Who was the oldest person to serve as president of the US?

Answer 1

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 years old.

Answer 2

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia, and a member and former Senate Leader of the Democratic Party. Byrd has been a Senator since January 3, 1959 and is the longest-serving member in the Senate's history. He is also the oldest current member of the United States Congress, and is the first politician in U.S. history to serve as a U.S. senator uninterrupted for half a century. Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (born January 23, 1924) is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. Now the senior United States Senator from New Jersey, he is in his fifth non-consecutive term in office, first serving from 1982 to 2001, and again since 2003. He is the only current Senator to have returned to office after having left the Senate. Lautenberg is the second oldest member of the Senate, after Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye (Japanese: 井上 建, Inoue Ken; born September 7, 1924) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. He has been a U.S. Senator since 1963 and, following the recent death of Ted Kennedy, is currently the second-most-senior member after fellow Democrat Robert Byrd. He has continuously represented Hawaii in the U.S. Congress since it achieved statehood in 1959, serving as Hawaii's first U.S. Representative and later a U.S. Senator. Inouye was the first Japanese-American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and later the first in the U.S. Senate. He is the third oldest U.S. Senator after Robert Byrd and Frank Lautenberg. He is also a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only member of the Senate who has Chinese descent With the departure of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska he became the fourth oldest member of the United States Senate after Robert Byrd, Frank Lautenberg, and Daniel Inouye.

Answer 3

That was Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who won re-election to an eighth six-year term in November 1996, one month before turning 94 (and he completed that term, retiring in January 2003 at the age of 100).

Answer 4

The oldest person currently in the U.S. Senate as of 2014 is Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein is 80 years old and took office at the age of 59.

Answer 5

Before he retired in 2003 Strom Thurman was the first senator to reach the age of 100 while still serving in office

Answer 6

the longest serving us senator was Robert C. Byrd

Answer 7

Strom Thurmond

Answer 8

Currently, Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)

Answer 9

Strom Thurmond (R) SC was 100 years old.