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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 the age of 78. [1] [3]
Age at inauguration: 68 years, 23 days Age at end of term: 68 years, 34 days Lifespan after presidency: Died in office of pneumonia, making his 32-day tenure the shortest in U.S. presidential history
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The youngest living vice president is the incumbent, Kamala Harris, born on October 20, 1964 (age 59 years, 354 days). The shortest-lived vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins, who died at the age of 50 years, 355 days, only 99 days after leaving office. The longest-lived was John Nance Garner, who died on November 7, 1967, at the age of 98 ...
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday. A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1.
1 Age at inauguration. 2 Longevity. Toggle the table of contents. List of presidents by age. ... List of presidents by age may refer to: Age at inauguration
The first inauguration of George Washington took place on April 30, 1789. All subsequent public inaugurations from 1793 until 1933 were held on March 4, except in 1821, 1849, 1877, and 1917, when March 4 fell on a Sunday and the public inauguration ceremony took place on Monday, March 5.
This was the 52nd inauguration and marked the commencement of the first term of Bill Clinton as president and Al Gore as vice president. [1] At 46 years, 154 days of age at the time of his first inauguration, Clinton was the third-youngest person to become president, and the first from the Baby Boomer generation.