The honors go to Ronald Regan, who was also the oldest President elected, at the age of 69. Regan, who was born February 6, 1911, served two terms in office from 1981-1989. He was less than one month shy of his 78th birthday when succeeded by George H. W. Bush.
Most people believe Jimmy Carter is the oldest surviving U.S. President at 86 years (in 2010), but George H. W. Bush is actually older by 111 days.
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Washington was older than Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, the others who can be considered founding fathers, but Adams was older when he took office than Washington had been.
Just the opposite. At the time, he was the oldest president ever elected.
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He was the 44th US President: Elected to office Tuesday, November 8th, 1960, Sworn into office at 12:51 pm Eastern Standard Time, on Friday, January 20th, 1961, Assassinated in office at 12:30 pm Central Standard Time, on Friday, November 22nd, 1963. He served in office as our 44th president for 1036 days.
Harry Truman, who has been the all-time 7th oldest former U.S. President since May 20, 2013 and the all-time 6th oldest former U.S. Vice President since January 30, 2013, died on December 26, 1972 at the age of 88 years and 232 days.