Top Ten Lists of Oldest & Youngest U.S. Presidents & Vice Presidents

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TOP TEN LIST of U.S. PRESIDENTIAL LONGEVITY as of 5 Jun 2015

1.	Gerald R. Ford	93.45 years old on 26 Dec 2006
2.	Ronald Reagan	93.33 years old on 5 Jun 2004
3.	George H. W. Bush	90.98 years old on 5 Jun 2015 (living)
4.	Jimmy Carter	90.68 years old on 5 Jun 2015 (living)
5.	John Adams	90.68 years old on 4 Jul 1826
6.	Herbert Hoover	90.19 years old on 20 Oct 1964
7.	Harry S. Truman	88.63 years old on 26 Dec 1972
8.	James Madison	85.29 years old on 28 Jun 1836
9.	Thomas Jefferson	83.22 years old on 4 Jul 1826
10.	Richard M. Nixon	81.28 years old on 22 Apr 1994

TOP TEN LIST of OLDEST SITTING U.S. PRESIDENTS as of 20 Jan 1993

1.	Ronald Reagan	77.96 years old on 20 Jan 1989
2.	Dwight D. Eisenhower	70.27 years old on 20 Jan 1961
3.	Andrew Jackson	69.97 years old on 3 Mar 1837
4.	James Buchanan	69.86 years old on 3 Mar 1861
5.	Harry S. Truman	68.70 years old on 20 Jan 1953
6.	George H. W. Bush	68.61 years old on 20 Jan 1993
7.	William Henry Harrison	68.15 years old on 4 Apr 1841
8.	James Monroe	66.85 years old on 3 Mar 1825
9.	James Madison	65.96 years old on 3 Mar 1817
10.	Thomas Jefferson	65.89 years old on 3 Mar 1809

TOP TEN LIST of YOUNGEST U.S. PRESIDENTS as of 20 Jan 2009

1.	Theodore Roosevelt	42.88 years old on 14 Sep 1901
2.	John F. Kennedy	43.65 years old on 20 Jan 1961
3.	Bill Clinton	46.42 years old on 20 Jan 1993
4.	Ulysses S. Grant	46.85 years old on 4 Mar 1869
5.	Barack Obama	47.46 years old on 20 Jan 2009
6.	Grover Cleveland	47.96 years old on 4 Mar 1885
7.	Franklin Pierce	48.28 years old on 4 Mar 1853
8.	James A. Garfield	49.29 years old on 4 Mar 1881
9.	James K. Polk	49.33 years old on 4 Mar 1845
10.	Millard Fillmore	50.50 years old on 9 Jul 1850

TOP TEN LIST of U.S. VICE-PRESIDENTIAL LONGEVITY as of 14 Feb 2015

1.	John Nance Garner IV	98.96 years old on 7 Nov 1967
2.	Levi P. Morton	96.00 years old on 16 May 1920
3.	Gerald R. Ford	93.45 years old on 26 Dec 2006
4.	George H. W. Bush	90.68 years old on 14 Feb 2015 (living)
5.	John Adams	90.68 years old on 4 Jul 1826
6.	Harry S. Truman	88.63 years old on 26 Dec 1972
7.	Walter F. Mondale	87.11 years old on 14 Feb 2015 (living)
8.	Charles G. Dawes	85.65 years old on 23 Apr 1951
9.	Thomas Jefferson	83.22 years old on 4 Jul 1826
10.	Hannibal Hamlin	81.85 years old on 4 Jul 1891

TOP TEN LIST of OLDEST SITTING U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS as of 27 Dec 2015

1.	Alben W. Barkley	75.16 years old on 20 Jan 1953
2.	Joe Biden	73.10 years old on 27 Dec 2015 (incumbent)
3.	Charles Curtis	73.10 years old on 3 Mar 1933
4.	George Clinton	72.74 years old on 20 Apr 1812
5.	John Nance Garner IV	72.16 years old on 20 Jan 1941
6.	Elbridge Gerry	70.35 years old on 23 Nov 1814
7.	Levi P. Morton	68.80 years old on 3 Mar 1893
8.	Nelson Rockefeller	68.54 years old on 20 Jan 1977
9.	Dick Cheney	67.97 years old on 20 Jan 2009
10.	William R. King	67.03 years old on 18 Apr 1853

TOP TEN LIST of YOUNGEST U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS as of 20 Jan 1993

1.	John C. Breckinridge	36.13 years old on 4 Mar 1857
2.	Richard M. Nixon	40.03 years old on 20 Jan 1953
3.	Dan Quayle	41.96 years old on 20 Jan 1989
4.	Theodore Roosevelt	42.35 years old on 4 Mar 1901
5.	Daniel D. Tompkins	42.70 years old on 4 Mar 1817
6.	John C. Calhoun	42.96 years old on 4 Mar 1825
7.	Al Gore	44.81 years old on 20 Jan 1993
8.	Aaron Burr	45.07 years old on 4 Mar 1801
9.	Schuyler Colfax	45.95 years old on 4 Mar 1869
10.	Calvin Coolidge	48.66 years old on 4 Mar 1921

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UPDATE:  Jimmy Carter became the 4th-eldest former President in U.S. history on 5 June 2015.  John Adams, who held the #1 position for 198 years, from 1803 to 2001, dropped to #5.

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The list of oldest sitting vice presidents was modified on 27 Dec 2015 : Joe Biden advanced to #2, bumping Charles Curtis to #3.