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Oldest & youngest U.S. Presidents and Vice PresidentsTOP TEN LIST of U.S. PRESIDENTIAL LONGEVITY 1. Gerald R. Ford: 34,133 days old on 26 Dec 2006 2. Ronald Reagan: 34,088 days old on 5 Jun 2004 3. George H. W. Bush: 33,119 days old on 14 Feb 2015 (living) 4. John Adams: 33,119 days old on 4 Jul 1826 5. Jimmy Carter: 33,008 days old on 14 Feb 2015 (living) 6. Herbert Hoover: 32,943 days old on 20 Oct 1964 7. Harry S. Truman: 32,373 days old on 26 Dec 1972 8. James Madison: 31,150 days old on 28 Jun 1836 9. Thomas Jefferson: 30,397 days old on 4 Jul 1826 10. Richard M. Nixon: 29,688 days old on 22 Apr 1994
TOP TEN LIST of U.S. VICE-PRESIDENTIAL LONGEVITY 1. John Nance Garner IV: 36,143 days old on 7 Nov 1967 2. Levi P. Morton: 35,063 days old on 16 May 1920 3. Gerald R. Ford: 34,133 days old on 26 Dec 2006 4. George H. W. Bush: 33,119 days old on 14 Feb 2015 (living) 5. John Adams: 33,119 days old on 4 Jul 1826 6. Harry S. Truman: 32,373 days old on 26 Dec 1972 7. Walter F. Mondale: 31,817 days old on 14 Feb 2015 (living) 8. Charles G. Dawes: 31,284 days old on 23 Apr 1951 9. Thomas Jefferson: 30,397 days old on 4 Jul 1826 10. Hannibal Hamlin: 29,896 days old on 4 Jul 1891
TOP TEN LIST of OLDEST SITTING U.S. PRESIDENTS 1. Ronald Reagan: 28,473 days old on 20 Jan 1989 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: 25,665 days old on 20 Jan 1961 3. Andrew Jackson: 25,555 days old on 3 Mar 1837 4. James Buchanan: 25,516 days old on 3 Mar 1861 5. Harry S. Truman: 25,093 days old on 20 Jan 1953 6. George H. W. Bush: 25,059 days old on 20 Jan 1993 7. William Henry Harrison: 24,890 days old on 4 Apr 1841 8. James Monroe: 24,415 days old on 3 Mar 1825 9. James Madison: 24,093 days old on 3 Mar 1817 10. Thomas Jefferson: 24,065 days old on 3 Mar 1809
TOP TEN LIST of OLDEST SITTING U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS 1. Alben W. Barkley: 27,450 days old on 20 Jan 1953 2. Charles Curtis: 26,700 days old on 3 Mar 1933 3. George Clinton: 26,566 days old on 20 Apr 1812 4. Joe Biden: 26,356 days old on 17 Jan 2015 (incumbent) 5. John Nance Garner IV: 26,356 days old on 20 Jan 1941 6. Elbridge Gerry: 25,695 days old on 23 Nov 1814 7. Levi P. Morton: 25,128 days old on 3 Mar 1893 8. Nelson Rockefeller: 25,033 days old on 20 Jan 1977 9. Dick Cheney: 24,827 days old on 20 Jan 2009 10. William R. King: 24,482 days old on 18 Apr 1853
TOP TEN LIST of YOUNGEST U.S. PRESIDENTS 1. Theodore Roosevelt: 15,662 days old on 14 Sep 1901 2. John F. Kennedy: 15,942 days old on 20 Jan 1961 3. Bill Clinton: 16,956 days old on 20 Jan 1993 4. Ulysses S. Grant: 17,113 days old on 4 Mar 1869 5. Barack Obama: 17,336 days old on 20 Jan 2009 6. Grover Cleveland: 17,518 days old on 4 Mar 1885 7. Franklin Pierce: 17,633 days old on 4 Mar 1853 8. James A. Garfield: 18,003 days old on 4 Mar 1881 9. James K. Polk: 18,019 days old on 4 Mar 1845 10. Millard Fillmore: 18,445 days old on 9 Jul 1850
TOP TEN LIST of YOUNGEST U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS 1. John C. Breckinridge: 13,196 days old on 4 Mar 1857 2. Richard M. Nixon: 14,621 days old on 20 Jan 1953 3. Dan Quayle: 15,326 days old on 20 Jan 1989 4. Theodore Roosevelt: 15,468 days old on 4 Mar 1901 5. Daniel D. Tompkins: 15,596 days old on 4 Mar 1817 6. John C. Calhoun: 15,691 days old on 4 Mar 1825 7. Al Gore: 16,366 days old on 20 Jan 1993 8. Aaron Burr: 16,462 days old on 4 Mar 1801 9. Schuyler Colfax: 16,783 days old on 4 Mar 1869 10. Calvin Coolidge: 17,774 days old on 4 Mar 1921
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