List of Presidents of the United States by age

This is a list of presidents of the United States by age. The first table charts the age of each United States president 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 is calculated up to March 21, 2025. The second table includes those presidents who had the distinction among their peers of being the oldest living president, and charts both when they became and ceased to be the oldest living.

Age of president

Age of presidents when assuming office approximately follows a bell curve

The median age upon accession to the presidency is 55 years and 354 days. This falls midway between how old Grover Cleveland (Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). at his second inauguration) and Richard Nixon (Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).) were at the time each was sworn in as president.

The youngest person to assume the presidency was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at the age of Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value)., succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value)., at his inauguration. The oldest person to assume the presidency was Joe Biden, at the age of Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value)., on Inauguration Day; he simultaneously became the oldest person ever to serve as the nation's president.^[1]

Assassinated at age Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value)., John F. Kennedy is the president with the shortest lifespan and the youngest president to depart from office. The youngest president to leave office at the conclusion of a normal transition was Theodore Roosevelt (age Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).). The oldest president to leave office was Ronald Reagan (age Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).); this distinction will eventually devolve upon Joe Biden.^[1]

The president born after the greatest number of his successors is John F. Kennedy. He was born after four of his successors: Lyndon B. Johnson (Error: Need valid year, month, day); Ronald Reagan (Error: Need valid year, month, day); Richard Nixon (Error: Need valid year, month, day); and Gerald Ford (Error: Need valid year, month, day). On the other extreme, Ronald Reagan and Joe Biden were each born before four of their predecessors. Reagan was born before Richard Nixon (Error: Need valid year, month, day), Gerald Ford (Error: Need valid year, month, day), John F. Kennedy (Error: Need valid year, month, day), and Jimmy Carter (Error: Need valid year, month, day). Biden was born before Donald Trump (Error: Need valid year, month, day); George W. Bush (Error: Need valid year, month, day); Bill Clinton (Error: Need valid year, month, day); and Barack Obama (Error: Need valid year, month, day).

The oldest living president is Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924 (age Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).). On March 22, 2019, he also became the nation's longest-lived president, surpassing the lifespan of George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).. Additionally, Carter has had the longest post-presidency, now lasting Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).. The youngest living president is Barack Obama, born August 4, 1961 (age Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).). The shortest-lived president who died of natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).—103 days after he left office.

Six presidents have lived into their 90s. The first to do so, John Adams, was the longest-lived president for nearly two centuries, from 1803 until Ronald Reagan surpassed his lifespan, in October 2001.^[2]^[3] The six nonagenarian presidents, arranged by lifespan:

Jimmy Carter
Born October 1, 1924
(age Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).)
George H. W. Bush
June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018
(aged Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).)
Gerald Ford
July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006
(aged Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).)
Ronald Reagan
February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004
(aged Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).)
John Adams
October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826
(aged Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).)
Herbert Hoover
August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964
(aged Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).)

Presidential age-related data

#	President	Born	Age at start of presidency	Age at end of presidency	Post-presidency timespan	Lifespan
#	President	Born	Age at start of presidency	Age at end of presidency	Post-presidency timespan	Died	Age
01	George Washington	Feb 22, 1732^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 30, 1789	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1797	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Dec 14, 1799	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
02	John Adams	Oct 30, 1735^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1797	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1801	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	July 5, 1826Jul 4, 1826	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
03	Thomas Jefferson	Apr 13, 1743^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1801	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1809	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jul 4, 1826	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
04	James Madison	Mar 16, 1751^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1809	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1817	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jun 28, 1836	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
05	James Monroe	Apr 28, 1758	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1817	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1825	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jul 4, 1831	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
06	John Quincy Adams	Jul 11, 1767	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1825	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1829	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Feb 23, 1848	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
07	Andrew Jackson	Mar 15, 1767	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1829	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1837	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jun 8, 1845	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
08	Martin Van Buren	Dec 5, 1782	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1837	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1841	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jul 24, 1862	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
09	William Henry Harrison	Feb 9, 1773	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1841	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 4, 1841^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0010 days	Apr 4, 1841	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
10	John Tyler	Mar 29, 1790	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 4, 1841	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1845	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jan 18, 1862	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
11	James K. Polk	Nov 2, 1795	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1845	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1849	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jun 15, 1849	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
12	Zachary Taylor	Nov 24, 1784	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1849	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jul 9, 1850^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0030 days	Jul 9, 1850	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
13	Millard Fillmore	Jan 7, 1800	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jul 9, 1850	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1853	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Mar 8, 1874	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
14	Franklin Pierce	Nov 23, 1804	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1853	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1857	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Oct 8, 1869	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
15	James Buchanan	Apr 23, 1791	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1857	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1861	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jun 1, 1868	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
16	Abraham Lincoln	Feb 12, 1809	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1861	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 15, 1865^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0060 days	Apr 15, 1865	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
17	Andrew Johnson	Dec 29, 1808	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 15, 1865	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1869	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jul 31, 1875	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Apr 27, 1822	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1869	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1877	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jul 23, 1885	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Oct 4, 1822	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1877	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1881	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jan 17, 1893	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
20	James A. Garfield	Nov 19, 1831	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1881	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Sep 19, 1881^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0020 days	Sep 19, 1881	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
21	Chester A. Arthur	Oct 5, 1829	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Sep 19, 1881	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1885	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Nov 18, 1886	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
22	Grover Cleveland	Mar 18, 1837	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1885	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1889	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Jun 24, 1908	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
23	Benjamin Harrison	Aug 20, 1833	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1889	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1893	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Mar 13, 1901	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
24	Grover Cleveland	Mar 18, 1837	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1893	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1897	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Jun 24, 1908	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
25	William McKinley	Jan 29, 1843	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1897	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Sep 14, 1901^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0070 days	Sep 14, 1901	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
26	Theodore Roosevelt	Oct 27, 1858	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Sep 14, 1901	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1909	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jan 6, 1919	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
27	William Howard Taft	Sep 15, 1857	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1909	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1913	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Mar 8, 1930	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
28	Woodrow Wilson	Dec 28, 1856	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1913	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1921	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Feb 3, 1924	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
29	Warren G. Harding	Nov 2, 1865	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1921	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Aug 2, 1923^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0040 days	Aug 2, 1923	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
30	Calvin Coolidge	Jul 4, 1872	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Aug 2, 1923	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1929	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jan 5, 1933	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
31	Herbert Hoover	Aug 10, 1874	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1929	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1933	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Oct 20, 1964	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Jan 30, 1882	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Mar 4, 1933	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 12, 1945^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0080 days	Apr 12, 1945	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
33	Harry S. Truman	May 8, 1884	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Apr 12, 1945	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1953	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Dec 26, 1972	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Oct 14, 1890	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1953	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1961	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Mar 28, 1969	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
35	John F. Kennedy	May 29, 1917	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1961	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Nov 22, 1963^{[lower-alpha 2]}	00,0050 days	Nov 22, 1963	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	Aug 27, 1908	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Nov 22, 1963	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1969	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jan 22, 1973	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
37	Richard Nixon	Jan 9, 1913	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1969	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Aug 9, 1974^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Apr 22, 1994	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
38	Gerald Ford	Jul 14, 1913	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Aug 9, 1974	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1977	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Dec 26, 2006	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
39	Jimmy Carter	Oct 1, 1924	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1977	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1981	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	2025-03-21(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
40	Ronald Reagan	Feb 6, 1911	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1981	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1989	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Jun 5, 2004	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
41	George H. W. Bush	Jun 12, 1924	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1989	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1993	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Nov 30, 2018	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
42	Bill Clinton	Aug 19, 1946	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 1993	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2001	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	2025-03-21(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
43	George W. Bush	Jul 6, 1946	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2001	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2009	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	2025-03-21(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
44	Barack Obama	Aug 4, 1961	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2009	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2017	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	2025-03-21(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
45	Donald Trump	Jun 14, 1946	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2017	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2021	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	2025-03-21(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
46	Joe Biden	Nov 20, 1942	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). Jan 20, 2021	(incumbent)	(incumbent)	2025-03-21(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
#	President	Born	Age at start of presidency	Age at end of presidency	Post-presidency timespan	Died	Age
#	President	Born	Age at start of presidency	Age at end of presidency	Post-presidency timespan	Lifespan

Notes

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Graphical representation

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, with the years of their presidency in blue.

Template:United States presidents by age

Oldest living

Of the 45 people who have served as president, 25 have become the oldest such individual of their time, with one, William Howard Taft, doing so twice. Herbert Hoover held the distinction for the longest period of any, from the death of Calvin Coolidge in January 1933 until his own death 31 years later. Lyndon B. Johnson held it for the shortest, from the death of Harry S. Truman in December 1972 until his own death only 27 days later. Theodore Roosevelt, at age 49, is the youngest individual to become the oldest living president; Jimmy Carter became the oldest to acquire the distinction at age 94. (Nine of these individuals have also had the distinction of being the oldest living U.S. vice president: John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and George H. W. Bush.)

On three occasions the oldest living president lost the distinction not by his death, but by the inauguration of a president who was older: Theodore Roosevelt (born 1858) to William Howard Taft (born 1857) in 1909; Taft to Woodrow Wilson (born 1856) in 1913 (though Taft later regained the honor, as he outlived Wilson); and Richard Nixon (born 1913) to Ronald Reagan (born 1911) in 1981.

Eleven presidents have held the distinction while in office. In the cases of George Washington, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Ronald Reagan this occurred upon their inauguration as they were older than their living predecessors (or, in Washington's case, had no predecessors). In the cases of John Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon, this happened at the same time as their becoming the only living president; in the cases of Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Harrison, the only other living president at the time was a younger predecessor, John Quincy Adams and Grover Cleveland respectively. By contrast, the president who acquired the distinction furthest from his time in office was Jimmy Carter, who had been retired for Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). when he became the oldest living president, upon the death of George H. W. Bush.

Note

* Green text and an asterisk mark the inauguration date of a president older than any living ex-president. Other dates are the deaths of the then-oldest president.

References

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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.

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President	Date range	Age at start	Age at end	Duration
George Washington	April 30, 1789* – December 14, 1799	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
John Adams	December 14, 1799 – July 4, 1826	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
James Madison	July 4, 1826 – June 28, 1836	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Andrew Jackson	June 28, 1836 – June 8, 1845	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
John Quincy Adams	June 8, 1845 – February 23, 1848	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Martin Van Buren	February 23, 1848 – July 24, 1862	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
James Buchanan	July 24, 1862 – June 1, 1868	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Millard Fillmore	June 1, 1868 – March 8, 1874	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Andrew Johnson	March 8, 1874 – July 31, 1875	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Ulysses S. Grant	July 31, 1875 – July 23, 1885	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Rutherford B. Hayes	July 23, 1885 – January 17, 1893	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Benjamin Harrison	January 17, 1893 – March 13, 1901	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Grover Cleveland	March 13, 1901 – June 24, 1908	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Theodore Roosevelt	June 24, 1908 – March 4, 1909*	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
William Howard Taft	March 4, 1909* – March 4, 1913*	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913* – February 3, 1924	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
William Howard Taft	February 3, 1924 – March 8, 1930	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Calvin Coolidge	March 8, 1930 – January 5, 1933	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Herbert Hoover	January 5, 1933 – October 20, 1964	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Harry S. Truman	October 20, 1964 – December 26, 1972	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Lyndon B. Johnson	December 26, 1972 – January 22, 1973	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Richard Nixon	January 22, 1973 – January 20, 1981*	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981* – June 5, 2004	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Gerald Ford	June 5, 2004 – December 26, 2006	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
George H. W. Bush	December 26, 2006 – November 30, 2018	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Jimmy Carter	November 30, 2018 – present	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).	(living)	Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
President	Date range	Age at start	Age at end	Time span