Will we ever have a president born in the 1950's?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Every decade except the 1810's, 1930's, and 1950's produced a president.

Mrs. Clinton was born in the 40's, and many contenders were born in the 60's. There are a few 50's babies running, but do they have a chance? Is it possible that there will never be a president born in the 50's?

[ElectionsGuy]

Ben Carson
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Rick Perry
Mark Everson
Lindsey Graham
Carly Fiorina
Jeb Bush

Lincoln Chafee

... Were all born in the 1950's.

Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Bobby Jindal all could be the first president born in the 70's.

[Sir Mohamed]

Ben Carson
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Rick Perry
Mark Everson
Lindsey Graham
Carly Fiorina
Jeb Bush

Lincoln Chafee

... Were all born in the 1950's.

Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Bobby Jindal all could be the first president born in the 70's.

Bush is the only with a serious chance to win the contest in my opinion.

[Sumner 1868]

No. The time is past.

[Gekkonidae]

 Maybe Jeb Bush, but... ugh

[Mr. Morden]

Ben Carson
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Rick Perry
Mark Everson
Lindsey Graham
Carly Fiorina
Jeb Bush

Lincoln Chafee

... Were all born in the 1950's.

Kasich was also born in the 50s, and is more likely to be elected president that everyone on that list except Bush.

Several possible 2020 presidential candidates were born in the 50s: Susana Martinez, Mike Pence, and Rick Snyder if Clinton wins in 2016…or John Hickenlooper, Jay Nixon, and Deval Patrick, in the event that the Republican nominee wins in 2016.

You could also have a vice president born in the 50s take over in case something happens to the president.  E.g., both Kaine and Warner were born in the 50s.

So there's still time.  Someone born in 1959 will only be 61 years old at the time of the 2020 election, so it's not too late.

[Mister Mets]

It's certainly possible.

Kasich and Jeb were born in the 50s.

As were potential Hillary running mates Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, and Xavier Becerra.

[Del Tachi]

Yes, the 46th President of the United States, Andrew Mark Cuomo (2021-2029), was born in 1957. 

[Nym90]

Considering that there were more Americans born in the 1950s than in any other decade in US history, it'd be a bit surprising if none of them ever becomes President.

[Del Tachi]

Considering that there were more Americans born in the 1950s than in any other decade in US history, it'd be a bit surprising if none of them ever becomes President.

Eh, I believe that both the 1980s and 1990s recorded more total births than the 1950s.  Birth rates were higher in the 1950s, but the actual number of babies born was higher later in the 20th Century. 

[ElectionsGuy]

Yes, the 46th President of the United States, Andrew Mark Cuomo (2021-2029), was born in 1957. 

That's not going to happen. Cuomo is the Christie of the Democrats.

[Del Tachi]

Yes, the 46th President of the United States, Andrew Mark Cuomo (2021-2029), was born in 1957. 

That's not going to happen. Cuomo is the Christie of the Democrats.

Except that Democrats like their Christie's. 

[pbrower2a]

If one considers 1960 part of the 1950s... Amy Klobuchar.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Now that the field is solidified, can we get another count on 50's vs. 60's vs. 70's. vs. pre-50's?

[Asenath Waite]

I'd say that it's doubtful at this point.

[Figueira]

Now that the field is solidified, can we get another count on 50's vs. 60's vs. 70's. vs. pre-50's?

Sure. I didn't bother to distinguish between "serious" and "non-serious" candidates because people would inevitably disagree with my definitions.

1940s: Sanders, Pataki, Webb, Trump, Clinton, Gilmore
1950s: Perry, Carson, Kasich, Bush, Chafee, Fiorina, Graham, Huckabee, Santorum
1960s: Christie, Paul, O'Malley, Walker
1970s: Cruz, Rubio, Jindal

[DS0816]

No. The time is past.

Lean +1

[Mr. Morden]

*bump*

Both Kaine and Pence were born in the 50s, so I guess the chances of this happening slightly increased in the past 8 days.

[Suburbia]

Maybe Tim Kaine.

[ElectionsGuy]

I just realized no matter what this year we're going to go from a 1960's president to a 1940's president.

[Spark]

Potentially Kaine or Pence.

[Mr. Smith]

We skipped the 30's, with only McCain and Dukakis as challengers...so this isn't new.

We also went from a 20's born president to an Old 10's in 1980...so yeah, backwards is nothing new either.

[Mr. Morden]

We also went from a 20's born president to an Old 10's in 1980...so yeah, backwards is nothing new either.

True.  However, Obama to Clinton (or Trump) would I think be the biggest step backwards in date of birth that the presidency has ever taken, with the previous record being Carter to Reagan.

[Del Tachi]

We also went from a 20's born president to an Old 10's in 1980...so yeah, backwards is nothing new either.

True.  However, Obama to Clinton (or Trump) would I think be the biggest step backwards in date of birth that the presidency has ever taken, with the previous record being Carter to Reagan.

Yeah I was about to ask if there were any comparable "backwards jumps" in history.

There is a similarly sized difference (13 years) between Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. 

[Mr. Morden]

It now looks like Pence is the leading possibility for "president born in the 50s", if we ever have one.  Though there are a handful of possibilities on the Democratic side for 2020: Sherrod Brown, Andrew Cuomo, John Hickenlooper, Deval Patrick....

But there seem to be more 2020 Dems born in either the 40s or 60s.