John F. Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected (43 years 236 days old).
However, Theodore Roosevelt became vice president at a younger age (42 years 322 days old) and became president after McKinley's assassination and was technically a younger president than JFK.
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John F. Kennedy was the youngest person elected to the presidency to date.
Theodore Roosevelt was younger when he first took office because of the death of
John F. Kennedy was the youngest ELECTED president. Theodore Roosevelt was younger than Kennedy when he took office, but he ascended to the presidency after the assassination of William McKinley.
John F. Kennedy, who was only 43.
However, Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest President, having ascended from VP after William McKinley was assassinated.
John F. Kennedy. Theodore Roosevelt was younger than Kennedy upon taking office, but he was originally Vice-President under William McKinley.
John Kennedy was the youngest to be elected. Teddy Roosevelt was younger when he took office but he took office because the President was killed.
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The president is the highest elected official in our government. Currently the highest elected president is Barack Obama. He is the first black elected president in the United States.
A natural-born US citizen of Mexican descent can be elected President, but a person born in Mexico cannot. Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution specifies the President (and Vice-President) must be natural-born, meaning born in one of the US States, US Territories, or on a US military base. Naturalized US citizens are not eligible to run for President.
Woodrow Wilson was elected President in 1912.