Talk:Oldest living United States governor

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Hello, I recently have done some reasearch on the governors on longevity of them. I have compiled a not complete but rough draft of the governors who generally have lived relatively long lives (90 years and older). I hope it helps with filling in some of the blanks--Thomas 23:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

  • William Clements April 17 1917 90 Texas
  • John Anderson May 8 1917 90 Kansas
  • William Scranton July 19 1917 90 Pennsylvania
  • Edgar D Whitcomb November 6 1917 90 Indiana
  • Raul Castro June 12 1916 91 Arizona
  • Russell Petterson October 3 1916 91 Deleware
  • Arthur Link May 24 1914 93 North Dakota
  • Robert E Smylie October 31 1914 July 17 2004 Idaho
  • Robert Stafford August 8 1913 December 23 2006 Vermont
  • Calvin Rampton November 6 1913 93 Utah
  • Preston Smith March 8 1912 October 18 2003 Texas
  • Sidney McMath June 14 1912 October 4 2003 Arkansas
  • Edwin Mechem July 2 1912 November 27 2002 New Mexico
  • Clifford Hansen October 6 1912 94 Wyoming
  • Ronald Reagan February 6 1911 June 5 2004 California
  • William Avery August 11 1911 95 Kansas
  • William E Barron December 8 1911 November 12 2002 West Virginia
  • Albert Rosellini January 21 1910 97 Washington
  • Elbert N Carvel February 9 1910 February 6 2005 Deleware
  • Elmer Anderson June 17 1909 November 15 2004 Minnesota
  • James Rhodes September 13 1909 March 4 2001 Ohio-2
  • Leo Hoegh March 30 1908 July 15 2000 Iowa
  • Paul Fanin January 29 1907 January 13 2002 Arizona
  • John O Pastore March 17 1907 July 15 2000 Rhode Island
  • Harold Stassen April 13 1907 March 4 2001 Minnesota
  • Donald S. Russell February 22 1906 February 22 1998 South Carolina
  • Edward R Arn May 19 1906 January 22 1998 Kansas
  • Lane Dwinell November 14 1906 March 27 1997 New Hampshire
  • Edward R Arn May 19 1906 January 22 1998 Kansas
  • Edmund G Brown Sr April 21 1905 February 16 1996 California
  • Frank Morrison May 20 1905 April 19 2004 Nebraska-3
  • Luis A Ferrer February 17 1904 October 21 2003 Puerto Rico-4
  • Charles Poletti July 2 1903 August 8 2002 New York
  • Dennis J Roberts April 8 1903 June 30 1994 Rhode Island
  • Burton M Cross November 15 1902 October 22 1998 Maine
  • Strom Thurmond December 5 1902 June 26 2003 South Carolina-5
  • Deane C Davis November 7 1900 December 8 1990 Vermont
  • J Bracken Lee January 7 1899 October 20 1996 Utah
  • Jimmie Davis September 11 1899 November 5 2000 Louisiana
  • Albert B. Chandler July 14 1898 June 14 1991 Kentucky
  • Okey L Patteson September 14 1898 July 3 1989 West Virginia
  • Robert D Blue September 24 1898 December 13 1989 Iowa
  • Milward L Simpson November 12 1897 June 11 1993 Wyoming
  • Elmer A Benson September 22 1895 March 13 1985 Minnesota
  • John Lausche November 14 1895 April 21 1990 Ohio
  • Ernest W McFarland October 9 1894 June 8 1984 Arizona
  • Frank Carlson January 23 1893 May 30 1987 Kansas
  • Herbert B Maw March 11 1893 November 17 1990 Utah
  • Joseph B Johnson August 29 1893 October 26 1986 Vermont
  • Raymond E Baldwin August 31 1893 October 4 1986 Connecticut
  • John W Bricker September 6 1893 March 22 1986 Ohio
  • Dwight W Burney January 7 1892 March 10 1987 Nebraska
  • George D Aiken August 20 1892 November 19 1984 Vermont
  • W Averell Harriman November 15 1891 July 26 1986 New York
  • Alfred M Landon September 9 1887 October 12 1987 Kansas
  • Wilbert Snow April 6 1884 September 28 1977 Connecticut
  • Forrest C Donnell August 20 1884 March 3 1980 Missouri
  • Nels H Smith August 27 1884 July 5 1976 Wyoming
  • George A Parks May 29 1883 May 11 1984 Alaska
  • Arthur A James July 14 1883 April 27 1973 Pennsylvania
  • James F Byrnes May 2 1879 April 2 1972 South Carolina
  • Andrew W Hockenhull January 16 1877 June 20 1974 New Mexico
  • William H McMaster May 10 1877 September 14 1968 South Dakota
  • Daniel W Turner March 17 1877 April 15 1969 Iowa
  • William H McMaster May 10 1877 September 14 1968 South Dakota
  • Percival P. Baxter November 22 1876 June 12 1969 Maine
  • Nellie Tayloe Ross November 29 1876 December 19 1977 Wyoming
  • Flem D Sampson January 25 1875 May 25 1967 Kentucky
  • Benjamin Jason Horton September 8 1873 1963 Puerto Rico
  • Henry S. Caulfield December 9 1873 May 11 1966 Missouri
  • John G Townsend Jr May 31 1871 April 10 1964 Delaware
  • George Lawson Sheldon May 31 1870 April 4 1960 Nebraska
  • Henry S Johnston December 30 1867 January 7 1965 Oklahoma
  • William J Bulow January 13 1869 February 26 1960 South Dakota
  • Ben S Paulen July 14 1869 July 11 1961 Illinois
  • Augustus O Stanley May 21 1867 August 12 1958 Kentucky
  • Theodore F Green October 2 1867 May 19 1966 Rhode Island
  • Charles C Moore February 26 1866 March 19 1958 Idaho
  • Frank F Merriam December 22 1865 April 25 1955 California
  • Thomas C Rye June 2 1863 September 12 1953 Tennessee
  • William H Adams February 15 1861 February 2 1954 Colorado
  • Walter H Pierce May 30 1861 March 27 1954 Oregon
  • Fenimore Chatterton July 21 1860 May 9 1958 Wyoming
  • William Henry Hunt November 5 1857 February 4 1949 Puerto Rico
  • John I Cox November 23 1855 September 6 1946 Tennessee
  • John E Weeks June 14 1853 September 10 1949 Vermont
  • Frederick B Fancher April 2 1852 January 10 1944 North Dakota
  • Martin F Ansel December 12 1850 August 23 1945 South Carolina
  • Samuel R Van Sant May 11 1844 October 3 1936 Minnesota
  • Joseph W Fifer October 28 1840 August 6 1938 Illinois
  • Roswell K Colcord April 25 1839 October 30 1939 Nevada
  • George M Beebe October 28 1836 March 1 1927 Kansas Territory
  • Augustus OsBorn October 1 1834 January 28 1925 Rhode Island
  • Ebenezer J. Ormsbee June 8 1834 April 3 1924 Vermont
  • Samuel E Pingree August 2 1832 June 1 1922 Vermont
  • Horace Boies December 7 1827 April 4 1923 Iowa
  • William Jayne October 8 1826 March 20 1916 Dakota Territory
  • John W Stewart November 24 1825 October 29 1915 Vermont
  • Simon B Buckner April 1 1823 January 8 1914 Kentucky
  • Charles Reed Bishop January 25 1822 June 7 1915 Hawaii Monarch
  • Frederick Robie August 22 1822 February 3 1912 Maine
  • Francis B Lubbock October 16 1815 June 22 1905 Texas
  • Frederick Holbrook February 15 1814 April 27 1909 Vermont
  • Alonzo Garcelon May 6 1813 December 8 1906 Maine
  • William Marvin April 14 1808 July 9 1902 Florida
  • Moody Currier April 22 1806 August 23 1898 New Hampshire
  • Alpheus Felch September 28 1804 June 13 1896 Maine
  • Pio Pico May 5 1801 September 11 1894 California -Mexican
  • Paul Dillingham August 10 1799 July 26 1891 Vermont
  • William “Extra Billy” Smith September 6 1797 May 18 1887 Virginia
  • Nathaniel S Berry September 1 1796 April 27 1894 New Hamphsire
  • Hiland Hall July 20 1795 December 18 1885 Vermont
  • Enos T Throop August 20 1784 November 1 1874 New York
  • Joshua Hall October 22 1768 December 25 1862 Maine
  • Jacob Stout January 1 1764 November 1 1857 Deleware
  • William Plumer June 25 1759 December 22 1850 New Hampshire
  • Morgan Lewis October 16 1754 April 7 1844 New York
  • Pierre Van Cortland 1721 1814 New York
  • Simon Bradstree March 18 1603 March 27 1697 Massachusetts Bay Colony

[edit] What does this mean?

Isn't "oldest" a better adjective than "earliest living"? Hult041956 22:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I've actually always thought so. If you don't move then I will soon.--Dr who1975 20:44, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dolph Briscoe

Chronological Briscoe is not in top 30 or 40. Whomever is so adamant in including the former governor of texas . I did keep him in the list but added the governors who are older in age then he is--Thomas (talk) 12:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)