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Who is a youngest president?

Age of presidents The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.
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What is the minimum age to be president?

According to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, the president must: Be a natural-born citizen of the United States. Be at least 35 years old. Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
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Which president died at the youngest age?

Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days. John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the nation's shortest-lived president; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
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Which president lived the longest?

A member of the Democratic Party, Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99, he is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history. James Earl Carter Jr. Plains, Georgia, U.S.
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Who was our 1st president?

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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History of the "Youngest Presidents" in the United States

Who became President 3 times?

Roosevelt won a third term by defeating Republican nominee Wendell Willkie in the 1940 United States presidential election. He remains the only president to serve for more than two terms.
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Who was the first black President?

Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ bə-RAHK hoo-SAYN oh-BAH-mə; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history.
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Which president had 15 children?

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives. In 1813, Tyler married Letitia Christian, the daughter of a Virginia planter. They had eight children.
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Who was the shortest term president?

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history.
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Who was the shortest president?

The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters). Joe Biden, the current president, is 6 feet 0 inches (183 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2023.
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What are the 4 requirements to be president?

The U.S. Constitution states that the president must:
  • Be a natural-born citizen of the United States.
  • Be at least 35 years old.
  • Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
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How many presidents died on July 4th?

America lost its second and third presidents on the same day

Three US presidents have died on 4 July, all Founding Fathers and two on the same day: 4 July 1826, the 50th anniversary of the country's foundation.
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Which president died after 16 months?

On July 9, 1850, after only 16 months in office, President Zachary Taylor dies after a brief illness.
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Can a 10 year old run for President?

As directed by the Constitution, a presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States, a resident for 14 years, and 35 years of age or older.
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What are the 5 requirements to be President?

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident ...
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How many presidents have been assassinated?

There have been attempts or plots to assassinate 18 of the 46 U.S. presidents. As was mentioned above, only four presidents died of assassination. President Abraham Lincoln's assassin fled the scene and was later killed during a chase, while his co-conspirators were convicted and hanged.
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Who was president for only 32 days?

William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.
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Who was the most obese president?

Bathtub. Taft was the most obese president. He was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and his weight was between 325 pounds (147 kg) and 280 pounds (130 kg) toward the end of his presidency.
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Which president never got married?

Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married. Presiding over a rapidly dividing Nation, Buchanan grasped inadequately the political realities of the time.
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Which president had two wives?

Presidents John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson had two official first ladies; both remarried during their presidential tenures.
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Which president had a child born in the White House?

Esther, President Grover Cleveland's second daughter, was the first and only child of a president to be born in the White House. The White House has served as the home for the president and his family since November 1800 when President John and Abigail Adams became the mansion's first residents.
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Did Barack Obama serve in the military?

Answer and Explanation: President Barack Obama never served in the military. After his college education, Barack Obama was a community organizer and lawyer in Chicago.
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