who was the youngest president to be elected into office?
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The youngest person to assume the presidency was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at the age of 42 years, 322 days, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was 43 years, 236 days, at his inauguration.
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He Could Be a Teenager There's no official age requirement for the post. The youngest pope to be elected in Vatican history is Pope John XII, who is believed to have been 18-years-old when he ascended to the papacy in 955.
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The youngest President to assume office was Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who was inaugurated at the age of 64 years, 67 days. The oldest President to assume office was K. R. Narayanan, who was inaugurated at the age of 77. The longest-lived president was Ramaswamy Venkataraman, who died at the age of 98 years, 54 days.
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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States in 1841. He died of typhoid, pneumonia or paratyphoid fever 31 days into his term (the shortest tenure), becoming the first president to die in office.
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He remains the youngest person to become President of the United States. Roosevelt was a leader of the progressive movement, and he championed his "Square Deal" domestic policies, promising the average citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs.
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The youngest living president is Barack Obama, born August 4, 1961 (age 58 years, 351 days).
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Over 50% of presidents were either first-born or second-born. Seven presidents were the youngest in their birth order. James Madison had more siblings than any other president - 11. Although there were no only-children, three presidents only had one sibling - Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D.
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Elected President The 1788–89 United States presidential election was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788 to Saturday, January 10, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788.
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['Jimmy Carter. (1977–1981) BornOctober 1, 1924. (age 95 years, 293 days)', 'Donald Trump. (2017–present) BornJune 14, 1946. (age 74 years, 36 days)', 'George W. Bush. (2001–2009) BornJuly 6, 1946. ... ', 'Bill Clinton. (1993–2001) BornAugust 19, 1946. ... ', 'Barack Obama. (2009–2017) BornAugust 4, 1961.']
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Unlike the seven men who preceded him in the White House, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was the first president to be born a citizen of the United States and not a British subject.
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James Madison, the shortest President, was 5 ft 4 in (163 cm).
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5 presidents had never been elected to public office before becoming president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. Most of these had, however, been appointed to several prominent offices.
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837) and the first Democratic President.
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The oldest at the time of leaving office was Ronald Reagan (77 years, 349 days). The president born after the greatest number of his successors is John F. Kennedy.
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Since 1900, the youngest serving state leader has been 192-day-old Fuad II, King of Egypt (left), while the oldest has been 96-year-old Hastings Banda, President of Malawi (right).
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Elected President The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876, in which Republican nominee Rutherford B. Hayes faced Democrat Samuel J. Tilden.
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William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.