List of Vice Presidents of the United States by age
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This is a list of United States Vice Presidents by age. This table can be sorted to display United States Vice Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at inauguration is determined by the day a vice-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 Vice President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the Vice President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to June 15, 2013.
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Overview[edit]
The median age of accession is roughly 53 years and 6 months, which is how old John Adams was at his inauguration. The youngest vice president to assume office was John C. Breckinridge, at the age of 36 years, 47 days. The oldest vice president to assume office was Alben W. Barkley, at the age of 71 years, 57 days
The oldest living vice president is George H. W. Bush, born June 12, 1924 (aged 89 years, 3 days), who is also the oldest living president. The youngest living vice president is Al Gore, born March 31, 1948 (aged 65 years, 76 days). The incumbent vice president is Joe Biden, born November 20, 1942 (aged 70 years, 207 days).
The longest-lived vice president was John Nance Garner, who died at the age of 98 years, 350 days. The oldest-living vice president, George H. W. Bush, will tie Garner if he lives to May 27, 2023. The shortest-lived vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins, who died at the age of 50 years, 355 days.
Vice Presidents of the United States by age[edit]
| # |
Vice President |
Date of birth |
Date of inauguration |
Age at inauguration |
End of term | Length of retirement |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Adams | October 30, 1735 | April 21, 1789 | 53 years, 173 days | March 4, 1797 | 10,713 days | July 4, 1826 | 33,119 days (90 years, 247 days) |
| 2 | Thomas Jefferson | April 13, 1743 | March 4, 1797 | 53 years, 325 days | March 4, 1801 | 9,253 days | July 4, 1826 | 30,397 days (83 years, 82 days) |
| 3 | Aaron Burr | February 6, 1756 | March 4, 1801 | 45 years, 26 days | March 4, 1805 | 11,517 days | September 14, 1836 | 29,440 days (80 years, 221 days) |
| 4 | George Clinton | July 26, 1739 | March 4, 1805 | 65 years, 221 days | April 20, 1812 | N/A[1] | April 20, 1812 | 26,566 days (72 years, 269 days) |
| 5 | Elbridge Gerry | July 17, 1744 | March 4, 1813 | 68 years, 230 days | November 23, 1814 | N/A[1] | November 23, 1814 | 25,695 days (70 years, 129 days) |
| 6 | Daniel D. Tompkins | June 21, 1774 | March 4, 1817 | 42 years, 256 days | March 4, 1825 | 99 days | June 11, 1825 | 18,617 days (50 years, 355 days) |
| 7 | John C. Calhoun | March 18, 1782 | March 4, 1825 | 42 years, 351 days | December 28, 1832[2] | 6,302 days | March 31, 1850 | 24,849 days (68 years, 13 days) |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren | December 5, 1782 | March 4, 1833 | 50 years, 89 days | March 4, 1837 | 9,273 days | July 24, 1862 | 29,085 days (79 years, 231 days) |
| 9 | Richard M. Johnson | October 17, 1780 | March 4, 1837 | 56 years, 138 days | March 4, 1841 | 3,547 days | November 19, 1850 | 25,599 days (70 years, 33 days) |
| 10 | John Tyler | March 29, 1790 | March 4, 1841 | 50 years, 340 days | April 4, 1841[3] | 7,594 days | January 18, 1862 | 26,227 days (71 years, 295 days) |
| 11 | George M. Dallas | July 10, 1792 | March 4, 1845 | 52 years, 237 days | March 4, 1849 | 5,781 days | December 31, 1864 | 26,471 days (72 years, 174 days) |
| 12 | Millard Fillmore | January 7, 1800 | March 4, 1849 | 49 years, 56 days | July 9, 1850[3] | 8,643 days | March 8, 1874 | 27,088 days (74 years, 60 days) |
| 13 | William R. King | April 7, 1786 | March 4, 1853 | 66 years, 331 days | April 18, 1853 | N/A[1] | April 18, 1853 | 24,482 days (67 years, 11 days) |
| 14 | John C. Breckinridge | January 16, 1821 | March 4, 1857 | 36 years, 47 days | March 4, 1861 | 5,187 days | May 17, 1875 | 19,844 days (54 years, 121 days) |
| 15 | Hannibal Hamlin | August 27, 1809 | March 4, 1861 | 51 years, 189 days | March 4, 1865 | 9,618 days | July 4, 1891 | 29,896 days (81 years, 311 days) |
| 16 | Andrew Johnson | December 29, 1808 | March 4, 1865 | 56 years, 65 days | April 15, 1865[3] | 3,759 days | July 31, 1875 | 24,320 days (66 years, 214 days) |
| 17 | Schuyler Colfax | March 23, 1823 | March 4, 1869 | 45 years, 346 days | March 4, 1873 | 4,333 days | January 13, 1885 | 22,577 days (61 years, 296 days) |
| 18 | Henry Wilson | February 16, 1812 | March 4, 1873 | 61 years, 16 days | November 22, 1875 | N/A[1] | November 22, 1875 | 23,290 days (63 years, 279 days) |
| 19 | William A. Wheeler | June 30, 1819 | March 4, 1877 | 57 years, 247 days | March 4, 1881 | 2,283 days | June 4, 1887 | 24,811 days (67 years, 339 days) |
| 20 | Chester A. Arthur | October 5, 1829 | March 4, 1881 | 51 years, 150 days | September 19, 1881[3] | 1,886 days | November 18, 1886 | 20,863 days (57 years, 44 days) |
| 21 | Thomas A. Hendricks | September 7, 1819 | March 4, 1885 | 65 years, 178 days | November 25, 1885 | N/A[1] | November 25, 1885 | 24,186 days (66 years, 79 days) |
| 22 | Levi P. Morton | May 16, 1824 | March 4, 1889 | 64 years, 292 days | March 4, 1893 | 9,934 days | May 16, 1920 | 35,063 days (96 years, 0 days) |
| 23 | Adlai E. Stevenson | October 23, 1835 | March 4, 1893 | 57 years, 132 days | March 4, 1897 | 6,310 days | June 14, 1914 | 28,723 days (78 years, 234 days) |
| 24 | Garret Hobart | June 3, 1844 | March 4, 1897 | 52 years, 274 days | November 21, 1899 | N/A[1] | November 21, 1899 | 20,259 days (55 years, 171 days) |
| 25 | Theodore Roosevelt | October 27, 1858 | March 4, 1901 | 42 years, 128 days | September 14, 1901[3] | 6,323 days | January 6, 1919 | 21,985 days (60 years, 71 days) |
| 26 | Charles W. Fairbanks | May 11, 1852 | March 4, 1905 | 52 years, 297 days | March 4, 1909 | 3,379 days | June 4, 1918 | 24,129 days (66 years, 24 days) |
| 27 | James S. Sherman | October 24, 1855 | March 4, 1909 | 53 years, 131 days | October 30, 1912 | N/A[1] | October 30, 1912 | 20,825 days (57 years, 6 days) |
| 28 | Thomas R. Marshall | March 14, 1854 | March 4, 1913 | 58 years, 355 days | March 4, 1921 | 1,550 days | June 1, 1925 | 26,011 days (71 years, 79 days) |
| 29 | Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872 | March 4, 1921 | 48 years, 243 days | August 2, 1923[3] | 3,444 days | January 5, 1933 | 22,099 days (60 years, 185 days) |
| 30 | Charles G. Dawes | August 27, 1865 | March 4, 1925 | 59 years, 189 days | March 4, 1929 | 8,085 days | April 23, 1951 | 31,284 days (85 years, 239 days) |
| 31 | Charles Curtis | January 25, 1860 | March 4, 1929 | 69 years, 38 days | March 4, 1933 | 1,071 days | February 8, 1936 | 27,772 days (76 years, 14 days) |
| 32 | John Nance Garner | November 22, 1868 | March 4, 1933 | 64 years, 102 days | January 20, 1941 | 9,787 days | November 7, 1967 | 36,143 days (98 years, 350 days) |
| 33 | Henry A. Wallace | October 7, 1888 | January 20, 1941 | 52 years, 105 days | January 20, 1945 | 7,607 days | November 18, 1965 | 28,165 days (77 years, 42 days) |
| 34 | Harry S. Truman | May 8, 1884 | January 20, 1945 | 60 years, 257 days | April 12, 1945[3] | 10,120 days | December 26, 1972 | 32,373 days (88 years, 232 days) |
| 35 | Alben W. Barkley | November 24, 1877 | January 20, 1949 | 71 years, 57 days | January 20, 1953 | 1,196 days | April 30, 1956 | 28,646 days (78 years, 158 days) |
| 36 | Richard Nixon | January 9, 1913 | January 20, 1953 | 40 years, 11 days | January 20, 1961 | 12,145 days | April 22, 1994 | 29,688 days (81 years, 103 days) |
| 37 | Lyndon B. Johnson | August 27, 1908 | January 20, 1961 | 52 years, 146 days | November 22, 1963[3] | 3,349 days | January 22, 1973 | 23,524 days (64 years, 148 days) |
| 38 | Hubert Humphrey | May 27, 1911 | January 20, 1965 | 53 years, 238 days | January 20, 1969 | 3,280 days | January 13, 1978 | 24,338 days (66 years, 231 days) |
| 39 | Spiro Agnew | November 9, 1918 | January 20, 1969 | 50 years, 72 days | October 10, 1973[2] | 8,378 days | September 17, 1996 | 28,437 days (77 years, 313 days) |
| 40 | Gerald Ford | July 14, 1913 | December 6, 1973 | 60 years, 145 days | August 9, 1974[3] | 11,827 days | December 26, 2006 | 34,133 days (93 years, 165 days) |
| 41 | Nelson Rockefeller | July 8, 1908 | December 19, 1974 | 66 years, 164 days | January 20, 1977 | 736 days | January 26, 1979 | 25,769 days (70 years, 202 days) |
| 42 | Walter Mondale | January 5, 1928 | January 20, 1977 | 49 years, 15 days | January 20, 1981 | 11,834 days | 31,208 days (85 years, 161 days) | |
| 43 | George H. W. Bush | June 12, 1924 | January 20, 1981 | 56 years, 222 days | January 20, 1989 | 8,912 days | 32,510 days (89 years, 3 days) | |
| 44 | Dan Quayle | February 4, 1947 | January 20, 1989 | 41 years, 351 days | January 20, 1993 | 7,451 days | 24,238 days (66 years, 131 days) | |
| 45 | Al Gore | March 31, 1948 | January 20, 1993 | 44 years, 295 days | January 20, 2001 | 4,529 days | 23,817 days (65 years, 76 days) | |
| 46 | Dick Cheney | January 30, 1941 | January 20, 2001 | 59 years, 356 days | January 20, 2009 | 1,607 days | 26,434 days (72 years, 136 days) | |
| 47 | Joe Biden | November 20, 1942 | January 20, 2009 | 66 years, 61 days | Incumbent | 25,775 days (70 years, 207 days) | ||
| # | Vice President | Date of birth | Date of inauguration |
Age at inauguration |
End of term | Length of retirement |
Date of death | Lifespan |
List of VPOTUS by order of their death including cause and place of death, and interment[edit]
Years with multiple deaths[edit]
- In 1826, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day. Their deaths also mark the only time that two former Presidents died on the same day and in the same year
- In 1850, John C. Calhoun and Richard M. Johnson died.
- In 1862, John Tyler and Martin Van Buren died.
- In 1875, John C. Breckinridge, Andrew Johnson, and Henry Wilson died.
- In 1885, Schuyler Colfax and Thomas A. Hendricks died.
- Although they died in different years, both Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson died less than a month apart. Truman died in December 1972, Johnson in January 1973.
Widowed vice-presidents[edit]
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died in 1826. Their wives Abigail Adams and Martha Jefferson died in 1818 and 1782, respectively.
- Aaron Burr died in 1836. His wife died before his vice-presidency
- George Clinton died in 1812. His wife died before his vice-presidency
- Martin Van Buren died in 1862. His wife Hannah Van Buren died in 1819
- John Tyler died in 1862. His wife Letitia Christian Tyler died in 1842. However, he remarried to Julia Gardiner Tyler. She died in 1889.
- Millard Fillmore died in 1874. His wife Abigail Fillmore died in 1853. However, he remarried to Caroline C. Fillmore. She died in 1881.
- Henry Wilson, William A. Wheeler and Chester A. Arthur's wives died before their vice-presidencies
- Levi P. Morton died in 1920. His wife Anna Morton died in 1918
- Adlai Stevenson I died in 1914. His wife Letitia Stevenson died in 1913
- Charles W. Fairbanks died in 1918. His wife Cornelia Cole Fairbanks died in 1913
- Charles Curtis died in 1936. His wife Annie Elizabeth Baird Curtis died in 1924
- John Nance Garner died in 1967. His wife Mariette Rheiner Garner had died in 1948
- Alben W. Barkley's first wife died before he took office. Although he remarried to Jane Hadley Barkley while in office. She died in 1964.
- Richard Nixon died in 1994. His wife Pat Nixon died in 1993.
Deaths by Century[edit]
- 19th century: 1st, George Clinton; last, Garret Hobart
- 20th century: 1st, James Sherman; last, Spiro Agnew
- 21st century: 1st, Gerald Ford; most recent, Gerald Ford
- 22 vice presidents died in the 19th century.
- 18 vice presidents died in the 20th century.
- 1 vice president died in the 21st century.
Trivia[edit]
- There are 5 days of the calendar year with more than one vice-presidential death
- On January 13, both Schuyler Colfax and Hubert Humphrey died
- On June 4, both Charles W. Fairbanks and William A. Wheeler died
- On July 4, John Adams, Hannibal Hamlin and Thomas Jefferson died
- On November 18, both Chester A. Arthur and Henry A. Wallace died
- On December 26, both Gerald Ford and Harry S. Truman died
- Calvin Coolidge died earliest in the calendar year, on January 5. George M. Dallas died latest in the calendar year, on December 31.
- The month with the most vice-presidential deaths - eight - is November.
- Only one vice president - Charles Curtis - died in February; also, only one vice-president - James S. Sherman - died in October.
- No vice-president has died in August.
- Between the deaths of George Clinton in 1812 and Gerald Ford in 2006, a vice president died every decade except for the 1840s, 1900s, 1940s and 1980s.
- George H. W. Bush is currently both the oldest living President and Vice-President of the United States
Notes and references[edit]
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