Living presidents and vice presidents of the United States


Current living presidents include five former presidents (from left, George H. W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter); and the incumbent (Donald Trump).

This article chronicles the number of living presidents and vice presidents of the United States at each moment in United States history since the first president and vice president were inaugurated in 1789. The following tables include all persons who have taken either the presidential oath of office, or the vice presidential oath of office. (Persons who served as Acting President of the United States or as President of the Continental Congress are not included.) Currently, there are six living presidents (the incumbent, Donald Trump, plus five former presidents), and seven living vice presidents (the incumbent, Mike Pence, plus six former vice presidents).

Timeline of living presidents

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Number of presidents alive at each moment in United States history
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Current, most, and fewest living presidents

Living presidents as of October 20, 2018 (from oldest to youngest):^[3]^[2]^[4]^[5]

George H. W. Bush, born (1924-06-12) June 12, 1924; in office 1989–1993
Jimmy Carter, born (1924-10-01) October 1, 1924; in office 1977–1981
Donald Trump, born (1946-06-14) June 14, 1946; in office 2017–present
George W. Bush, born (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946; in office 2001–2009
Bill Clinton, born (1946-08-19) August 19, 1946; in office 1993–2001
Barack Obama, born (1961-08-04) August 4, 1961; in office 2009–2017

There have been four time periods with six living presidents, the incumbent and five former presidents:^[3]^[4]^[5]

March 1861 to January 1862 – Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and Abraham Lincoln
January 1993 to April 1994 – Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton (six consecutive presidents)
January 2001 to June 2004 – Ford, Carter, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, and G. W. Bush (six consecutive presidents)
January 2017 to the present day – Carter, G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, G. W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump

There have been six time periods when the incumbent president was the only living president, having no living predecessors:^[6]

April 1789 to March 1797 – George Washington, who, being the first president, had no predecessors
December 1799 to March 1801 – John Adams, after the death of his only predecessor, George Washington
July 1875 to March 1877 – Ulysses S. Grant, after the death of his last living predecessor, Andrew Johnson
June 1908 to March 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt, after the death of his last living predecessor, Grover Cleveland
January 1933 to March 1933 – Herbert Hoover, after the death of his last living predecessor, Calvin Coolidge
January 1973 to August 1974 – Richard Nixon, after the death of his last living predecessor, Lyndon Johnson

Notably, Richard Nixon is the only person to have been both the only living U.S. president (from January 1973 to August 1974) and one of six living presidents (from January 1993 to April 1994).

Living presidents gallery

There have been several gatherings of all the living presidents. Below are photographs of groups of persons who, at one time or another, comprised all living presidents (although several of these photographs were taken prior to or after the time period in which the persons depicted were the only living presidents).

1877 to 1881 (from left):
- Grant
- Hayes
1881 to 1881 (from left):
1893 to 1897 (from left):
- B. Harrison
- Cleveland
1901 to 1901 (from left):
- McKinley
- Cleveland
1909 to 1913 (from left):
- T. Roosevelt
- Taft
1919 to 1921 (from left):
- Wilson
- Taft
1924 to 1929 (from left):
- Taft
- Coolidge
1929 to 1930 (from left):
1930 to 1933 (from left):
- Coolidge
- Hoover
1933 to 1945 (from left):
- Hoover
- F. D. Roosevelt
1945 to 1953 (from left):
- Truman
- Hoover
1953 to 1961 (from left):
1964 to 1969 (from left):
1969 to 1969 (from left):
1972 to 1973 (from left):
- Nixon
- L. B. Johnson
1974 to 1977 (from left):
- Nixon
- Ford
1977 to 1981 (from left):
1981 to 1989 (from left):
1989 to 1993 (from left):
1994 to 2001 (from left):
2004 to 2006 (from left):
2006 to 2009 (from left):
2009 to 2017 (from left):

Timeline of living vice presidents

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Number of vice presidents alive at each moment in United States history
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Current, most, and fewest living vice presidents

Living vice presidents as of October 20, 2018 (from oldest to youngest):^[8]

George H. W. Bush, born (1924-06-12) June 12, 1924; in office 1981–1989
Walter Mondale, born (1928-01-05) January 5, 1928; in office 1977–1981
Dick Cheney, born (1941-01-30) January 30, 1941; in office 2001–2009
Joe Biden, born (1942-11-20) November 20, 1942; in office 2009–2017
Dan Quayle, born (1947-02-04) February 4, 1947; in office 1989–1993
Al Gore, born (1948-03-31) March 31, 1948; in office 1993–2001
Mike Pence, born (1959-06-07) June 7, 1959; in office 2017–present

There have been two time periods with seven living vice presidents, the incumbent and six former vice presidents:^[8]

January 1993 to April 1994 – Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, and Al Gore
January 2017 to the present day – Mondale, G. H. W. Bush, Quayle, Gore, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence (seven consecutive vice presidents)

There have been four time periods with only one living vice president:^[9]^[10]

April 1789 to March 1797 – John Adams, who, being the first vice president, had no predecessors
June 1887 to March 1889 – Hannibal Hamlin, after the death of William A. Wheeler during a period when the vice presidency was vacant
July 1891 to March 1893 – Levi P. Morton, after the death of his last living predecessor, Hannibal Hamlin
May 1920 to March 1921 – Thomas R. Marshall, after the death of his last living predecessor, Levi Morton

References

1 2 "Inauguration Ceremonies". www.senate.gov. United States Senate. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
1 2 "U.S. Presidents Birth and Death Information". PresidentsUSA.net. Baaron's Hill, LLC.
1 2 Barone, Michael (January 23, 2017). "We have a record number of living ex-presidents". The Washington Examiner. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
1 2 Murse, Tom. "How Many Presidents Are Still Alive? Here's a List". ThoughtCo. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
1 2 Thompson, Clay (January 10, 2009). "Hail to the chiefs! 6 is record for living presidents". archive.azcentral.com. Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
↑ Barone, Michael (January 17, 2017). "Six periods with no living ex-presidents". Washington Examiner. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
↑ Hatfield, Mark O. Wolff, Wendy, ed. Vice Presidents of the United States 1789-1993 (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
1 2 Feinman, Ronald L. "Seven Living Vice Presidents, Most For Second Time In American History, And Longevity Of Presidents And First Ladies". The Progressive Professor. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
↑ Strock, Ian Randal (2016). Ranking the Vice Presidents: True Tales and Trivia, from John Adams to Joe Biden. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-63144-061-8. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "Veeps: Hannibal Hamlin". Presidential History Geeks Journal, livejournal.com. September 2, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

External links

Library of Congress information: presidents, vice presidents

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[senate-inaugurations-1] 1 2 "Inauguration Ceremonies". www.senate.gov. United States Senate. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[PresidentsUSA-2] 1 2 "U.S. Presidents Birth and Death Information". PresidentsUSA.net. Baaron's Hill, LLC.

[Barone-3] 1 2 Barone, Michael (January 23, 2017). "We have a record number of living ex-presidents". The Washington Examiner. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

[ThoughtCo-4] 1 2 Murse, Tom. "How Many Presidents Are Still Alive? Here's a List". ThoughtCo. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[Ariz-5] 1 2 Thompson, Clay (January 10, 2009). "Hail to the chiefs! 6 is record for living presidents". archive.azcentral.com. Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[6] Barone, Michael (January 17, 2017). "Six periods with no living ex-presidents". Washington Examiner. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[7] Hatfield, Mark O. Wolff, Wendy, ed. Vice Presidents of the United States 1789-1993 (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[ProgressiveProf-8] 1 2 Feinman, Ronald L. "Seven Living Vice Presidents, Most For Second Time In American History, And Longevity Of Presidents And First Ladies". The Progressive Professor. Retrieved January 7, 2018.

[9] Strock, Ian Randal (2016). Ranking the Vice Presidents: True Tales and Trivia, from John Adams to Joe Biden. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-63144-061-8. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

[10] "Veeps: Hannibal Hamlin". Presidential History Geeks Journal, livejournal.com. September 2, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

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