In what period of our history have the most US Presidents been alive at one time.
Starting at their birth and going to their death (their lifetime), how many US Presidents have actually been alive at the same time? I used some of the oldest declared candidates (Donald Trump, born in 1946 and Hillary Clinton, born in 1947) in the upcoming election (2016) to determine a cutoff point. From that information I decided to use 1945 as the cutoff point. So what is the greatest number of Presidents alive at the same time and in which years did this happen?
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18 Presidents – 1822 through 1826 – All the Presidents from John Adams through Rutherford B. Hayes
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18 Presidents – 1833 through 1841 – James Madison, Benjamin Harrison, and All the Presidents from John Quincy Adams through Chester Arthur
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18 Presidents – 1843 through 1845 – John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, and All the Presidents from John Tyler through William McKinley
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17 Presidents – 1829 through 1832 – Chester Arthur, and All the Presidents from James Madison through Rutherford B. Hayes
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17 Presidents – 1842 – John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and All the Presidents from John Tyler through Benjamin Harrison
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17 Presidents – 1846 through 1848 – John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, and All the Presidents from John Tyler through William McKinley
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17 Presidents – 1858 through 1862 – Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and All the Presidents from Millard Fillmore through William McKinley
