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Life expectancy of American presidents

1. George Washington (22.02.1732–14.12.1799) – 67 years old
2. John Adams (30.10.1735–04.07.1826) – 90 years old
3. Thomas Jefferson (13.04.1743–04.07.1826) – 83 years old
   
4. James Madison (16.03.1751–28.06.1836) – 85 years old
   
5. James Monroe (28.04.1758–04.07.1831) – 73 years old
   
6. John Quincy Adams (11.07.1767–23.02.1848) – 80 years old
   
7. Andrew Jackson (15.03.1767–08.06.1845) – 78 years old
   
8. Martin van Buren (05.12.1782–24.07.1862) – 79 years old
   
9. William Henry Harrison (09.02.1773–04.04.1841) – 68 years old, died a month after inauguration
   
10. John Tyler (29.03.1790–18.01.1862) – 71 years old
    
11. James Knox Polk (02.11.1795–15.06.1849) – 53 years old
    
12. Zachary Taylor (24.11.1784–09.07.1850) – 65 years old
    
13. Millard Fillmore (07.01.1800–08.03.1874) – 74 years old
    
14. Franklin Pierce (23.11.1804–08.10.1869) – 64 years old
    
15. James Buchanan (23.04.1791–01.06.1868) – 77 years old
    
16. Abraham Lincoln (12.02.1809–15.04.1865) – 56 years old, died after an assassination attempt
17. Andrew Johnson (29.12.1808–31.07.1875) – 66 years old
    
18. Ulysses Grant (27.04.1822–23.07.1885) – 63 years old
    
19. Rutherford B. Hayes (04.10.1822–17.01.1893) – 70 years old
    
20. James Garfield (19.11.1831–19.09.1881) – 49 years old, died while in office (he was in office for 199 days)
    
21. Chester A. Arthur (05.10.1829–18.11.1886) – 57 years old
22. Grover Cleveland (18.03.1837–24.06.1908) – 71 years old
    
23. Benjamin Harrison (20.08.1833–13.03.1901) – 67 years old
    
24. Grover Cleveland (second term)
    
25. William McKinley (29.01.1843–14.09.1901) – 58 years old, died after an assassination attempt
26. Theodore Roosevelt (27.10.1858–06.01.1919) – 60 years old
    
27. William Howard Taft (15.09.1857–08.03.1930) – 72 years old
    
28. Woodrow Wilson (28.12.1856–03.02.1924) – 67 years old
    
29. Warren G. Harding (02.11.1865–02.08.1923) – 57 years, died during the presidency
30. Calvin Coolidge (04.07.1872–05.01.1933) – 60 years old
    
31. Herbert Hoover (10.08.1874–20.10.1964) – 90 years old
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (30.01.1882–12.04.1945) – 63 years old
    
33. Harry Truman (08.05.1884–26.12.1972) – 88 years old
    
34. Dwight Eisenhower (14.10.1890–28.03.1969) – 78 years old
    
35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29.05.1917–22.11.1963) – 46 years old, killed during his presidency
    
36. Lyndon Johnson (27.08.1908–22.01.1973) – 64 years old
    
37. Richard Nixon (09.01.1913–22.04.1994) – 81 years old
    
38. Gerald Ford (14.07.1913–26.12.2006) – 93 years old
    
39. Jimmy Carter (01.10.1924–29.12.2024) – 100 years old
    
40. Ronald Reagan (06.02.1911–05.06.2004) – 93 years old
    
41. George Herbert Walker Bush (12.06.1924–30.11.2018) – 94 years old

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