08 January 2009

Meeting of the Presidents

Regardless of what your political views may be, you have to admit that this is pretty cool!  And it doesn't happy very often.



The last time it occurred was in 1989.



Here are some interesting facts about living presidents (courtesy of Wikipedia).

The longest period between deaths of United States Presidents was 26 years, 6 months and 20 days, between the deaths of George Washington on December 14, 1799 and the death of Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826. The shortest came immediately after the longest, in the approximately five hours between the death of Jefferson at around 12:50 PM and the death of John Adams at approximately 6:00 PM.[1]
  • If the longest period between deaths is to be exceeded, no President must die before July 16, 2033 (the current oldest surviving President, George H. W. Bush, would then be 109 years old and his first "runner up", Jimmy Carter, would be 108).
  • The next longest was between the deaths of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, 21 years and 3 months between their deaths.