Oldest Presidents
editNo. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Vice Oldest President |
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1 | George Washington (1732–1799) | April 30, 1789 | December 14, 1799 | 10 years, 228 days | Office Vacant (1789-1797)
—— John Adams | |
2 | John Adams (1735–1826) | December 14, 1799 | July 4, 1826 | 26 years, 202 days | Office Vacant (1799-1801)
—— Thomas Jefferson | |
3 | James Madison (1751–1836) | July 14, 1826 | June 28, 1836 | 9 years, 360 days | James Monroe
—— John Quincy Adams | |
4 | John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) | June 28, 1836 | February 23, 1848 | 11 years, 240 days | Andrew Jackson
—— Martin Van Buren | |
5 | Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) | February 23, 1848 | July 24, 1862 | 14 years, 151 days | John Tyler
—— Millard Fillmore | |
6 | Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) | July 24, 1862 | March 8, 1874 | 11 years, 227 days | Franklin Pierce
—— Andrew Johnson | |
7 | Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) | March 8, 1874 | July 31, 1875 | 1 year, 145 days | Ulysses S. Grant | |
8 | Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) | July 31, 1875 | July 23, 1885 | 9 years, 357 days | Office Vacant (1875-1877)
—— Rutherford B. Hayes | |
9 | Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) | July 23, 1885 | January 17, 1893 | 7 years, 178 days | Chester A. Arthur
—— Grover Cleveland | |
10 | Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) | January 17, 1893 | June 24, 1908 | 15 years, 159 days | Benjamin Harrison
—— William McKinley —— Theodore Roosevelt | |
11 | Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) | June 24, 1908 | January 6, 1919 | 10 years, 196 days | Office Vacant (1908-1909)
—— William Howard Taft | |
12 | William Howard Taft (1857–1930) | January 6, 1919 | March 8, 1930 | 11 years, 61 days | Woodrow Wilson
—— Calvin Coolidge | |
13 | Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) | March 8, 1930 | January 5, 1933 | 2 years, 303 days | Herbert Hoover | |
14 | Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) | January 5, 1933 | October 20, 1964 | 31 years, 289 days | Office Vacant (1933)
—— Franklin D. Roosevelt —— Harry S. Truman | |
15 | Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) | October 20, 1964 | December 26, 1972 | 8 years, 67 days | Dwight D. Eisenhower
—— Lyndon B. Johnson | |
16 | Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) | December 26, 1972 | January 22, 1973 | 27 days | Richard Nixon | |
17 | Richard Nixon (1913–1994) | January 22, 1973 | April 22, 1994 | 21 years, 90 days | Office Vacant (1973-1974)
—— Gerald Ford | |
18 | Gerald Ford (1913–2006) | April 22, 1994 | December 26, 2006 | 12 years, 248 days | Jimmy Carter | |
19 | Jimmy Carter (born 1924) | December 26, 2006 | Incumbent | 17 years, 343 days | George H. W. Bush
—— Bill Clinton |