Who was the oldest president to be elected?
DONALD Trump is among the small handful of men who were elected as US president over the age of 65.
He joins Ronald Reagan, William Henry Harrison, and James Buchanan as the oldest presidents in history to ever serve as America's commander-in-chief. But who's the oldest to ever be elected?
Who was the oldest president to be elected?
was the oldest person elected president when he was inaugurated in 2017 at 70 years and 220 days old.
If voters to reelect the president in November, he'd break his own record again at the age of 74.
On average, US presidents are sworn in at 55 years old.
Who was the youngest president to be elected?
President John F. Kennedy became the youngest person elected as commander-in-chief at 43 years old at inauguration day in 1961.
Kennedy announced his candidacy for president at 42 and won the 1960 election against Richard Nixon after 11 months of campaigning.
The youngest person to assume the presidency was Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded the White House at 42 years and 322 days old after the assassination of William McKinley.
How old was Ronald Reagan when he was elected president?
Regan was the eldest person to assume the presidency at 69 years and 349 years old on his first inauguration in 1981.
He held the distinction until Trump's inauguration in 2017.
Reagan was the oldest president at the time he left office at the age of 77 in 1989, when he was just 22 days shy from turning 78.
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Will Biden be the oldest president ever elected?
Former vice president would be the oldest sitting president if elected in 2020.
The Democrat would be 78 years and 61 days old on inauguration day in 2021 - eight years older than Trump was when he was sworn in.
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