# POP Quiz : name the 6 oldest presidents **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862 "2008-11-21T17:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/1 "2008-11-21T17:11:56Z")
As a counterbalance to the quiz with the 6 youngest,lets name the 6 oldest. No looking up. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/2 "2008-11-21T17:24:45Z")
I’d guess Reagan, Eisenhower, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, Hayes, and Monroe. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/3 "2008-11-21T17:50:31Z")
You have 2. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/4 "2008-11-21T19:05:49Z")
Completely off the top of my head: Washington Reagan FDR LBJ Eisenhower John Adams ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/5 "2008-11-21T19:08:32Z")
I’m not too confident. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/6 "2008-11-21T19:35:16Z")
You have 2 ---
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/7 "2008-11-21T20:08:43Z")
The first presidents’ bodies have got to be quite old by now, so I’m guessing: Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe J.Q.Adams ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/8 "2008-11-21T20:21:12Z")
Reagan William Henry Harrison (not just because he died so soon, I’m pretty sure he was old as hell, too) James Buchanan (another guy, in addition to Reagan, that was accused of having addled wits) George HW Bush Ike Eisenhower LBJ George Washington ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/9 "2008-11-21T20:22:29Z")
Damn. Already taken. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/10 "2008-11-21T22:00:23Z")
Out of curiousity what are the rules here? Oldest to be elected a first time? Oldest to be elected at the election time? Oldest to be sitting president(likely last day of presidency)? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/11 "2008-11-22T01:42:43Z")
at inauguration ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/12 "2008-11-22T03:16:36Z")
Reagan Eisenhower Buchanan Harding W.H. Harrison F. Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/13 "2008-11-22T04:44:54Z")
In order top 10 1. Reagan 2. Harrison 3. Buchanan 4. Bush the first 5. Taylor 6. Ike 7. Jackson 8. Adams 9.Ford 9. Truman ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/14 "2008-11-22T04:55:50Z")
Without looking at the other answers: 1. Reagan 2. Eisenhower 3. William Henry Harrison 4. Wilson 5. FDR 6. George H. W. Bush **ETA** : What, _at inauguration_? Scratch FDR, then, and replace with, I dunno, McKinley. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/15 "2008-11-22T05:13:19Z")
[http://www.top10.hostgb.co.uk/statistics/presidents.htm](http://www.top10.hostgb.co.uk/statistics/presidents.htm) Heres the list ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/16 "2008-11-22T08:53:09Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > You have 2. You can’t count. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/17 "2008-11-22T17:55:00Z")
If you are saying I miscounted ,have at it. But that does not prove I can not count. That would be different. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-quiz-name-the-6-oldest-presidents/473862/18 "2008-11-23T01:37:06Z")
Working from memory, and in no particular order: Adams Reagan Harrison Jackson Taylor GHW Bush