Kennedy was the youngest person elected president at the age of 43. Theodore Roosevelt was only 42, but he was VP and ascended to office after McKinley was killed.
Theodore Roosevelt was elected president of the United States in 1904.
William McKinley was elected President in 1900.
Technically John F. Kennedy was elected the youngest but the youngest president in office was Roosevelt. (Roosevelt was elected Vice President in 1900 and became President when President William McKinley was assassinated.)
Roosevelt won.
He was 42 when he was elected as president....The youngest president to ever be elected back then!
The 2 cousins elected president were Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
he was elected president in November of 1932
Theodore Roosevelt
He was elected.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt was never elected. After President McKinley was shot, Theodore became President at age 42. Theodore Roosevelt was 40 when he was elected Governor of New York in the fall of 1898. He was 42 when he was elected U. S. Vice President in the fall of 1900. He was 46 when he was elected U. S. President in the fall of 1904.