# Who was the first POTUS who was younger than you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862 "2010-01-29T07:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/41 "2010-01-30T19:12:05Z")
Barack is my age. Can I disown him? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/42 "2010-01-30T19:42:18Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > What? Is your sister aging inversely? šŸ˜› Hmm, apparently, my mind is. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/43 "2010-01-30T20:43:06Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Younger than you at the time when he took the oath of office. Hey, you said it was a pretty simple question. Now what does this second posting signify? Anybody that was younger than me at any time was younger than me at all times. Your second posting is consistent with this point as was the original title, but then seems pointless. Perhaps you mean ā€œyounger, when he took office, than you are nowā€. Which is different than the title and your second posting. But I have to guess it may be what you meant, because otherwise the second posting is just oddly worded and inscrutable. But, then, why isnā€™t Kennedy on the list? He was very young when he took the oath. Why just very recent presidents? I hope Iā€™m not just completely missing your meaning hereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/44 "2010-01-30T21:13:18Z")
Bill Clinton was, I think, a few months younger than I am today, when he took the oath of office. FTR I am still younger than any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/45 "2010-01-31T01:07:50Z")
I think it should be obvious that the question is asking which President (if any) was born later than you. Otherwise itā€™s a pretty pointless poll - the only two anwers would be ā€œTheodore Rooseveltā€ and ā€œIā€™m younger than 42ā€. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/46 "2010-01-31T17:20:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think it should be obvious that the question is asking which President (if any) was born later than you. Otherwise itā€™s a pretty pointless poll - the only two anwers would be ā€œTheodore Rooseveltā€ and ā€œIā€™m younger than 42ā€. No, it wasnā€™t obvious. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/47 "2010-02-02T08:35:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think it should be obvious that the question is asking which President (if any) was born later than you. If you wanted it to be obvious, you shouldnā€™t have muddied the waters by putting the presidentsā€™ ages when they took office in the poll options, but the years that they were born instead. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/48 "2010-02-02T13:34:42Z")
Obama is a year older than I, well 362 days anyway. ETA: Older than I? Older than me? Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/49 "2010-02-02T13:52:21Z")
Iā€™m still a young 'un ā€¦ for now ā€¦ Letā€™s see how many terms Obama serves, then weā€™ll talk againā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/50 "2010-02-02T14:43:38Z")
> [@](#): > > If you wanted it to be obvious, you shouldnā€™t have muddied the waters by putting the presidentsā€™ ages when they took office in the poll options, but the years that they were born instead. I didnā€™t put them in there; ArchiveGuy did. But I thought that was one of the things that made his intent obvious. If the question was ā€œwho was the first Presidents who was younger than you are now when he first became President?ā€ then why include Jimmy Carter (53 in 1977) and Barack Obama (48 in 2009) on a list with Bill Clinton (47 in 1993)? Obviously everyone turns 47 before they turn 48 or 53. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862/51 "2010-02-02T15:48:53Z")
That would have been young Jimmy Garfield. Boy, that takes me back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-potus-who-was-younger-than-you/526862.md?page=2)