Election Years Of Presidents

For the original method of electing the president and the vice president elections of 1789 1792 1796 and 1800 see article ii section 1 of the constitution.

Election years of presidents. Because of when these federal offices are up for election the election years are commonly classified into the following three categories. The oldest person to assume the presidency was donald trump at the age of 70 years 220 days on inauguration day. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections.

Elections for the u s. Includes all candidates their parties number of electoral and popular votes. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the united states armed forces.

View a map results and history from each of the 58 prior u s. Kennedy who was 43 years 236 days at his inauguration. This is a list of presidents of the united states by age.

Election results for every election from 1789 to the present. The president of the united states is the head of state and head of government of the united states indirectly elected to a 4 year term by the people through the electoral college. The republican incumbent served as the 41st president of the united states from 1989 to 1993 but lost re election to democrat william.

Presidents who have been elected in years ending in zero have been killed. Where the president is still living their lifespan is calculated up. The most recent one term president was george h w.

President are held every four years coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the house of representatives and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the senate. So thanks to the folks at ucsb and their fine website dedicated to the united states presidency we present the election results for the last 100 years dating to the first time all 48 contiguous states took part. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race.