User:Canuckian89/United States First Ladies
This is a list of First Ladies of the United States by age. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to November 14, 2024.
List by longevity
[edit]To allow for the differing number of leap years occurring within the life of each First Lady or wife, two measures of longevity are given. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; the second column breaks this number down into years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the First Lady or wife lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after her last birthday. The current oldest living first lady is Nancy Reagan.
| # |
First Lady |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martha Washington | June 2, 1731 | May 22, 1802 | 25,921 days (70 years, 354 days) |
| 2 | Abigail Adams | November 11, 1744 | October 28, 1818 | 27,013 days (73 years, 351 days) |
| 3 | Martha Randolph[1] | September 27, 1772 | October 10, 1836 | 23,388 days (64 years, 13 days) |
| 4 | Dolley Madison | May 20, 1768 | July 12, 1849 | 29,637 days (81 years, 53 days) |
| 5 | Elizabeth Monroe | June 30, 1768 | September 23, 1830 | 22,729 days (62 years, 85 days) |
| 6 | Louisa Adams | February 12, 1775 | May 15, 1852 | 28,216 days (77 years, 93 days) |
| 7 | Emily Donelson[2] | June 1, 1807 | December 19, 1836 | 10,794 days (29 years, 201 days) |
| 8 | Sarah Jackson[3] | July 16, 1803 | August 23, 1887 | 30,719 days (84 years, 38 days) |
| 9 | Angelica Van Buren[4] | February 13, 1818 | December 29, 1877 | 21,869 days (59 years, 319 days) |
| 10 | Anna Harrison | July 25, 1775 | February 25, 1864 | 32,356 days (88 years, 215 days) |
| 11 | Letitia Tyler[5] | November 12, 1790 | September 10, 1842 | 18,929 days (51 years, 302 days) |
| 12 | Priscilla Tyler[6] | June 14, 1816 | December 29, 1889 | 26,861 days (73 years, 198 days) |
| 13 | Julia Tyler[7] | May 4, 1820 | July 10, 1889 | 25,269 days (69 years, 67 days) |
| 14 | Sarah Polk | September 4, 1803 | August 14, 1891 | 32,121 days (87 years, 344 days) |
| 15 | Margaret Taylor | September 21, 1788 | August 14, 1852 | 23,337 days (63 years, 328 days) |
| 16 | Abigail Fillmore | March 13, 1798 | March 30, 1853 | 20,105 days (55 years, 17 days) |
| 17 | Jane Pierce | March 12, 1806 | December 2, 1863 | 21,084 days (57 years, 265 days) |
| 18 | Harriet Lane[8] | May 9, 1830 | July 3, 1903 | 26,717 days (73 years, 55 days) |
| 19 | Mary Lincoln | December 13, 1818 | July 16, 1882 | 23,226 days (63 years, 215 days) |
| 20 | Eliza Johnson | October 4, 1810 | January 15, 1876 | 23,844 days (65 years, 103 days) |
| 21 | Julia Grant | January 26, 1826 | December 14, 1902 | 28,080 days (76 years, 322 days) |
| 22 | Lucy Hayes | August 28, 1831 | June 25, 1889 | 21,121 days (57 years, 301 days) |
| 23 | Lucretia Garfield | April 19, 1832 | March 14, 1918 | 31,374 days (85 years, 329 days) |
| 24 | Mary McElroy[9] | July 5, 1841 | January 8, 1917 | 27,580 days (75 years, 187 days) |
| 25 | Rose Cleveland[10] | June 13, 1846 | November 22, 1918 | 26,459 days (72 years, 162 days) |
| 26 | Frances Cleveland[11] | July 21, 1864 | October 29, 1947 | 30,414 days (83 years, 100 days) |
| 27 | Caroline Harrison | October 1, 1832 | October 25, 1892 | 21,939 days (60 years, 24 days) |
| 28 | Mary McKee[12] | April 3, 1858 | October 28, 1930 | 26,505 days (72 years, 208 days) |
| 29 | Ida McKinley | June 8, 1847 | May 26, 1907 | 21,901 days (59 years, 352 days) |
| 30 | Edith Roosevelt | August 6, 1861 | September 30, 1948 | 31,831 days (87 years, 55 days) |
| 31 | Helen Taft | June 2, 1861 | May 22, 1943 | 29,938 days (81 years, 354 days) |
| 32 | Ellen Wilson[13] | May 15, 1860 | August 6, 1914 | 19,805 days (54 years, 83 days) |
| 33 | Edith Wilson[14] | October 15, 1872 | December 28, 1961 | 32,580 days (89 years, 74 days) |
| 34 | Florence Harding | August 15, 1860 | November 21, 1924 | 23,473 days (64 years, 98 days) |
| 35 | Grace Coolidge | January 3, 1879 | July 8, 1957 | 28,675 days (78 years, 186 days) |
| 36 | Lou Hoover | March 29, 1874 | January 7, 1944 | 25,485 days (69 years, 284 days) |
| 37 | Eleanor Roosevelt | October 11, 1884 | November 7, 1962 | 28,515 days (78 years, 27 days) |
| 38 | Bess Truman | February 13, 1885 | October 18, 1982 | 35,675 days (97 years, 247 days) |
| 39 | Mamie Eisenhower | November 14, 1896 | November 1, 1979 | 30,301 days (82 years, 352 days) |
| 40 | Jacqueline Kennedy | July 28, 1929 | May 19, 1994 | 23,671 days (64 years, 295 days) |
| 41 | Lady Bird Johnson | December 22, 1912 | July 11, 2007 | 34,534 days (94 years, 201 days) |
| 42 | Pat Nixon | March 16, 1912 | June 22, 1993 | 29,683 days (81 years, 98 days) |
| 43 | Betty Ford | April 8, 1918 | July 8, 2011 | 34,059 days (93 years, 91 days) |
| 44 | Rosalynn Carter | August 18, 1927 | 35,518 days (97 years, 88 days) | |
| 45 | Nancy Reagan | July 6, 1921 | 37,752 days (103 years, 131 days) | |
| 46 | Barbara Bush | June 8, 1925 | 36,319 days (99 years, 159 days) | |
| 47 | Hillary Clinton | October 26, 1947 | 28,144 days (77 years, 19 days) | |
| 48 | Laura Bush | November 4, 1946 | 28,500 days (78 years, 10 days) | |
| 49 | Michelle Obama | January 17, 1964 | 22,217 days (60 years, 302 days) | |
| # | First Lady | Date of birth | Date of death | Lifespan |
- ^ Martha was Thomas Jefferson's daughter. Jefferson's wife died before he became president.
- ^ Emily was Andrew Jackson's niece. Jackson's wife died before he became president. Co-First Lady with Sarah Jackson from 1834.
- ^ Sarah was Andrew Jackson's daughter-in-law. Co-First Lady from 1834 until Emily Donelson's death in 1836.
- ^ Angelica was Martin Van Buren's daughter-in-law. Van Buren's wife died before he became president.
- ^ Letita was John Tyler's first wife. She died during his presidency.
- ^ Priscilla was John Tyler's daughter-in-law, and acted as First Lady until John Tyler married again.
- ^ Julia was John Tyler's second wife.
- ^ Harriet was James Buchanan's niece. Buchanan never married.
- ^ Mary was Chester Arthur's sister. Arthur's wife died before he became president.
- ^ Rose was Grover Cleveland's sister. Rose acted as First Lady until Cleveland married his wife during his first term.
- ^ Frances Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms as First Lady. She is listed once in this table.
- ^ Mary was Benjamin Harrison's daughter. She acted as First Lady after her mother's death.
- ^ Ellen was Woodrow Wilson's first wife. She died during his presidency.
- ^ Edith was Woodrow Wilson's second wife. She married him during his presidency.