Age at Marriage

  • Andrew Johnson was the youngest to be married at 18 years 139 days.
  • Benjamin Harrison was the oldest to be married at 62 years 229 days (his second).
  • Grover Cleveland was the oldest to be married for the first time at 49 years 76 days.
  • James Buchanan is the only president to never have been married.
  • The average age of the presidents for their first marriage is 28 years.
  • The average age of the presidents for all marriages is 32 years.
  • Only Reagan and Trump have been divorced.
  • Seven presidents have been married twice.
  • Only Trump has been married three times.
  • Tyler, Cleveland, and Wilson are the only presidents to marry while in office.
  • Grover Cleveland is the only president to be married in the White House.
  • Benjamin Harrison and Millard Fillmore are the only presidents to marry after leaving office.
  • John Tyler and Theodore Roosevelt are the only presidents to marry on their birthday.
  • + Second marriage
  • ++ Third marriage

Rank#PresidentAge at Marriage
123Benjamin Harrison62 years 229 days +
228Woodrow Wilson58 years 355 days +
345 & 47Donald J. Trump58 years 222 days ++
413Millard Fillmore58 years 34 days +
510John Tyler54 years 89 days +
622 & 24Grover Cleveland49 years 76 days
745 & 47Donald J. Trump47 years 189 days +
84James Madison43 years 182 days
940Ronald Reagan41 years 27 days +
1035John F. Kennedy36 years 106 days
1138Gerald R. Ford35 years 93 days
1233Harry S. Truman35 years 51 days
1346Joe Biden34 years 209 days +
1416Abraham Lincoln33 years 265 days
1530Calvin Coolidge33 years 92 days
1643George W. Bush31 years 122 days
1744Barack Obama31 years 59 days
1845 & 47Donald J. Trump30 years 297 days
1919Rutherford B. Hayes30 years 87 days
2021Chester A. Arthur30 years 20 days
216John Quincy Adams30 years 15 days
2214Franklin Pierce29 years 361 days
2342Bill Clinton29 years 53 days
242John Adams28 years 361 days
2540Ronald Reagan28 years 354 days
2627William H. Taft28 years 277 days
273Thomas Jefferson28 years 263 days
2828Woodrow Wilson28 years 178 days
2911James K. Polk28 years 60 days
3026Theodore Roosevelt28 years 36 days +
3125William McKinley27 years 361 days
325James Monroe27 years 294 days
3337Richard M. Nixon27 years 163 days
3420James A. Garfield26 years 358 days
351George Washington26 years 319 days
367Andrew Jackson26 years 309 days
3718Ulysses S. Grant26 years 117 days
3836Lyndon B. Johnson26 years 82 days
3913Millard Fillmore26 years 29 days
4034Dwight D. Eisenhower25 years 260 days
4129Warren G. Harding25 years 248 days
4212Zachary Taylor25 years 209 days
4331Herbert Hoover24 years 184 days
448Martin Van Buren24 years 78 days
4546Joe Biden23 years 280 days
4632Franklin D. Roosevelt23 years 46 days
4710John Tyler23 years
489William Henry Harrison22 years 286 days
4926Theodore Roosevelt22 years
5039Jimmy Carter21 years 279 days
5141George H. W. Bush20 years 208 days
5223Benjamin Harrison20 years 61 days
5317Andrew Johnson18 years 139 days
-15James BuchananNever married

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