Doing the presidency of the United States is a manual job, and the heavy campaign activities before election alone are enough to dissuade the vast majority of competitors, and it is not something that the elderly can easily do. Therefore, the overall age of the President of the United States is younger, according to an online report on the age of the election of successive presidents in the United States, the vast majority of presidents were elected in their fifties, and a considerable number of them were only in their forties.
Of course, there are exceptions, the ninth president of the United States, William Harrison, was elected at the age of 68, and before Reagan, he was the oldest president in American history.
Born into an aristocratic Virginia family, the father was a well-known large farmer who signed the Declaration of Independence with a group of American sages and served as governor of Virginia.
With such a family background, Harrison's early career was smooth.
At the age of 25, he became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
At the age of 26, he was elected governor of Tennessee.
In 1812, in the Second Anglo-American War, as the commander of the United Forces in the Northwest Territories, he successfully forced the invading British and Indian forces into a desperate situation in the Battle of the Thames, restored control of the Northwest Territories, and became a hero of the United States.
Four years later, he was elected to the Senate.
This is a very beautiful resume, according to the general American politician growth script, the next step, Harrison will run for the president of the United States.
However, contrary to his wishes, Harrison did not accomplish much in the entire 20 years, and not even once passed the primary election.
In 1836, the opportunity finally came, and the 63-year-old Harrison ran as the Whig Party's presidential candidate, unfortunately, this time losing to Martin Van Buren, who was 9 years younger.
Four years later, Harrison met Again with Van Buren, who was seeking re-election, at 67 years old, an absolutely advanced age in the nineteenth century.
This was clearly the last chance of Harrison's career, and in order to win, he did not work on his own campaign platform, but used some unheeded means to slander Van Buren.
Through the media resources at his disposal, he portrayed Van Buren as a decadent aristocrat who lived a life of luxury, regardless of the lives of the people, and he went around rumoring about Van Buren's private life problems, and carefully described to the people his strange experience of visiting Van Buren: as a public official, Van Buren had to sleep on a high-level Linen bed in France every day, and he had to eat with gold knives and forks and silver plates.
In order to please the people, he described himself as a truly aristocrat who lived a luxurious life as a rough man who lived in a log cabin and loved to drink spirits.
Because the United States was in a serious economic depression at the time, Harrison's wild election method quickly paid off, and the increasingly poor people quickly abandoned Van Buren and supported Harrison, a "rough man" who was close to the people.
After nearly a year of campaigning, the 68-year-old Harrison finally became the ninth president of the United States.
On the day of the inauguration, a cold snap just happened to hit the northern United States, and Washington in the early spring ushered in a rare storm.
Aides suggested changing the venue and changing the venue to an indoor venue, but Harrison refused, unwilling to be seen as a fragile president.
His staff suggested that he bring a hat or a cold coat, but he refused, which would affect his image as a "rough man" in the minds of the people.
His staff suggested that he shorten the time of his speech, but he did not refuse, but once he spoke, he could not accept it.
In this way, in the cold wind and cold rain of early spring, Harrison spoke for a full hour and a half, and everyone who attended the ceremony, including Harrison, froze.
The next day, Harrison fell ill, and in the days that followed, the illness quickly progressed from a cold and flu to pneumonia, which was not a good thing for the 68-year-old man. 31 days later, Harrison died of illness.
Harrison's death set two records in American history:
The first president in U.S. history to die in office.
The shortest-serving president in U.S. history.
The only president in U.S. history to die as a result of his speech.
As a result of this last record, Harrison was included in Bob Finster's History of the Stupidity of Mankind and became a representative of idiot politicians.
Of course, Harrison's unexpected death has created another record.
At just 51 years old, Taylor became the shortest-serving vice president in U.S. history, succeeding him just a month after serving as vice president — the youngest president of any U.S. presidency at the time.
The young President Taylor really won by lying down — Harrison's two hard campaigns turned out to pave the way for him.
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