You can’t look it up anywhere, or ask anybody. Name the six youngest POTUSes, from youngest to oldest among those six, from memory. Bonus points for giving their ages at the time they took office. A hint: Barack Obama is among the six.
I’ll post the correct answer this time tomorrow.
Obama
Kennedy
Polk
t. Roosevelt
Clinton
Got no idea how old but probably all under 50.
I know Teddy Roosevelt, Kennedy and Obama. So, do I get half credit?
Polk I believe was our bachelor pres. I was wondering about VPs who would likely be younger. Ford, Truman . I don’t think Lincolns ,Johnson was young.
I need one more.
John. Q. Adams He got in 20 years after dad. He must have been young.
Teddy: 42
Kennedy: 43
Clinton: 44
Obama: 46
Grant: 48
Polk?: 50?
I’m pretty positive about the order from Teddy to Barack. Grant, I’m fairly sure was notably young when elected. I’ve no idea after him, but I think Polk was a political unknown when elected, so he might have been young.
Teddy R.
Bill Clinton
Kennedy
Obama
Grant
Franklin Pierce
The first two I’m pretty sure are right (and in the right order), the others are purely guesswork:
Theodore Roosevelt
Kennedy
Clinton
Obama
Pierce
George W. Bush
At forty-one Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest President.
At forty-three, JFK was the youngest elected President.
Obama is 47.
That’s all I have.
Without reading any responses to the OP, nor Googling anything:
Teddy Roosevelt – youngest to assume office – 42 when McKinley died
Kennedy – youngest elected – 43 when inaugurated
Obama – I’ve heard he’s 46 (incidentally, the spellchecker doesn’t accept his name)
Clinton – 46, IIRC, when he became the first Baby Boomer president of the USA
Garfield – 49 or 50 when he served his tragically shortened term
Nixon – just barely old enough (35) to succeed Eisenhower when he became Ike’s veep in '53 – only 51 when he took the oath of office in '69
Now to see how I did…
Not addressing age question, so no need for spoiler box:
Nope, that was Buchanan. Polk was regarded as the first “dark horse” to become president.
Age-related, and thus concealed:
[Spoiler]“I was wondering about VPs who would likely be younger. Ford, Truman”
Each was past 60 when he was sworn in.
“John. Q. Adams He got in 20 years after dad. He must have been young.”
Not that young – 57.
I forgot how young Grant was. Nixon is thus eliminated, but Garfield (who’s going unnoticed except by me) was a couple of weeks younger than Polk at their respective Inauguration Day ceremonies.[/Spoiler]
Hmm- I just got back from a Trivia Night that I wrote the questions for. I had a Presidents category, and asked “the youngest President when he took office”.
Theodore Roosevelt 42 yrs 11 months
JFK 43 yrs 7 months
Grant 45
the next 3 are all 46, I think- in this order:
Clinton
Obama
Cleveland
I’ll give everyone another day before I post the answer. No cheating!
Hey I was expecting the answer.
Oh well there are 4 easy ones.
Theodore Roosevelt of course age 42
JFK age 43
Clinton age 46
Obama age 47
Grant was under 50.
FDR was 50 or 51 so maybe him but I doubt it.
Teddy Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Barack Obama
George W Bush
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
And the answer is:
I always think of Grant and Cleveland as older men. Not so, when inaugurated.
For more info: List of presidents of the United States by age - Wikipedia
Click on the icon below “Age at first inauguration” to arrange the table in that order.
I never would have guessed Cleveland. Oh well, 5 out of 6 is not bad.
extra bonus questions-
Which was the first president to be born in the 20th Century?
Which president was born first in the 20th Century?
You are correct.
Of course Buchanan was our first gay president.