Good work. I wonder what this would look like if extended to include EVs cast for Vice President. Pretty sure the oldest was Henry Davis, age 81 in 1904, and that the youngest was John Breckinridge in 1856 at 36.
Challenge accepted.
Listed below are top-twenty lists of the youngest and oldest from among everyone who has received at least one electoral vote for U.S. Vice President. 124 different people, 121 men and 3 women, have each received at least one vice-presidential electoral vote. 24 of the 121 men have each received at least one electoral vote in each of two different vice-presidential elections. Because each election is considered separately for each individual, some people are listed twice.
The only person to receive electoral votes in vice-presidential elections that were twelve years apart was Charles W. Fairbanks (R-IN). Fairbanks won the vice presidency in 1905 as Theodore Roosevelt's (R-NY) running mate. Roosevelt did not run for re-election in 1908, and he had a different running mate when he ran as a Progressive in 1912, but Fairbanks was again nominated for Vice President by the Republican Party in 1916, as Charles Evans Hughes' (R-NY) running mate.
Tonie Nathan (L-OR) was the first and the eldest woman to receive a vice-presidential electoral vote. She was 49.86 years of age when she received her one vote on 18 Dec 1972. It came from a faithless Virginia elector who was pledged to the Nixon/Agnew ticket but voted for the Libertarian ticket instead. The youngest, the most recent, and the only living woman to receive vice-presidential electoral votes is Sarah Palin (R-AK). She was 44.84 years of age when she received 173 votes on 15 Dec 2008. The only other woman to receive vice-presidential electoral votes was Jeraldine Ferraro (D-NY) in 1984.
Before 1804, the vice presidency went to whomever finished second in the presidential election. 1804 was the first time anyone received votes for U.S. Vice President.
TWENTY YOUNGEST U.S. VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL VOTE RECIPIENTS:
#1 : John C. Breckinridge (D-KY) -- 35.88 years of age on 3 Dec 1856 (won)
#2 : Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY) -- 38.94 years of age on 10 Jan 1921 (lost)
#3 : George H. Pendleton (D-OH) -- 39.39 years of age on 7 Dec 1864 (lost)
#4 : Richard M. Nixon (R-CA) -- 39.93 years of age on 15 Dec 1952 (won)
#5 : Richard Rush (F-PA) -- 40.27 years of age on 6 Dec 1820 (lost)
#6 : Thomas E. Watson (Peo.-GA) -- 40.35 years of age on 11 Jan 1897 (lost)
#7 : Dan Quayle (R-IN) -- 41.87 years of age on 19 Dec 1988 (won)
#8 : Martin Van Buren (DR-NY) -- 41.99 years of age on 1 Dec 1824 (lost)
#9 : Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) -- 42.22 years of age on 14 Jan 1901 (won)
#10 : Daniel D. Tompkins (DR-NY) -- 42.45 years of age on 4 Dec 1816 (won)
#11 : John C. Calhoun (DR-SC) -- 42.71 years of age on 1 Dec 1824 (won)
#12 : Burton K. Wheeler (Prog.-MT) -- 42.87 years of age on 12 Jan 1925 (lost)
#13 : Paul Ryan (R-WI) -- 42.88 years of age on 17 Dec 2012 (lost)
#14 : Herman Talmadge (D-GA) -- 43.36 years of age on 17 Dec 1956 (lost)
#15 : Richard M. Nixon (R-CA) -- 43.94 years of age on 17 Dec 1956 (won)
#16 : Francis Granger (W-NY) -- 44.01 years of age on 7 Dec 1836 (lost)
#17 : Al Gore (D-TN) -- 44.71 years of age on 14 Dec 1992 (won)
#18 : Sarah Palin (R-AK) -- 44.84 years of age on 15 Dec 2008 (lost)
#19 : James K. Polk (D-TN) -- 45.08 years of age on 2 Dec 1840 (lost)
#20 : Schuyler Colfax (R-IN) -- 45.70 years of age on 2 Dec 1868 (won)
TWENTY ELDEST U.S. VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL VOTE RECIPIENTS:
#1 : Henry G. Davis (D-WV) -- 81.15 years of age on 9 Jan 1905 (lost)
#2 : Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) -- 75.17 years of age on 14 Jan 1889 (lost)
#3 : William Smith (D-AL) -- around 74 years of age on 7 Dec 1836 (lost)
#4 : Charles Curtis (R-KS) -- 72.94 years of age on 4 Jan 1933 (lost)
#5 : Alben W. Barkley (D-KY) -- 71.05 years of age on 13 Dec 1948 (won)
#6 : Joe Biden (D-DE) -- 70.08 years of age on 17 Dec 2012 (won)
#7 : George Clinton (DR-NY) -- 69.37 years of age on 7 Dec 1808 (won)
#8 : Charles Curtis (R-KS) -- 68.94 years of age on 2 Jan 1929 (won)
#9 : Elbridge Gerry (DR-MA) -- 68.38 years of age on 2 Dec 1812 (won)
#10 : John Nance Garner (D-TX) -- 68.06 years of age on 14 Dec 1936 (won)
#11 : Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) -- 67.85 years of age on 19 Dec 1988 (lost)
#12 : John Langdon (DR-NH) -- 67.45 years of age on 7 Dec 1808 (lost)
#13 : Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC) -- 66.96 years of age on 1 Dec 1824 (lost)
#14 : James G. Field (Pop.-VA) -- 66.80 years of age on 14 Dec 1892 (lost)
#15 (tie) : William R. King (D-AL) -- 66.65 years of age on 1 Dec 1852 (won)
#15 (tie) : Edward Everett (CU-MA) -- 66.65 years of age on 5 Dec 1860 (lost)
#17 : Charles L. McNary (R-OR) -- 66.51 years of age on 16 Dec 1940 (lost)
#18 : Joe Biden (D-DE) -- 66.07 years of age on 15 Dec 2008 (won)
#19 : William Smith (D-AL) -- around 66 years of age on 3 Dec 1828 (lost)
#20 : Littleton W. Tazewell (D-VA) -- 65.96 years of age on 2 Dec 1840 (lost)
PARTY ABBREVIATIONS:
CU = Constitutional Union Party
D = Democratic Party
DR = Democratic-Republican Party
F = Federalist Party
L = Libertarian Party
Peo. = People's Party
Pop. = Populist Party
Prog. = Progressive Party
R = Republican Party
W = Whig Party
