Eisenhower was 62 years and 1 month when he was elected in November and 62 years, 3 months and 6 days when he took office. He was 8 years older when he left office.
Harry Truman was 60 at the beginning of his Presidency and 68 at the end of his Presidency, making him the fifth-oldest sitting President to date (after Ronald Reagan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan).
He was born in 1917 and was elected president in 1960 .
Bill Clinton was 47 years old when he was elected as president in 1993.
James Garfield was 49 when he was elected
yeah he 1 old
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
62 Dwight D. Eisenhower was 62 the first time he was elected U.S. President and 66 the second time. He held the record for oldest sitting President in U.S. history from October 2, 1960, when he surpassed the record that Andrew Jackson held for over 126 years, until May 24, 1981, when Ronald Reagan surpassed his record.
Dwight Eisenhower died in 1969 at the age of 78. If living today in 2010, he would be 120 years old.
Dwight D. Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969 at the age of 78.
He was 62 at his first inauguration
Dwight Eisenhower was born October 14, 1890. He was 53 years old on D-Day.
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Harry Truman was 60 at the beginning of his Presidency and 68 at the end of his Presidency, making him the fifth-oldest sitting President to date (after Ronald Reagan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan).
20 when he entered West Point (USMA) in 1911.
Dwight D Eisenhower is long dead now- he died in 1969 (the year I was born!), on the 28th March. He was born on October 14th 1890, and was 79 years old when he died. If he were still alive today, he'd be 119!!
Barack Obama is criticized in many circles as being unqualified for the position of president because of, among other things, his lack of experience in governance. But there is one other president in recent times who had even less experience when elected to that office. Actually, he had none. Dwight D. Eisenhower had never sought or held a poltical office of any sort prior to his 1952 Republican Presidential nomination. He was 61 when he became a candidate for the presidency.
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