How old was our oldest president to serve and who was it?

Question

who was our oldest president

Answer 1

Ronald Reagan was the oldest.  He was 69 when he took office on January 20, 1981.

Answer 2

Reagan, I believe.

Answer 3

Check out this blog for a great answer to your question:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/...

Answer 4

Reagan was technically the oldest to ever hold office.  On John McCain possibly being the 'oldest' President in history...  Technically that is correct, but if you factor in relative life expectancy - there are other Presidents in history that were probably relatively older for the time in which they lived.  For example, James Buchanan or Zachary Taylor were 65 and 64 respectively when they took office.  But the life expectancy for them at their age, at that time in history (mid-1800s) was probably about 76 years old (a gap of 11-12 years).  Correspondingly, John McCain can probably expect to live to 85 according to todays life expectancy rates (and based on his current age).  A gap of 13 years.  This puts him in the company of other Presidents, such as John Adams, Andrew Jackson - and probably even Reagan.



I'm not saying that McCain isn't old, he is a twitchy old codger who looks like his breath smells - but history has probably had 'older' Presidents.