Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan (38th President) was the oldest serving president to date. At his first inauguration (in 1981) he was 69, and he was 73 when he was sworn in the second time (in … 1985). He was the oldest president in office, being 77 his last year and leaving office just 16 days before his 78th birthday. When Ronald Reagan left office, he was the oldest person to ever be the President of the United States, at 78 years old. He was also the oldest person elected president, … at 69 years old. If John McCain wins the nomination and then the general election in November, he will beat that record at 72 (Presidential Trivia). The oldest president to be elected to office was Ronald Reagan, who was 69 when he took office in 1981. Some more interesting facts about the ages of US presidents: The oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president—he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated. The oldest US. President to be elected into the White House, and assumed office was Ronald Reagan. His age around that time was 69 years and 349 days old. He survived an assasination attempt and when he finished his second term as President, he was already 77 years old, so old but still very strong. William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. When Bill Clinton was inaugurated, he was third-youngest, and the second-youngest ever to be elected. (Teddy Roosevelt became president when William McKinley was assassinated.) Clinton's inauguration was 24 years before the 2017 event. Answer: Ronald Reagan became the oldest president when he was elected in 1980 at the age of 69.
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