Oldest Presidential Electoral Vote Recipients

[HankW501]

On 7 Jun 2015, I posted to this forum top twenty lists of the youngest and oldest presidential electoral vote recipients in U.S. history.  Below is an updated top 25 list of the oldest from among everyone who received at least one presidential electoral vote.

Each election is counted separately for each person, so some people are listed more than once.  Also, all electoral votes cast before 1804 were officially votes for President, despite whether the electors intended for a person to be elected to the presidency or the vice presidency.


TWENTY-FIVE ELDEST U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL VOTE RECIPIENTS:

#1 : Ron Paul (L-TX) : 81.34 on 19 Dec 2016

#2 : Colin Powell (R-NY) : 79.71 on 19 Dec 2016

#3 : Bernie Sanders (I-VT) : 75.28 on 19 Dec 2016

#4 : Samuel Adams (DR-MA) : 74.20 on 7 Dec 1796

#5 : Ronald Reagan (R-CA) : 73.86 on 17 Dec 1984

#6 : Harry Byrd (D-VA) : 73.53 on 19 Dec 1960

#7 : Bob Dole (R-KS) : 73.41 on 16 Dec 1996

#8 : John McCain (R-AZ) : 72.30 on 15 Dec 2008

#9 : Donald Trump (R-NY) : 70.52 on 19 Dec 2016

#10 : Ronald Reagan (R-CA) : 69.86 on 15 Dec 1980

#11 : Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. (Prog.-WI) : 69.58 on 12 Jan 1925

#12 : George Clinton (DR-NY) : 69.37 on 7 Dec 1808

#13 : Hillary Clinton (D-NY) : 69.15 on 19 Dec 2016

#14 : George H. W. Bush (R-TX) : 68.51 on 14 Dec 1992

#15 : Walter B. Jones (D-AL) : 68.17 on 17 Dec 1956

#16 : Faith Spotted Eagle (--SD) : 68ish on 19 Dec 2016

#17 : Charles J. Jenkins (D-GA) : 67.91 on 4 Dec 1872

#18 : Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) : 67.85 on 19 Dec 1988

#19 : William Henry Harrison (W-OH) : 67.81 on 2 Dec 1840

#20 : Henry Clay (W-KY) : 67.65 on 4 Dec 1844

#21 : Winfield Scott (W-NJ) : 66.47 on 1 Dec 1852

#22 : Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-NY) : 66.18 on 17 Dec 1956

#23 : Lewis Cass (D-MI) : 66.16 on 6 Dec 1848

#24 : Ronald Reagan (R-CA) : 65.85 on 13 Dec 1976

#25 : Mitt Romney (R-MA) : 65.77 on 17 Dec 2012

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Interesting how Kasich is the only person to receive an electoral vote this year to not be in the top 25.

[HankW501]

Interesting how Kasich is the only person to receive an electoral vote this year to not be in the top 25.

Yes, Kasich is #31 on the list.  He was the same age that Harry Truman was when reelected (64.60).