Meet the oldest US presidents in history

President Joe Biden is the oldest president to date. He also seeks a second term in office. He will be 81 in November and if he wins, he would be 86 by the end of his second consecutive term.

After losing the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump the 2024 presidential polls. If he wins, he will be 78 at inauguration and 82 at the end of his second term.

Ronald Reagan, the celebrity-turned-president, served two presidential terms from 1981 to 1989. He was 77 when he left the office.

US president William Henry Harrison, who was sworn into office in March 1841, succumbed to pneumonia at the age of 68 on 4 April of the same year. He holds the record for being the shortest-serving president and the first to die in office.

James Buchanan was elected to the White in 1857 at the age of 65. He was the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor. He left the White House in 1861 at 69.

President George HW Bush (64) led the country from 1989 to 1993. He left office at the age of 68 years.

Zachary Taylor was 64 years and 100 years old when he took charge of the office in March 1849. The 12th president died from acute gastroenteritis just over a year later in July 1850.

After a successful military career, Dwight D Eisenhower took charge of the country on 20 January 1953 at the age of 62. His presidency ended in 1961 at the age of 70 years.

On 4 March 1829, a 61-year-old Andrew Jackson became the country’s seventh president. He left the top job in 1837 at the age of 69 years.

John Adams, a leader of the American Revolution, served as US' second president from 1797 to 1801. He was 61 years of age when he came to power. He later retired to his farm in Quincy.

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