35 years of age and born in the USA
In November 2007 when he was elected by the popular vote, and in January 2008 when he was elected by the electoral college, Barack Hussein Obama II was 47 years old, because he was born on August 4th, 1961.
Born citizen, age 35+
you have to have been born in America and age 35 to run.
Gerald Ford was elected to office as a U.S. Representative in 1949 at the age of 36. He was not elected to the office of Vice President. He was appointed after Spiro Agnew resigned. He was also not elected to the office of President, and became President after Richard Nixon resigned.
He was 50. He was born in 1882 and became President in 1932.
1) The Lincoln-Douglas Debate started August 21,1858. He was 49 then. 2) Lincoln was elected president at the age of 51. So technically he decided to run for president at the age of 49.
Jimmy Carter
63
35!
54
61