Presidents and the deaths of their parents
Presidents’ Fathers who died before the Birth of their Son
Andrew Jackson born March 15, 1767, father died in March of 1767
Rutherford B. Hayes born October 4, 1822, father died August 20, 1822
William Jefferson Clinton born August 19, 1946, father died May 17, 1946
Presidents Fathers who died after their Sons
Warren G. Harding died August 2, 1923; George T. Harding died November 19, 1928
John Fitzgerald Kennedy died November 22, 1963; Joseph P. Kennedy died Nov. 18, 1969
Presidents Mothers who died after their Sons
James K. Polk died June 15, 1849; Jane Polk died January 11, 1852
James A. Garfield died Sept. 19, 1881; Eliza Garfield died January 21, 1888
John Fitzgerald Kennedy died Nov. 22, 1963; Rose Kennedy died January 22, 1995
Age of the Presidents at the Death of their Father
Three fathers of Presidents died before the births of their sons. These were the fathers of Andrew Jackson, Rutherford B. Hayes, and William Jefferson Clinton. Two fathers of Presidents survived their sons. These were the fathers of Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy.
Andrew Jackson born after his father’s death
Rutherford B. Hayes born after his father’s death
William Jefferson Clinton born after his father’s death
James A. Garfield 1 year, 170 days
Andrew Johnson 3 years, 6 days
Herbert Hoover 6 years, 124 days
George Washington 11 years, 49 days
Thomas Jefferson 14 years, 126 days
James Monroe 16 years
Grover Cleveland 16 years, 197 days
William Henry Harrison 18 years, 74 days
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 18 years, 313 days
Theodore Roosevelt 19 years, 105 days
William Jefferson Clinton 21 years, 8 days (stepfather)
John Tyler 22 years, 283 days
John Adams 25 years, 207 days
Gerald R. Ford 27 years, 219 days (father)
Jimmy Carter 28 years, 296 days
Lyndon Baines Johnson 29 years, 56 days
James Buchanan 30 years, 49 days
Ronald Reagan 30 years, 101 days
Harry S. Truman 30 years, 179 days
James K. Polk 32 years, 3 days
William Howard Taft 33 years, 248 days
Martin Van Buren 34 years, 124 days
Franklin Pierce 34 years, 129 days
Zachary Taylor 41 years, 56 days
Abraham Lincoln 41 years, 339 days
Richard M. Nixon 43 years, 239 days
Benjamin Harrison 44 years, 278 days
Chester A. Arthur 46 years, 22 days
Woodrow Wilson 46 years, 23 days
George Herbert Walker Bush 48 years, 119 days
Gerald R. Ford 48 years, 196 days (stepfather)
William McKinley 49 years, 299 days
James Madison 49 years, 348 days
Ulysses S. Grant 51 years, 63 days
Dwight D. Eisenhower 51 years, 147 days
Calvin Coolidge 53 years, 257 days
John Quincy Adams 59 years, 358 days
Millard Fillmore 63 years, 80 days
Warren G. Harding survived by father
John F. Kennedy survived by father
Age of the Presidents at the Death of their Mother
John Tyler 7 years
Herbert Hoover 9 years, 196 days
Abraham Lincoln 9 years, 235 days
Calvin Coolidge 12 years, 253 days
Andrew Jackson 14 years
Benjamin Harrison 16 years, 360 days
William Henry Harrison 19 years
Theodore Roosevelt 25 years, 110 days
Woodrow Wilson 31 years, 197 days
Millard Fillmore 31 years, 107 days
Thomas Jefferson 32 years, 352 days
Franklin Pierce 34 years
Martin Van Buren 34 years, 73 days
Zachary Taylor 38 years, 19 days
Chester Arthur 39 years, 103 days
James Buchanan 42 years, 21 days
Rutherford B. Hayes 44 years, 26 days
Warren G. Harding 44 years, 199 days
Grover Cleveland 45 years, 123 days
Andrew Johnson 47 years, 46 days
Lyndon Baines Johnson 50 years, 16 days
William Howard Taft 50 years, 84 days
William Jefferson Clinton 50 years, 140 days
John Qunicy Adams 51 years, 109 days
Ronald Reagan 51 years, 131 days
Gerald R. Ford 54 years, 65 days
Richard Nixon 54 years, 264 days
William McKinley 54 years, 317 days
Dwight D. Eisenhower 55 years, 332 days
George Washington 57 years, 184 days
Jimmy Carter 59 years, 29 days
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 59 years, 220 days
Ulysses S. Grant 61 years, 14 days
John Adams 61 years, 169 days
Harry S. Truman 63 years, 79 days
James Monroe 68 years
George Herbert Walker Bush 68 years, 160 days
James Madison 77 years, 332 days
James K. Polk survived by mother
James A. Garfield survived by mother
John F. Kennedy survived by mother
