Earliest living United States president
This is a chronology of who was the earliest serving living U.S. president, former or current, at any given time. In other words, this page lists the living president that served longest ago.
Date of becoming |
Date of death |
President |
term(s)/lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
term(s) |
lifespan |
April 30, 1789 |
December 14, 1799 |
December 14, 1799 |
July 4, 1826 |
John Adams |
(1797-1801) |
July 4, 1826 |
June 28, 1836 |
James Madison |
(1809-1817) |
June 28, 1836 |
February 23, 1848 |
John Quincy Adams |
(1825-1829) |
February 23, 1848 |
July 24, 1862 |
Martin Van Buren |
(1837-1841) |
July 24, 1862 |
March 8, 1874 |
Millard Fillmore |
(1850-1853) |
March 8, 1874 |
July 31, 1875 |
Andrew Johnson |
(1865-1869) |
July 31, 1875 |
July 23, 1885 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
(1869-1877) |
July 23, 1885 |
January 17, 1893 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
(1877-1881) |
January 17, 1893 |
June 24, 1908 |
Grover Cleveland |
(1885-1889), (1893-1897) |
June 24, 1908 |
January 6, 1919 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
(1901-1909) |
January 6, 1919 |
March 8, 1930 |
William Howard Taft |
(1909-1913) |
March 8, 1930 |
January 5, 1933 |
Calvin Coolidge |
(1923-1929) |
January 5, 1933 |
October 20, 1964 |
Herbert Hoover |
(1929-1933) |
October 20, 1964 |
December 26, 1972 |
Harry S. Truman |
(1945-1953) |
December 26, 1972 |
January 22, 1973 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
(1963-1969) |
January 22, 1973 |
April 22, 1994 |
Richard Nixon |
(1969-1974) |
April 22, 1994 |
December 26, 2006 |
Gerald Ford |
(1974-1977) |
December 26, 2006 |
Jimmy Carter |
(1977-1981) |
See also
- List of United States Presidents by longevity
- List of United States Presidents by time as former president