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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