to ascend to the presidency, at 47 years, 5 months and 16 days old -- placing him between [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and [[Grover Cleveland]]. |
Revision as of 21:00, 7 November 2008
This is a list of United States Presidents by age. This table can be sorted to display United States Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at ascension, length of retirement or lifespan. Age at ascension is determined by the day a president assumed office, not the day of the election.
Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parenthesis the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday.
Notes
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- The median president by age is Herbert Hoover, who was 54-1/2 years old.
- The youngest president elected to office was John F. Kennedy.
- The youngest to assume office by any means was Theodore Roosevelt, who was elevated to the Oval Office following William McKinley's assassination.
- The oldest president to assume office was Ronald Reagan. He is also the oldest person to have been president.
- The longest-lived president was Gerald Ford, who died at the age of 93 years and 165 days. Ronald Reagan was the second longest-lived, only 45 days short of Ford. The next in line to surpass this is George H. W. Bush, who will surpass Reagan if he is still alive on 11 October 2017 and Carter if he is still alive on 25 November 2017.
- Barack Obama was elected president on November 4, 2008. On January 20, 2009, the date of his inauguration, he will be the fifth youngest person to ascend to the presidency, at 47 years, 5 months and 16 days old -- placing him between Ulysses S. Grant and Grover Cleveland.
United States of America Presidents' Ages
# |
President |
Date of birth |
Date of ascension |
Age at ascension |
End of term |
Length of retirement |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
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1 | George Washington | Feb 22, 1732 | Apr 30, 1789 | 57y 2m 8d | Mar 4, 1797 | 1,016d | Dec 14, 1799 | 24,756d (67y 295d) |
2 | John Adams | Oct 30, 1735 | Mar 4, 1797 | 61y 4m 4d | Mar 4, 1801 | 9,276d | July 4, 1826 | 33,108d (90y 247d) |
3 | Thomas Jefferson | Apr 13, 1743 | Mar 4, 1801 | 57y 10m 19d | Mar 4, 1809 | 6,332d | July 4, 1826 | 30,386d (83y 82d) |
4 | James Madison | Mar 16, 1751 | Mar 4, 1809 | 57y 11m 16d | Mar 4, 1817 | 7,057d | June 28, 1836 | 31,139d (85y 104d) |
5 | James Monroe | Apr 28, 1758 | Mar 4, 1817 | 58y 10m 4d | Mar 4, 1825 | 2,314d | July 4, 1831 | 26,729d (73y 67d) |
6 | John Quincy Adams | July 11, 1767 | Mar 4, 1825 | 57y 7m 21d | Mar 4, 1829 | 6,931d | Feb 23, 1848 | 29,466d (80y 227d) |
7 | Andrew Jackson | Mar 15, 1767 | Mar 4, 1829 | 61y 11m 17d | Mar 4, 1837 | 3,019d | June 8, 1845 | 28,574d (78y 85d) |
8 | Martin Van Buren | Dec 5, 1782 | Mar 4, 1837 | 54y 2m 27d | Mar 4, 1841 | 7,813d | July 24, 1862 | 29,085d (79y 231d) |
9 | William Henry Harrison | Feb 9, 1773 | Mar 4, 1841 | 68y 0m 23d | Apr 4, 1841 | [1] | 0dApr 4, 1841 | 24,890d (68y 54d) |
10 | John Tyler | Mar 29, 1790 | Apr 4, 1841 | 51y 0m 6d | Mar 4, 1845 | 6,165d | Jan 18, 1862 | 26,227d (71y 295d) |
11 | James K. Polk | Nov 2, 1795 | Mar 4, 1845 | 49y 4m 2d | Mar 4, 1849 | 104d | June 15, 1849 | 19,583d (53y 225d) |
12 | Zachary Taylor | Nov 24, 1784 | Mar 4, 1849 | 64y 3m 8d | July 9, 1850 | [1] | 0dJuly 9, 1850 | 23,967d (65y 227d) |
13 | Millard Fillmore | Jan 7, 1800 | July 9, 1850 | 50y 6m 2d | Mar 4, 1853 | 7,675d | Mar 8, 1874 | 27,088d (74y 60d) |
14 | Franklin Pierce | Nov 23, 1804 | Mar 4, 1853 | 48y 3m 9d | Mar 4, 1857 | 4,602d | Oct 8, 1869 | 23,695d (64y 319d) |
15 | James Buchanan | Apr 23, 1791 | Mar 4, 1857 | 65y 10m 9d | Mar 4, 1861 | 2,647d | June 1, 1868 | 28,163d (77y 39d) |
16 | Abraham Lincoln | Feb 12, 1809 | Mar 4, 1861 | 52y 0m 20d | Apr 15, 1865 | [2] | 0dApr 15, 1865 | 20,516d (56y 62d) |
17 | Andrew Johnson | Dec 29, 1808 | Apr 15, 1865 | 56y 3m 17d | Mar 4, 1869 | 2,341d | July 31, 1875 | 24,620d (66y 214d) |
18 | Ulysses S. Grant | Apr 27, 1822 | Mar 4, 1869 | 46y 10m 5d | Mar 4, 1877 | 3,064d | July 23, 1885 | 23,098d (63y 87d) |
19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Oct 4, 1822 | Mar 4, 1877 | 54y 5m 0d | Mar 4, 1881 | 4,338d | Jan 17, 1893 | 25,673d (70y 105d) |
20 | James A. Garfield | Nov 19, 1831 | Mar 4, 1881 | 49y 3m 13d | Sep 19, 1881 | [2] | 0dSep 19, 1881 | 18,202d (49y 304d) |
21 | Chester A. Arthur | Oct 5, 1829 | Sep 19, 1881 | 51y 11m 14d | Mar 4, 1885 | 625d | Nov 18, 1886 | 20,863d (57y 44d) |
22 | Grover Cleveland | Mar 18, 1837 | [3] | Mar 4, 188547y 11m 14d | Mar 4, 1889 | [4] | 5,591dJune 24, 1908 | 26,030d (71y 98d) |
23 | Benjamin Harrison | Aug 20, 1833 | Mar 4, 1889 | 55y 6m 12d | Mar 4, 1893 | 2,931d | Mar 13, 1901 | 24,676d (67y 205d) |
24 | Grover Cleveland | Mar 18, 1837 | [3] | Mar 4, 189355y 11m 14d | Mar 4, 1897 | [4] | 5,591dJune 24, 1908 | 26,030d (71y 98d) |
25 | William McKinley | Jan 29, 1843 | Mar 4, 1897 | 54y 1m 4d | Sep 14, 1901 | [2] | 0dSep 14, 1901 | 21,412d (58y 228d) |
26 | Theodore Roosevelt | Oct 27, 1858 | Sep 14, 1901 | 42y 10m 18d | Mar 4, 1909 | 3,596d | Jan 6, 1919 | 21,985d (60y 71d) |
27 | William Howard Taft | Sep 15, 1857 | Mar 4, 1909 | 51y 5m 17d | Mar 4, 1913 | 6,214d | Mar 8, 1930 | 26,471d (72y 174d) |
28 | Woodrow Wilson | Dec 28, 1856 | Mar 4, 1913 | 56y 2m 4d | Mar 4, 1921 | 1,067d | Feb 3, 1924 | 24,507d (67y 37d) |
29 | Warren G. Harding | Nov 2, 1865 | Mar 4, 1921 | 55y 4m 2d | Aug 2, 1923 | [1] | 0dAug 2, 1923 | 21,091d (57y 273d) |
30 | Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872 | Aug 2, 1923 | 51y 0m 29d | Mar 4, 1929 | 1,404d | Jan 5, 1933 | 22,099d (60y 185d) |
31 | Herbert Hoover | Aug 10, 1874 | Mar 4, 1929 | 54y 6m 22d | Mar 4, 1933 | 11,554d | Oct 20, 1964 | 32,943d (90y 71d) |
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jan 30, 1882 | Mar 4, 1933 | 51y 1m 4d | Apr 12, 1945 | [1] | 0dApril 12, 1945 | 23,082d (63y 72d) |
33 | Harry S. Truman | May 8, 1884 | Apr 12, 1945 | 60y 11m 4d | Jan 20, 1953 | 7,281d | Dec 26, 1972 | 32,373d (88y 232d) |
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Oct 14, 1890 | Jan 20, 1953 | 62y 3m 6d | Jan 20, 1961 | 2,990d | Mar 28, 1969 | 28,654d (78y 165d) |
35 | John F. Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | Jan 20, 1961 | 43y 7m 22d | Nov 22, 1963 | [2] | 0dNov 22, 1963 | 16,978d (46y 177d) |
36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Aug 27, 1908 | Nov 22, 1963 | 55y 2m 26d | Jan 20, 1969 | 1,464d | Jan 22, 1973 | 23,524d (64y 148d) |
37 | Richard M. Nixon | Jan 9, 1913 | Jan 20, 1969 | 56y 0m 11d | Aug 9, 1974 | 7,197d | Apr 22, 1994 | 29,688d (81y 103d) |
38 | Gerald R. Ford | July 14, 1913 | Aug 9, 1974 | 61y 0m 26d | Jan 20, 1977 | 10,932d | Dec 26, 2006 | 34,133d (93y 165d) |
39 | Jimmy Carter | Oct 1, 1924 | Jan 20, 1977 | 52y 3m 19d | Jan 20, 1981 | 15,940d | 36,505d (84y 5,824d) | |
40 | Ronald Reagan | Feb 6, 1911 | Jan 20, 1981 | 69y 11m 14d | Jan 20, 1989 | 5,616d | June 5, 2004 | 34,088d (93y 120d) |
41 | George H. W. Bush | June 12, 1924 | Jan 20, 1989 | 64y 7m 8d | Jan 20, 1993 | 11,557d | 36,616d (84y 5,935d) | |
42 | Bill Clinton | Aug 19, 1946 | Jan 20, 1993 | 46y 5m 1d | Jan 20, 2001 | 8,635d | 28,513d (62y 5,867d) | |
43 | George W. Bush | July 6, 1946 | Jan 20, 2001 | 54y 6m 14d | Jan 20, 2009 | Incumbent | 28,557d (62y 5,911d) | |
# | President | Date of birth | Date of ascension |
Age at ascension |
End of term | Length of retirement |
Date of death | Lifespan |
Footnotes
Sources
- Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey, "The Presidents of the United States". The White House.
- Robert S. Summers, "POTUS: Presidents of the United States". Internet Public Library.