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.)
John F. Kennedy lived the shortest life. He was the youngest president to be elected into office. He died at the age of 46 when he was assassinated.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, November 22nd, 1963
Lincon was the sixteenth president of the United States and was in office from March 4 1861 to March 3 1865, being elected for two terms in total. Sadly he was assassinated soon after being elected to that second term.
Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president. He was also the youngest president to die when he was killed.
John F. Kennedy was indeed our youngest elected president. Teddy Roosevelt was our youngest president because he became president when McKinley was assassinated.
I believe it was Rutherford B. Hayes. (Terms of Office: 1877 - 1881. Republican.)
The 25th President of the United States was William McKinley. President McKinley was elected in 1896, reelected in 1900 and was in office from March 4, 1897 until September 14, 1901 when he was assassinated.
No. He was elected Vice President of the US in 1880, as the running mate of President James Garfield. Garfield was assassinated on September 19, 1881, after just six months in office, and Arthur served the remainder of Garfield's term.
Um... no. The youngest president was Theodore Roosevelt (42) although he took office because he was the vice president of William McKinley, who was assassinated. The youngest president ever to be ELECTED was John F. Kennedy (43).
William McKinley, Jr. was re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan. Teddy Roosevelt was his vice president, and he took the office of President when McKinley was assassinated in 1901.
Hannibal Hamlin (vice president-elect). Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860. He took the oath of office or was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. Andrew Johnson was not elected vice president until 1864.