USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt assumed the presidency at age 42, and remains the youngest person to become president of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -He brought new excitement and power to the office, vigorously leading Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation’s history.

Detailed explanation-3: -The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43. The oldest person to assume the presidency was Joe Biden, the nation’s current president, who was inaugurated at age 78.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Republican, he ran for and won by a landslide a four-year term in 1904. He was succeeded by his protégé and chosen successor, William Howard Taft.