Dot range plot showing U.S. presidents’ age at start and end of presidency.
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Age at start
Age at end
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
57
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
68
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
69
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
46
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
42
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
43
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
77
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
47
Donald Trump
74
74
Joe Biden
82
82
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60
80
Age at start
Age at end
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
57
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
68
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
69
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
46
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
42
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
43
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
77
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
47
Donald Trump
74
74
Joe Biden
82
82
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60
70
80
Age at start
Age at end
George Washington
John Adams
57
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Harrison, 68, was the oldest president at inauguration
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
69
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
46
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
T. Roosevelt was the youngest at 42 during his first inauguration
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
43
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
77
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Biden will be 82 at the end of his term, making him the oldest president
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
47
Barack Obama
74
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
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60
70
80
Age at start
George Washington
Age at end
John Adams
57
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Harrison, 68, was the oldest president at inauguration
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
69
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
46
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
T. Roosevelt was the youngest at 42 during his first inauguration
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
43
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
77
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Biden will be 82 at the end
of his term, making him the
oldest president
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
47
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
74
Joe Biden