Who Were the Shortest-Lived United States Presidents?

A look at which United States presidents died youngest. Most of these were presidents who were assassinated or otherwise died in office; however, there were a few who simply had very short post-presidencies.
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[@benjamintillema3572]

Johnson and Grant: died because they refused medical treatment. Garfield: died BECAUSE he had medical treatment.

[@LolManI-75]

Lmao

[@riverramirez8881]

Well, Garfield's death wasn't actually the shooting itself. Rather, it was doctor incompetence. Dr. Bliss was the main suspect. He, along with a few others, tried removing the bullets without regards for sterilization, which caused a sepsis infection, and that's what killed him. In fact, his shooter argued that it was his doctors that ultimately killed him.

[@itachi-kun7736]

sadly Garfield died bc of Doctor's incompetence

[@PreziesLover327]

Garfield eventually died because of gross medical malpractice, even though he was President of the United States. McKinley also needed better medical care.

[@richardcope5066]

There really was nothing they could do for Grant tbh, anything they could have done had a lot of risk involved and might have still ended with a Garfield esc death.

[@knightterror2826]

I really wish Calvin Coolidge and Teddy Roosevelt had lived longer. They both seemed like they had so much more to offer the country post-presidency.

[@PrettygirlMisha]

You wouldn’t know them 😂

[@nickverse3463]

@@PrettygirlMishaok?

[@knightterror2826]

@@PrettygirlMisha You mean know them personally? No I wouldn't, but what does that matter?

[@Benjifan2000]

​@@PrettygirlMishaWhy does that matter.

[@SomeRamdomAhole]

@@PrettygirlMishano shit Sherlock…

[@jasonkoch3182]

And then there’s Jimmy Carter.

[@kaydenchan7093]

:)

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@ChizzieLovell]

43 years and 8 months after leaving office

[@_Daniel_Plainview]

I will never understand how James Buchanan lived as long as he did. He probably drank more than Pierce but was immune to alcohol's effects. He was overweight, I would expect someone like him to die in his 50s in the 19th century. He would often drink two or three bottles in one sitting and 10 gallons of whiskey in a week during his presidency. He wasn't married so I guess that's his secret to long life?

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

Not sure. I know him drinking alcohol in the White House led to him making many bad choices, what caused his death was respiratory failure. He had rhomatic ghaut and on top of that, he also suffered from severe pneumonia

[@defaultusername1145]

That’s because he became president so late in his life he was 65 when he became president so if he had died beforehand he would not become president and not be considered special for dying early

[@jordansweet8054]

Well Carter is our longest living President and he was married the longest so who knows?

[@Cubus-zapasowy]

Taft was also overweight and he lived quite long.

[@8sins236]

​@@Cubus-zapasowy That's because Taft lost weight post presidency.

[@techwiz81]

“Buying and selling human beings” is thankfully a hobby that’s not very popular anymore

[@pyreneesfarm7818]

Go to parts of the world where mechanization is not common, or the people who live there have no money to buy machines to do the work of slaves, remember that slavery is a strictly economic choice

[@pennyandwoody]

The thing about Pierce, he was sober damn near 20 years before he relasped. But considering he watched his son died via massive head trama and his wife dying. He lost his remaining reason to live.

[@PreziesLover327]

Five months after Pierce's wife died, he saw his lifelong friend Nathaniel Hawthorne die when they were up at the White Mountains in N.H., that was a blow to the former President, who lived for 5 1/2 more years.

[@thatwolfdude018]

I think I learned more about history from you, Mr. Beat and VTH than I did from school. Instead of showing PragerU videos in the classroom, they should show students your videos. You actually do research and are mostly unbiased. We need more people like you.

[@Freakears]

Worth mentioning with Polk that there was a cholera epidemic in Nashville around the time of his death, which probably didn't help his already poor health.

[@MrBoyce1121]

This was mentioned in the video Between Van Buren and Hoover the closest president to reach 80 was Buchanan at aged 77

[@Helloredtiger333]

This is literally my favorite KZbin channel right now

[@trevormathisen5158]

7:26 Chester got that drip 💧

[@nishanth3733]

yeah

[@beefydie2010]

He did have 80 pairs of pants

[@Quinn_M97]

@@beefydie2010 and shoes

[@docrobo360]

Perhaps what takes the biggest dent out of the health and life expectancy of most of the US Presidents is stress. The toll stress takes on them for having one of the most stressful jobs on Earth is visible, especially for some like Abraham Lincoln. Even in the modern era, you can see how the Presidency seems to have physically aged the Presidents. Barack Obama and George W. Bush are good examples of how they appeared to have aged dramatically from when they took office to when they left office.

[@justsomedude5727]

I wonder if the shorter lifespans in the middle is because of the side effects of industrialization (pollution, medical experimentation ect)

[@Loser12thplace]

Is it just me that despite Abraham lincoln 1 year younger than andrew Johnson Abraham lincoln looks 87 older than andrew johnson

[@thepurrfectminecraft5578]

That’s what civil war stress does to someone

[@PreziesLover327]

Lincoln was actually only 6 weeks younger than his successor Andrew Johnson. They were 56 when one succeeded the other as President.

[@AlvinSeville1]

The irony is the current resident in the WH knew many of them personally.

[@Pipatheoppa]

Not only Calvin Coolidge died of blood clot but he also died of heart attack

[@itachi-kun7736]

Washington was the shortest lived US President until Polk's death in 1849

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

I wish Abe Lincoln, Calvin Coolidge, and both Roosevelts live longer. Buchanan also died of pneumonia as well as respiratory failure

[@whodatn4l948]

This was a treat to watch. THANK you

[@redjirachi1]

Do you have details on what Lincoln planned to do post-presidency? I'd be interested to see how such an important president would've been like had he got to leave office

[@TheHylianBatman]

I wish that James A. Garfield has lived longer. TR, of course, but Garfield is one people don't talk about a lot. I wonder what his presidency and post-presidency would've looked like.

[@Leo-Brandeis]

I Wish That Kennedy And Washington Lived To 78 And 83

[@youtubeuser9496]

0:59 I have never seen that portrait of Garfield before (the guy next to Hayes)

[@christianasuncion]

It was Uylsess S Grant

[@everything_mania]

Important to keep in mind the life expectancy at the time for a lot of these men. You say Tyler was "only" 71 when he died but the life expectancy was around 40 at the time. That would make Tyler a very old man for his time.

[@laurin4339]

you can‘t measure the age with the life expectancy. Life expectancy rates back then were heavily influenced by the death of young children due to birth complications and so on therefore dragging down the life expectancy. Of course people died earlier back then but generally it can be said that if you made it past the age of 10 chances are high you would make it to 60,70 and even 80.

[@andrewwanner6855]

BUT John Adams, our 2nd President, lived all way to 90!

[@Skip2105]

Yay! So happy you ended up doing this one! Awesome

[@MikalaT2013]

Harrison and Lincoln and Garfield and McKinley and Harding and Kennedy died of curse of Tippecanoe

[@Fantasycastle337]

The longest lived ones is carter and bush.

[@nathanielhermanson6987]

They both lived past 90 years

[@Fantasycastle337]

@@nathanielhermanson6987 they surpassed John Adams.

[@mickeyray3793]

"His hobby was buying and selling slaves." In the same sense that my hobby might be buyjng and selling cars, or comic books!😅

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

Kinda sad how JFK was the youngest president elected but also the youngest president to die 😕

[@PinkIsAMegloManiac]

This is a good video

[@domyazbek2323]

There are many us presidents I wish were alive today like Andrew Jackson and Calvin Coolidge

[@user-zc2ov6sr5m]

Abraham lincoln was the best president ever I'm very sad that he was killed

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

I’m so sad too. Well, Dr Leale tried his best to save Lincoln’s life, at least.

[@semiretired86]

were Garfield assasinated or did the doctors kill him?

[@derrickstorm6976]

What an uplifting video

[@stacierice4706]

Coolidge and Teddy could’ve been 61 but they died January 5 and January 6 day of 1919 and 1933 respectfully

[@kayzeaza]

I got a context warning for Zachary Taylor LOL

[@TWBHunter_VR0604]

Same

[@jec1ny]

Life expectancy needs to be taken into account here. As recently as 1900, life expectancy was mid to late 40s. It was really only in the 20th century with the advent of what we might call modern medicine and the decline in child mortality that we began to see the really dramatic increases in life expectancy. Even so when Coolidge died in 1933 at 60, that was actually the average life expectancy for that year. Then we need to consider other factors. A lot of our presidents and formers were sent off prematurely by the dreadful medical practices of the age. Of the first four presidents to die in office, three were probably killed, at least in part, by their doctors. Harrison and Taylor were basically bled to death by their attending physicians. Poor Garfield was virtually tortured to death by his doctors. And then there are lifestyle factors. In particular as the 19th century wore on, smoking and heavy drinking became fairly normative. Smoking would be extremely common among our presidents up until fairly recently and that is a source of all kinds of health problems. Some of our presidents were chain smokers. The radical decline in tobacco use is one of the main factors contributing to increased life expectancy. (Edit: typo)

[@friedpancakes266]

Had FDR not overseen WW2 on top of his ailments, a 4th term could have been easy

[@trevertravis8963]

But if not for WW2, he might not have been so popular and not have been reelected.

[@Superantexits]

Love the video

[@timetovibe2939]

I wish James K Polk lived longer he was such a aspiring president

[@davepugh8815]

I think you mean inspiring

[@davepugh8815]

Who has ever thought that Harrison died because of the water in Washington? It is generally accepted that, since he gave the longest inaugural address ever in a cold rain with no hat or coat, that we caught cold which developed into pneumonia

[@laurin4339]

that myth has been debunked, nowadays the view on his death is that he died due to the contaminated water

[@RandomAmerican586]

He skipped harry truman and Eisenhower

[@CinematicandShowCUTS]

They both were older than FDR, JFK, and Lyndon in their post presidency and at death in at least 80 yrs old, 88 (Truman) and 78 (Eisenhower).

[@mrfarenheit0323]

Highly impressive that Taft made it to his 70s considering he was still on scotus and ate multiple 12 oz steaks a day

[@pyreneesfarm7818]

If you discount the ones killed in office, you might get a truer idea of the actual lifespan of former presidents.

[@lindagonzalez6634]

4:11, That of the late 1860's, That's Enjorlas from Les Misérables, not Franklin Pierce.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

Coolidge’s health was likely affected by the death of his youngest son Calvin Jr, who died of sepsis from blisters formed playing tennis without socks. Ever the honest man, he didn’t feel he had much to live for after that as the oldest son John said it was obvious the Calvin was the favorite.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

Calvin Jr was the 2nd first kid to die in the White House after Lincoln’s son William in 1862.

[@Pipatheoppa]

Taylor died of gastroenteritis or stomach flu 3:58

[@CameronKiesser]

Why is there a freaking pop up underneath?

[@maxmetodiev641]

Roosevelt was 2 years older than Truman not 3

[@scottaznavourian3720]

Yeah those young guys jfk and garfield and their natural deaths 😂

[@ponyhorsemuledonkey.1635]

youngest-flotous

[@ChizzieLovell]

Carter is the longest living president after leaving office. As of today is 43 years and 8 months

[@bobagingo_]

I feel really bad for these presidents that have died before 80, but that's old technology for ya 😬

[@_Daniel_Plainview]

Just because you live a long life, it doesn't mean it was a very happy one. Even the ones who lived to old age had many aches and ills and many of their children or people close to them died. A good example of that is George Washington Custis Lee (son of confederate general Robert E. Lee) who died at age 80 and summed up his life by saying he never had any fun.

[@geraldinemilo2804]

Examine the current state of the world. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 states "You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. People will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" Jesus is coming back. Are you ready?

[@ponyhorsemuledonkey.1635]

olest-potous

[@Pipatheoppa]

Theodore Roosevelt died of blood clot while in his sleep that’s why it’s a shocker to be honest

[@nathanielhermanson6987]

Presidents who didn’t live to 65: James K Polk Franklin Pierce Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S Grant James A Garfield Chester A Arthur William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Warren G Harding Calvin Coolidge Franklin D Roosevelt John F Kennedy Lyndon B Johnson

[@trevertravis8963]

And now we have Presidents that didn't take office until after 65.

[@PreziesLover327]

Pierce just missed his 65th birthday by only 6 weeks.

[@ToppieTygoTurbo]

Grant onlie livet a few tajz longer ten roozevelt

[@sd31263]

I hate AI narration.

[@nethercreature1624]

This isn't AI, the dude just has the most flat tone ever

[@dxxgx6713]

Could you make a video about how presidents and future presidents reacted to the white house burning?

[@johnglass7383]

I have never liked LBJ but I truly feel sorry for him in his last years. In his last interview you can almost see it in his face, his knowing that his time was near. Vietnam killed LBJ's presidency and his legacy, at the time.