U.S. Presidents Listed From Oldest to Youngest (+ Trump Becomes Oldest Incumbent President)
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The start of the 2024 presidential election—Trump vs. Biden—undoubtedly carried an undercurrent of uncertainty regarding both candidates’ ages and abilities. From stalling on stage to rambling rants, citizens and political commentators couldn’t help but notice what seemed to be cognitive declines.
While 35 is the minimum age to qualify for U.S. presidency, there is no maximum. 19 inaugurations have involved presidents in their 60s and just four have involved presidents in their 70s. The median age for U.S. presidents on their first day in office is 55, according to Pew Research.
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As for the president who lived the longest, Jimmy Carter held the record. Carter, the nation’s 39th president, celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1, 2024. He passed away on December 29, 2024.
Below is a list of all of the U.S. presidents and their ages (at the end of their term), ranked from oldest to youngest (as reported by CBS News):
Donald Trump (will be 82 at the end of his current term—closer to 83 than Biden was at the end of his term)
Joe Biden (82)
Ronald Reagan, 77
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 70
Andrew Jackson, 69
James Buchanan, 69
William Henry Harrison, 68
Harry S. Truman, 68
George H. W. Bush, 68
James Monroe, 66
George Washington, 65
John Adams, 65
Thomas Jefferson, 65
James Madison, 65
Zachary Taylor, 65
Woodrow Wilson, 64
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 63
Gerald Ford, 63
George W. Bush, 62
John Quincy Adams, 61
Richard Nixon, 61
Andrew Johnson, 60
Lyndon B. Johnson, 60
Benjamin Harrison, 59
Grover Cleveland, 59
Martin Van Buren, 58
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 58
William McKinley, 58
Herbert Hoover, 58
Warren G. Harding, 57
Abraham Lincoln, 56
Calvin Coolidge, 56
Jimmy Carter, 56
Chester A. Arthur, 55
William Howard Taft, 55
Barack Obama, 55
John Tyler, 54
Ulysses S. Grant, 54
Bill Clinton, 54
James Knox Polk, 53
Millard Fillmore, 53
Franklin Pierce, 52
Grover Cleveland, 51
Theodore Roosevelt, 50
James A. Garfield, 49
John F. Kennedy, 46
On January 20, 2025—Inauguration Day—Donald Trump became the oldest president at 78 years old. He is preceded by Joe Biden.
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