List of presidents of the United States by date of death

The following is a list of presidents of the United States by date of death, plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics. Of the 45 people who have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789, 39 have died – eight of them while in office. The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 193 days. John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 187 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 238 days.

Same day

 * July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson at 12:50 p.m., and John Adams at 6:20 p.m.

Same date

 * March 8: Millard Fillmore in 1874 and William Howard Taft in 1930
 * July 4: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1826, and James Monroe in 1831
 * December 26: Harry S. Truman in 1972 and Gerald Ford in 2006

Same calendar year

 * 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both on July 4
 * 1862: John Tyler and Martin Van Buren, on January 18 and July 24 respectively
 * 1901: Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley, on March 13 and September 14 respectively

Same age (rounded down to nearest year)

 * 93: Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan
 * 90: John Adams and Herbert Hoover
 * 78: Andrew Jackson and Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * 71: John Tyler and Grover Cleveland
 * 67: George Washington, Benjamin Harrison and Woodrow Wilson
 * 64: Franklin Pierce and Lyndon B. Johnson
 * 63: Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * 60: Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge
 * 57: Chester A. Arthur and Warren G. Harding

Died before multiple predecessors
9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841) 11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849) 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850) 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868) 16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865) 20th president James A. Garfield (died September 19, 1881) 29th president Warren Harding (died August 2, 1923) 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963) 40th president Ronald Reagan (died June 5, 2004)
 * 4 years, 66 days before 7th president Andrew Jackson (died June 8, 1845)
 * 6 years, 326 days before 6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848)
 * 21 years, 116 days before 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
 * 12 years, 220 days before 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
 * 13 years, 42 days before 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
 * 11 years, 196 days before 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
 * 12 years, 18 days before 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
 * 1 year, 129 days before 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
 * 5 years, 281 days before 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874)
 * 3 years, 48 days before 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
 * 4 years, 177 days before 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
 * 8 years, 329 days before 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874)
 * 3 years, 308 days before 18th president Ulysses S. Grant (died July 23, 1885)
 * 11 years, 123 days before 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes (died January 17, 1893)
 * 185 days before 28th president Woodrow Wilson (died February 3, 1924)
 * 6 years, 220 days before 27th president William Howard Taft (died March 8, 1930)
 * 333 days before 31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964)
 * 5 years, 128 days before 34th president Dwight D. Eisenhower (died March 28, 1969)
 * 9 years, 37 days before 33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972)
 * 2 years, 203 days before 38th president Gerald Ford (died December 26, 2006)
 * Died before 39th president Jimmy Carter, who is still alive

Died after multiple successors
6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848) 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862) 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862) 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874) 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869) 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes (died January 17, 1893) 22nd & 24th president Grover Cleveland (died June 24, 1908) 27th president William Howard Taft (died March 8, 1930) 31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964) 33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972)
 * 6 years, 326 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841)
 * 2 years, 260 days after 7th president Andrew Jackson (died June 8, 1845)
 * 21 years, 116 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841)
 * 13 years, 42 days after 11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849)
 * 12 years, 18 days after 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850)
 * 187 days after 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
 * 12 years, 220 days after 11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849)
 * 11 years, 196 days after 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850)
 * 8 years, 329 days after 16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865)
 * 5 years, 281 days after 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
 * after 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
 * 4 years, 177 days after 16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865)
 * 1 year, 129 days after 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
 * 11 years, 123 days after 20th president James A. Garfield (died September 19, 1881)
 * 6 years, 62 days after 21st president Chester A. Arthur (died November 18, 1886)
 * 7 years, 105 days after 23rd president Benjamin Harrison (died March 13, 1901)
 * 6 years, 285 days after 25th president William McKinley (died September 14, 1901)
 * 6 years, 220 days after 29th president Warren Harding (died August 2, 1923)
 * 6 years, 35 days after 28th president Woodrow Wilson (died February 3, 1924)
 * 19 years, 195 days after 32nd president Franklin D. Roosevelt (died April 12, 1945)
 * 333 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963)
 * 9 years, 37 days after 35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963)
 * 3 years, 273 days after 34th president Dwight D. Eisenhower (died March 28, 1969)