List of United States Presidents by longevity

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Gerald Ford, the longest lived President in US History.

46 years 177 days John Kennedy died youngest of all Presidents.

James Polk was the shortest lived President not to be assassinated.

This is a list of U.S. Presidents by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to December 4, 2006.^[1]

Two measures of the longevity are given - this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; the second column breaks this number down into years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday.

Rank	President	Date of birth	Date of death	Longevity
				days	years/days
1	Gerald Ford	July 14, 1913		34,111	93y 144d
2	Ronald Reagan	February 6, 1911	June 5, 2004	34,088	93y 120d
3	John Adams	October 30, 1735	July 4, 1826	33,108	90y 247d
4	Herbert Hoover	August 10, 1874	October 20, 1964	32,943	90y 71d
5	Harry Truman	May 8, 1884	December 26, 1972	32,373	88y 232d
6	James Madison	March 16, 1751	June 28, 1836	31,139	85y 104d
7	Thomas Jefferson	April 13, 1743	July 4, 1826	30,386	83y 82d
8	George H. W. Bush	June 12, 1924		30,114	82y 173d
9	Jimmy Carter	October 1, 1924		30,002	82y 61d
10	Richard Nixon	January 9, 1913	April 22, 1994	29,688	81y 103d
11	John Quincy Adams	July 11, 1767	February 23, 1848	29,446	80y 227d
12	Martin Van Buren	December 5, 1782	July 24, 1862	29,085	79y 231d
13	Dwight Eisenhower	October 14, 1890	March 28, 1969	28,654	78y 165d
14	Andrew Jackson	March 15, 1767	June 8, 1845	28,574	78y 85d
15	James Buchanan	April 23, 1791	June 1, 1868	28,163	77y 39d
16	Millard Fillmore	January 7, 1800	March 8, 1874	27,088	74y 60d
17	James Monroe	April 28, 1758	July 4, 1831	26,729	73y 67d
18	William Taft	September 15, 1857	March 8, 1930	26,471	72y 174d
19	John Tyler	March 29, 1790	January 18, 1862	26,227	71y 295d
20	Grover Cleveland	March 18, 1837	June 24, 1908	26,030	71y 98d
21	Rutherford Hayes	October 4, 1822	January 17, 1893	25,673	70y 105d
22	William Harrison^	February 9, 1773	April 4, 1841	24,890	68y 54d
23	George Washington	February 22, 1732	December 14, 1799	24,756	67y 295d
24	Benjamin Harrison	August 20, 1833	March 13, 1901	24,676	67y 205d
25	Woodrow Wilson	December 28, 1856	February 3, 1924	24,507	67y 37d
26	Andrew Johnson	December 29, 1808	July 31, 1875	24,320	66y 214d
27	Zachary Taylor^	November 24, 1784	July 9, 1850	23,967	65y 227d
28	Franklin Pierce	November 23, 1804	October 8, 1869	23,695	64y 319d
29	Lyndon Johnson	August 27, 1908	January 22, 1973	23,524	64y 148d
30	Ulysses Grant	April 27, 1822	July 23, 1885	23,098	63y 87d
31	Franklin Roosevelt^	January 30, 1882	April 12, 1945	23,082	63y 72d
32	Calvin Coolidge	July 4, 1872	January 5, 1933	22,099	60y 185d
33	George W. Bush	July 6, 1946		22,065	60y 147d
34	Bill Clinton	August 19, 1946		22,019	60y 101d
35	Theodore Roosevelt	October 27, 1858	January 6, 1919	21,985	60y 71d
36	William McKinley^	January 29, 1843	September 14, 1901	21,412	58y 228d
37	Warren Harding^	November 2, 1865	August 2, 1923	21,091	57y 273d
38	Chester Arthur	October 5, 1829	November 18, 1886	20,863	57y 44d
39	Abraham Lincoln^	February 12, 1809	April 15, 1865	20,516	56y 62d
40	James Polk	November 2, 1795	June 15, 1849	19,583	53y 225d
41	James Garfield^	November 19, 1831	September 19, 1881	18,202	49y 304d
42	John Kennedy^	May 29, 1917	November 22, 1963	16,978	46y 177d

^ indicates that this president died while in office.

1. ^ It is anticipated that this article be updated on the first day of each month.

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