The 15 Oldest Presidents

Age at
Inauguration
President Inauguration
Year
Significant Medical Events During Term
78.6 Trump (II) 2025 Systemic amyloidosis (?)
Heart failure
Excessive daytime somnolence
Personality disorder
78.2 Biden 2021 Undiagnosed metastatic prostate cancer
Cognitive decline
Parkinsonism (?)
73 Reagan (II) 1985 Colon cancer (Duke's B), treated surgically with right hemicolectomy.
Benign prostatic enlargement treated with surgery.
Dementia (?).
70 Trump (I) 2017 Personality disorder
Hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia
69 Reagan (I) 1981 Life-threatening hemorrhage after gunshot to chest.
6-month recovery, residual breathless upon exertion.
Hearing aids.
Slippage of previously near-photographic memory.
68 Harrison, W 1841 Died of pneumonia after one month in office.
66 Eisenhower (II) 1957 Stroke, despite taking anti-coagulant medication.
66 Jackson (II) 1833 -nothing-
65 Buchanan 1857 Dysentery, ill for weeks.
Depression as union fractured (?).
64 Truman (II) 1949 -nothing-
64 Bush, GHW 1989 Atrial fibrillation.
Graves disease treated with radiation.
Japanese vomit incident.
Adverse reaction to Halcion (?).
64 Taylor 1847 Died after a 5-day diarrheal illness.
62 Roosevelt, F (IV) 1945 Died after hemorrhage into brain.
Probable malignant melanoma.
Heart failure (hypertensive, congestive), treated with medication.
Anorexia and weight loss, prompting medication changes.
Intentional deception of electorate.
62 Monroe (II) 1857 Near death after seizure; recovered.
62 Eisenhower (I) 1953 Crohn disease of terminal ileum.
Anterior-wall myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Bowel obstruction requiring urgent surgerical operation.
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