Oldest living United States president

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This article lists who was oldest living U.S. President, former or current, at any given time.

The table lists the length of time the president was the oldest.

Then-current President George H. W. Bush (center) in 1991 with his living predecessors (from left to right): Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter.
Herbert Hoover was the oldest living U.S. President for 31 years, making him the person who held the status for the longest time.
Lyndon Baines Johnson was the oldest living U.S. President for 27 days, making him the person who held the status for the shortest time.
Then-current President George W. Bush and then-President elect Barack Obama (3rd and 2nd from left) in January 2009 with their living predecessors (from left to right): George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
President Lifespan
(Age at death)		 Period as oldest living president Duration
(full months)
George Washington 1732–1799
(67 years, 295 days)		 April 30, 1789 – December 14, 1799 10 years, 7 months
John Adams 1735–1826
(90 years, 247 days)		 December 14, 1799 – July 4, 1826 26 years, 6 months
James Madison 1751–1836
(85 years, 93 days)		 July 4, 1826 – June 28, 1836 9 years, 11 months
Andrew Jackson 1767–1845
(78 years, 85 days)		 June 28, 1836 – June 8, 1845 8 years, 11 months
John Quincy Adams 1767–1848
(80 years, 227 days)		 June 8, 1845 – February 23, 1848 2 years, 7 months
Martin Van Buren 1782–1862
(79 years, 231 days)		 February 23, 1848 – July 24, 1862 14 years, 5 months
James Buchanan 1791–1868
(77 years, 39 days)		 July 24, 1862 – June 1, 1868 5 years, 10 months
Millard Fillmore 1800–1874
(74 years, 60 days)		 June 1, 1868 – March 8, 1874 5 years, 9 months
Andrew Johnson 1808–1875
(66 years, 214 days)		 March 8, 1874 – July 31, 1875 1 year, 4 months
Ulysses S. Grant 1822–1885
(63 years, 87 days)		 July 31, 1875 – July 23, 1885 9 years, 11 months
Rutherford B. Hayes 1822–1893
(70 years, 105d)		 July 23, 1885 – January 17, 1893 7 years, 5 months
Benjamin Harrison 1833–1901
(67 years, 205 days)		 January 17, 1893 – March 13, 1901 8 years, 1 months
Grover Cleveland 1837–1908
(71 years, 98 days)		 March 13, 1901 – June 24, 1908 7 years, 3 months
Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919
(60 years, 71 days)		 June 24, 1908 – March 4, 1909[1] 8 months
William Howard Taft 1857–1930
(72 years, 174 days)		 March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913[1] 4 years
Woodrow Wilson 1856–1924
(67 years, 37 days)		 March 4, 1913 – February 3, 1924 10 years, 11 months
William Howard Taft 1857–1930
(72 years, 174 days)		 February 3, 1924 – March 8, 1930 6 years, 1 month
Calvin Coolidge 1872–1933
(60 years, 186 days)		 March 8, 1930 – January 5, 1933 2 years, 9 months
Herbert Hoover 1874–1964
(90 years, 71 days)		 January 5, 1933 – October 20, 1964 31 years, 9 months
Harry S. Truman 1884–1972
(88 years, 232 days)		 October 20, 1964 – December 26, 1972 8 years, 2 months
Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–1973
(64 years, 148 days)		 December 26, 1972 – January 22, 1973 27 days
Richard M. Nixon 1913–1994
(81 years, 103 days)		 January 22, 1973 – January 20, 1981[1] 7 years, 11 months
Ronald Reagan 1911–2004
(93 years, 120 days)		 January 20, 1981 – June 5, 2004 23 years, 4 months
Gerald R. Ford 1913–2006
(93 years, 165 days)		 June 5, 2004 – December 26, 2006 2 years, 6 months
George H. W. Bush 1924–present
(&1000000000000008700000087 years, &10000000000000263000000263 days)		 December 26, 2006–present 5 years, 2 months

Including the currently oldest living President, the order of age of the remaining living Presidents is:

  1. George H. W. Bush, &1000000000000008700000087 years, &10000000000000263000000263 days (born June 12, 1924(1924-06-12))
  2. Jimmy Carter, &1000000000000008700000087 years, &10000000000000152000000152 days (born October 1, 1924(1924-10-01))
  3. George W. Bush, &1000000000000006500000065 years, &10000000000000239000000239 days (born July 6, 1946(1946-07-06))
  4. Bill Clinton, &1000000000000006500000065 years, &10000000000000195000000195 days (born August 19, 1946(1946-08-19))
  5. Barack Obama, &1000000000000005000000050 years, &10000000000000210000000210 days (born August 4, 1961(1961-08-04))

[edit] Additional information

  • A president can lose his status as the oldest living President either upon death or by an older person succeeding to the Presidency. The latter has happened to Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Richard Nixon upon the inauguration of Presidents Taft (1909), Wilson (1913) and Reagan (1981) respectively. Nixon was the only person who lost his status as the oldest living President not by a direct successor. Taft was the only one to regain the status as oldest living President, upon former President Wilson's death in 1924.
  • The status of oldest living President was held longest by Herbert Hoover, from the death of former President Coolidge on January 5, 1933 to his own death on October 20, 1964, a span of &1000000000000003100000031 years, &10000000000000289000000289 days, and shortest by Lyndon B. Johnson, from the death of former President Truman on December 26, 1972, to his own death on January 22, 1973, a span of 27 days.
  • There have been six instances when the sitting United States President was the only living President (No former presidents alive):
  1. George Washington (1789–1797, as the first President)
  2. John Adams (1799–1801, following Washington's death)
  3. Ulysses S. Grant (1875–1877, following Andrew Johnson's death)
  4. Theodore Roosevelt (1908–1909, following Grover Cleveland's death)
  5. Herbert Hoover (1933, following Calvin Coolidge's death)
  6. Richard Nixon (1973–1974, following Lyndon B. Johnson's death)
  • The greatest number of concurrently living presidents(including the incumbent president. Note that the last president in the list is the incumbent president of that time) is six, which has happened at three periods:
  1. Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln from March 4, 1861 (Lincoln's inauguration) to January 18, 1862 (Tyler's death)
  2. Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton from January 20, 1993 (Clinton's inauguration) to April 22, 1994 (Nixon's death)
  3. Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from January 20, 2001 (George W. Bush's inauguration) to June 5, 2004 (Reagan's death).
  • No sitting or former Presidents died during the twenty-one years from 1973–1994.
  • The President with the longest lifespan was Gerald Ford, who lived &1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000165000000165 days, followed by Ronald Reagan at &1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000120000000120 days.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ceased to be the oldest living president when an older President was inaugurated.

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