The oldest man to be elected as U.S. President was Ronald Reagan who was elected at the age of 69. He turned 70 three months later.
If John McCain is elected President then he will be the oldest at 73.
Before his United States Presidency, Ronald Reagan was the governor of California. Before that, he was a well know actor in Hollywood.
Ronald Reagan was the oldest, beginning his Presidency 17 days before his 70th birthday.
Washington was older than Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, the others who can be considered founding fathers, but Adams was older when he took office than Washington had been.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, who was in office from 1981-1989, served from the age of 69 to 77 years. His second term of office ended approximately two weeks before his 78th birthday. Reagan died in 2004 at the age of 93.
He was the oldest person to be elected president.
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Reagan served two terms as governor of California. He was also elected president of his union, the Screen Actors' Guild.
Ronald Reagan's last acting credit was in 1965, the year before he was elected Governor of California.
Before being elected president, Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor.
Ronald Reagan had a long career as a movie actor before he was president.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was well-known as a movie and TV actor before he entered politics. He starred in over 40 movies, mostly of the "B" variety.
Before being elected president, Ronald Reagan worked as a Hollywood actor.Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was famous as a movie star before being elected Governor of California in 1966 then President of the United States in 1980.
Ronald Reagan got shot in the lung and survived.
Gerald Ford was the Republican President before Ronald Reagan, with Jimmy Carter serving as a Democratic President in between the two Republicans.
No George Washington was not the oldest president. Ronald Reagan was the oldest elected president at the age of 69 when he was elected to his first term. He ended his presidency a few months before his 78th. George Washington was 57 when he was elected.