List of presidents of the United States by age

In this list of presidents of the United States by age, the first table charts the age of each president of the United States at the time of presidential inauguration (first inauguration if elected to multiple and consecutive terms), upon leaving office, and at the time of death. Where the president is still living, their lifespan and post-presidency timespan are calculated up to June 18, 2024.

## Age of presidents[edit]

Age of presidents when assuming office

Article Two of the United States Constitution provides that U.S. presidents must be at least 35 years old at the time of taking office. The median age at inauguration of incoming U.S. presidents is 55 years.[1][2] The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley.[1] The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.[1][3]

Assassinated at age 46, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president at the end of his tenure, and his lifespan was the shortest of any president.[4][5] At age 50, Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest person to become a former president.[6] The oldest president at the end of his tenure was Ronald Reagan at 77; this distinction will eventually fall upon Joe Biden,[2][3] who is currently 81.

James K. Polk had the shortest retirement of any president, dying of cholera only 103 days after leaving office, at the age of 53 (the youngest president to die of natural causes).[7] Jimmy Carter's retirement, currently 43 years, is the longest in American presidential history. Additionally, at age 99, Carter is the oldest of the six living U.S. presidents[2] as well as the nation's longest-lived president.[8] Barack Obama, at age 62, is the youngest living former president.

## Presidential age-related data[edit]

No. | President  | Born  | Age at
start of presidency | Age at
end of presidency | Post-presidency
timespan  | Lifespan

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Died  | Age
1  | George Washington | Feb 22, 1732[a] | 57 years, 67 days
Apr 30, 1789 | 65 years, 10 days
Mar 4, 1797 | 2 years, 285 days  | Dec 14, 1799 | 67 years, 295 days
2  | John Adams | Oct 30, 1735[a] | 61 years, 125 days
Mar 4, 1797 | 65 years, 125 days
Mar 4, 1801 | 25 years, 122 days | Jul 4, 1826 | 90 years, 247 days
3  | Thomas Jefferson | Apr 13, 1743[a] | 57 years, 325 days
Mar 4, 1801 | 65 years, 325 days
Mar 4, 1809 | 17 years, 122 days  | Jul 4, 1826 | 83 years, 82 days
4  | James Madison | Mar 16, 1751[a] | 57 years, 353 days
Mar 4, 1809 | 65 years, 353 days
Mar 4, 1817 | 19 years, 116 days  | Jun 28, 1836 | 85 years, 104 days
5  | James Monroe | Apr 28, 1758 | 58 years, 310 days
Mar 4, 1817 | 66 years, 310 days
Mar 4, 1825 | 6 years, 122 days  | Jul 4, 1831 | 73 years, 67 days
6  | John Quincy Adams | Jul 11, 1767 | 57 years, 236 days
Mar 4, 1825 | 61 years, 236 days
Mar 4, 1829 | 18 years, 356 days  | Feb 23, 1848 | 80 years, 227 days
7  | Andrew Jackson | Mar 15, 1767 | 61 years, 354 days
Mar 4, 1829 | 69 years, 354 days
Mar 4, 1837 | 8 years, 96 days  | Jun 8, 1845 | 78 years, 85 days
8  | Martin Van Buren | Dec 5, 1782 | 54 years, 89 days
Mar 4, 1837 | 58 years, 89 days
Mar 4, 1841 | 21 years, 142 days  | Jul 24, 1862 | 79 years, 231 days
9  | William Henry Harrison | Feb 9, 1773 | 68 years, 23 days
Mar 4, 1841 | 68 years, 54 days
Apr 4, 1841 | 0 days[b] | Apr 4, 1841 | 68 years, 54 days
10  | John Tyler | Mar 29, 1790 | 51 years, 6 days
Apr 4, 1841 | 54 years, 340 days
Mar 4, 1845 | 16 years, 320 days  | Jan 18, 1862 | 71 years, 295 days
11  | James K. Polk | Nov 2, 1795 | 49 years, 122 days
Mar 4, 1845 | 53 years, 122 days
Mar 4, 1849 | 103 days  | Jun 15, 1849 | 53 years, 225 days
12  | Zachary Taylor | Nov 24, 1784 | 64 years, 100 days
Mar 4, 1849 | 65 years, 227 days
Jul 9, 1850 | 0 days[b] | Jul 9, 1850 | 65 years, 227 days
13  | Millard Fillmore | Jan 7, 1800 | 50 years, 183 days
Jul 9, 1850 | 53 years, 56 days
Mar 4, 1853 | 21 years, 4 days  | Mar 8, 1874 | 74 years, 60 days
14  | Franklin Pierce | Nov 23, 1804 | 48 years, 101 days
Mar 4, 1853 | 52 years, 101 days
Mar 4, 1857 | 12 years, 218 days  | Oct 8, 1869 | 64 years, 319 days
15  | James Buchanan | Apr 23, 1791 | 65 years, 315 days
Mar 4, 1857 | 69 years, 315 days
Mar 4, 1861 | 7 years, 89 days  | Jun 1, 1868 | 77 years, 39 days
16  | Abraham Lincoln | Feb 12, 1809 | 52 years, 20 days
Mar 4, 1861 | 56 years, 62 days
Apr 15, 1865 | 0 days[b] | Apr 15, 1865 | 56 years, 62 days
17  | Andrew Johnson | Dec 29, 1808 | 56 years, 107 days
Apr 15, 1865 | 60 years, 65 days
Mar 4, 1869 | 6 years, 149 days  | Jul 31, 1875 | 66 years, 214 days
18  | Ulysses S. Grant | Apr 27, 1822 | 46 years, 311 days
Mar 4, 1869 | 54 years, 311 days
Mar 4, 1877 | 8 years, 141 days  | Jul 23, 1885 | 63 years, 87 days
19  | Rutherford B. Hayes | Oct 4, 1822 | 54 years, 151 days
Mar 4, 1877 | 58 years, 151 days
Mar 4, 1881 | 11 years, 319 days  | Jan 17, 1893 | 70 years, 105 days
20  | James A. Garfield | Nov 19, 1831 | 49 years, 105 days
Mar 4, 1881 | 49 years, 304 days
Sep 19, 1881 | 0 days[b] | Sep 19, 1881 | 49 years, 304 days
21  | Chester A. Arthur | Oct 5, 1829 | 51 years, 349 days
Sep 19, 1881 | 55 years, 150 days
Mar 4, 1885 | 1 year, 259 days  | Nov 18, 1886 | 57 years, 44 days
22  | Grover Cleveland | Mar 18, 1837 | 47 years, 351 days
Mar 4, 1885 | 51 years, 351 days
Mar 4, 1889 | 4 years, 0 days[c] | Jun 24, 1908 | 71 years, 98 days
23  | Benjamin Harrison | Aug 20, 1833 | 55 years, 196 days
Mar 4, 1889 | 59 years, 196 days
Mar 4, 1893 | 8 years, 9 days  | Mar 13, 1901 | 67 years, 205 days
24  | Grover Cleveland | Mar 18, 1837 | 55 years, 351 days
Mar 4, 1893 | 59 years, 351 days
Mar 4, 1897 | 11 years, 112 days[d] | Jun 24, 1908 | 71 years, 98 days
25  | William McKinley | Jan 29, 1843 | 54 years, 34 days
Mar 4, 1897 | 58 years, 228 days
Sep 14, 1901 | 0 days[b] | Sep 14, 1901 | 58 years, 228 days
26  | Theodore Roosevelt | Oct 27, 1858 | 42 years, 322 days
Sep 14, 1901 | 50 years, 128 days
Mar 4, 1909 | 9 years, 308 days  | Jan 6, 1919 | 60 years, 71 days
27  | William Howard Taft | Sep 15, 1857 | 51 years, 170 days
Mar 4, 1909 | 55 years, 170 days
Mar 4, 1913 | 17 years, 4 days  | Mar 8, 1930 | 72 years, 174 days
28  | Woodrow Wilson | Dec 28, 1856 | 56 years, 66 days
Mar 4, 1913 | 64 years, 66 days
Mar 4, 1921 | 2 years, 336 days  | Feb 3, 1924 | 67 years, 37 days
29  | Warren G. Harding | Nov 2, 1865 | 55 years, 122 days
Mar 4, 1921 | 57 years, 273 days
Aug 2, 1923 | 0 days[b] | Aug 2, 1923 | 57 years, 273 days
30  | Calvin Coolidge | Jul 4, 1872 | 51 years, 29 days
Aug 2, 1923 | 56 years, 243 days
Mar 4, 1929 | 3 years, 307 days  | Jan 5, 1933 | 60 years, 185 days
31  | Herbert Hoover | Aug 10, 1874 | 54 years, 206 days
Mar 4, 1929 | 58 years, 206 days
Mar 4, 1933 | 31 years, 230 days  | Oct 20, 1964 | 90 years, 71 days
32  | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jan 30, 1882 | 51 years, 33 days
Mar 4, 1933 | 63 years, 72 days
Apr 12, 1945 | 0 days[b] | Apr 12, 1945 | 63 years, 72 days
33  | Harry S. Truman | May 8, 1884 | 60 years, 339 days
Apr 12, 1945 | 68 years, 257 days
Jan 20, 1953 | 19 years, 341 days  | Dec 26, 1972 | 88 years, 232 days
34  | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Oct 14, 1890 | 62 years, 98 days
Jan 20, 1953 | 70 years, 98 days
Jan 20, 1961 | 8 years, 67 days  | Mar 28, 1969 | 78 years, 165 days
35  | John F. Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | 43 years, 236 days
Jan 20, 1961 | 46 years, 177 days
Nov 22, 1963 | 0 days[b] | Nov 22, 1963 | 46 years, 177 days
36  | Lyndon B. Johnson | Aug 27, 1908 | 55 years, 87 days
Nov 22, 1963 | 60 years, 146 days
Jan 20, 1969 | 4 years, 2 days  | Jan 22, 1973 | 64 years, 148 days
37  | Richard Nixon | Jan 9, 1913 | 56 years, 11 days
Jan 20, 1969 | 61 years, 212 days
Aug 9, 1974[e] | 19 years, 256 days  | Apr 22, 1994 | 81 years, 103 days
38  | Gerald Ford | Jul 14, 1913 | 61 years, 26 days
Aug 9, 1974 | 63 years, 190 days
Jan 20, 1977 | 29 years, 340 days  | Dec 26, 2006 | 93 years, 165 days
39  | Jimmy Carter | Oct 1, 1924 | 52 years, 111 days
Jan 20, 1977 | 56 years, 111 days
Jan 20, 1981 | 43 years, 150 days |

| 99 years, 261 days
40  | Ronald Reagan | Feb 6, 1911 | 69 years, 349 days
Jan 20, 1981 | 77 years, 349 days
Jan 20, 1989 | 15 years, 137 days  | Jun 5, 2004 | 93 years, 120 days
41  | George H. W. Bush | Jun 12, 1924 | 64 years, 222 days
Jan 20, 1989 | 68 years, 222 days
Jan 20, 1993 | 25 years, 314 days  | Nov 30, 2018 | 94 years, 171 days
42  | Bill Clinton | Aug 19, 1946 | 46 years, 154 days
Jan 20, 1993 | 54 years, 154 days
Jan 20, 2001 | 23 years, 150 days |

| 77 years, 304 days
43  | George W. Bush | Jul 6, 1946 | 54 years, 198 days
Jan 20, 2001 | 62 years, 198 days
Jan 20, 2009 | 15 years, 150 days |

| 77 years, 348 days
44  | Barack Obama | Aug 4, 1961 | 47 years, 169 days
Jan 20, 2009 | 55 years, 169 days
Jan 20, 2017 | 7 years, 150 days |

| 62 years, 319 days
45  | Donald Trump | Jun 14, 1946 | 70 years, 220 days
Jan 20, 2017 | 74 years, 220 days
Jan 20, 2021 | 3 years, 150 days |

| 78 years, 4 days
46  | Joe Biden | Nov 20, 1942 | 78 years, 61 days
Jan 20, 2021 | (incumbent) | (incumbent) |

| 81 years, 211 days

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Birthdate as changed to New Style
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Died in office
3. ^ This is the length of Cleveland's first (1889–1893) post-presidential retirement, between his two terms in office.
4. ^ This is the length of Cleveland's second (1897–1908) post-presidential retirement, after his second term in office.
5. ^ Resigned from office

## Graphical representation[edit]

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the presidents of the United States. They are listed in order of office, with Grover Cleveland listed in the order of his first presidency.

The following chart shows presidents by their age (living presidents in green), with the years of their presidency in blue. The vertical blue line at 35 years indicates the minimum age to be president.

## See also[edit]

* List of vice presidents of the United States by age

## References[edit]

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2. ^ a b c Diaz, Johnny (January 18, 2021) [Updated January 20, 2021]. "Biden Is the Oldest President to Take the Oath". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
3. ^ a b Merrill, Dave; Caronello, Sophie (January 19, 2021). "Biden to Become Oldest President Ever at Inauguration". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
4. ^ "John F. Kennedy". whitehousehistory.org. Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
5. ^ Merelli, Annalisa (January 20, 2021). "What happens if Joe Biden dies in office?". Quartz. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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7. ^ "James Polk". biography.com. A&E Television Networks. October 24, 2019 [April 2, 2014]. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
8. ^ Raymond, Jonathan (January 20, 2021). "Jimmy Carter, unable to make inauguration, saluted by President Biden in remarks". WXIA-TV. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

## Sources[edit]

* 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.

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