theodore roosevelt was the youngest president to be elected.
theodore roosevelt was the youngest president to be elected.
who was the youngest president to be elected?
theodore roosevelt
during the campaign, kennedy charged that under eisenhower and the republicans the nation had fallen behind the soviet union in the cold war, both militarily and economically, and that as president he would "get america moving again." the eisenhower administration had established nasa in 1958, but kennedy believed that the republican party had ignored the need to catch up to the soviet union in the space race. he promised that the new democratic administration would fully appreciate the importance of space accomplishments for the national security and international prestige of the united states. nixon responded that, if elected, he would continue the "peace and prosperity" that eisenhower had brought the nation in the 1950s. nixon also argued that with the nation engaged in the cold war with the soviets, that kennedy was too young and inexperienced to be trusted with the presidency. had nixon been elected, at 48 years, 11 days, he would have been the fourth-youngest president at the date of inauguration. kennedy, by contrast, was 43 years, 236 days, on the date of his inauguration; the second-youngest man to begin a presidency (at 42 theodore roosevelt, who assumed the presidency upon the assassination of president william mckinley 60 years previously, was the youngest).
1960 united states presidential election
critical response to "killing kennedy" was mixed, with "the new york times "writing that the book was at times disappointing but that it "picks up strength as it heads for its date with destiny". the book has been criticized for a "lack of citation and occasional 'literary liberties'". for example, in the prologue, the authors write, "kennedy is the youngest president ever elected. eisenhower is the oldest." while kennedy was the youngest president ever elected at the time of his inauguration and remains so today, dwight d. eisenhower was not the oldest ever elected even in 1961 at the time of kennedy's inauguration. william henry harrison was the oldest president ever elected as of 1961. however, in 1961 at the end of his term eisenhower was the oldest president to date, as harrison died one month into his term at the age of 68 years 54 days. eisenhower was 70 years 98 days old on the day of kennedy's inauguration.
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