List of United States politicians by generation

Originally from Wikipedia · Est. Jan 2026

This is an incomplete list of some prominent American politicians by date of birth. This list includes all Presidents of the United States, all Vice Presidents of the United States, all Speakers of the United States House of Representatives, and some other notable politicians.

By convention, Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Governors are numbered by sequence in office, thus Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and the 24th President and Donald J. Trump was both the 45th and the 47th President. Conversely, Speakers of the United States House of Representatives are numbered according to first date in office, thus Nancy Pelosi was the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives despite serving as Speaker of the 110th, 111th, 116th, and 117th United States Congresses.

Born before independence

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790), polymath Founder
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799), first President of the United States
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826), second President
John Hancock (January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793), President of the Continental Congress
George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812), fourth Vice President of the United States
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809), second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826), third President
Elbridge Gerry (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814), fifth Vice President
Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 – January 24, 1813), fourth Speaker of the House of Representatives
Frederick Muhlenberg (January 1, 1750 – June 4, 1801), first Speaker of the House of Representatives
Joseph Bradley Varnum (January 29, 1750 – September 21, 1821), sixth Speaker of the House of Representatives
Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806), first Secretary of War
James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), fourth President
Edmund Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813), first Attorney General
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 – July 12, 1804), first Secretary of the Treasury
Aaron Burr (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836), third Vice President
Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757 – June 29, 1837), fifth Speaker of the House of Representatives
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831), fifth President
Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760 – October 9, 1824), third Speaker of the House of Representatives
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845), seventh President
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848), sixth President
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841), ninth President
Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825), sixth Vice President

Born 1776–1799

Langdon Cheves (September 17, 1776 – June 26, 1857), eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives
Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852), seventh Speaker of the House of Representatives
Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850), ninth Vice President
John C. Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850), seventh Vice President
Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), eighth President
Philip P. Barbour (May 25, 1783 – February 25, 1841), tenth Speaker of the House of Representatives
Andrew Stevenson (January 21, 1784 – January 25, 1857), 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives
John W. Taylor (March 26, 1784 – September 18, 1854), ninth Speaker of the House of Representatives
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850), 12th President
William R. King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853), 13th Vice President
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862), tenth President
James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868), 15th President
John Winston Jones (November 22, 1791 – January 29, 1848), 16th Speaker of the House of Representatives
George M. Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864), 11th Vice President
James K. Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849), 11th President
John Bell (February 18, 1796 – September 10, 1869), 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives
William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862), 23rd Speaker of the House of Representatives
John Wesley Davis (April 16, 1799 – August 22, 1859), 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives

Born 1800–1823

Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874), 13th President
Linn Boyd (November 22, 1800 – December 17, 1859), 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives
John White (February 14, 1802 – September 22, 1845), 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869), 14th President
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875), 17th President
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), 16th President
Robert M.T. Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887), 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Robert C. Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894), 18th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891), 15th Vice President
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875), 18th Vice President
Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 – October 9, 1868), 19th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Nathaniel P. Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894), 21st Speaker of the House of Representatives
William A. Wheeler (June 30, 1819 – June 4, 1887), 19th Vice President
Thomas A. Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885), 21st Vice President
John C. Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875), 14th Vice President
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), 18th President
James Lawrence Orr (May 12, 1822 – May 5, 1873), 22nd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Rutherford B. Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893), 19th President
Schuyler Colfax (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885), 17th Vice President
Galusha A. Grow (August 31, 1823 – March 31, 1907), 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives

Born 1824–1850

Levi P. Morton (May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920), 22nd Vice President
Theodore M. Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905), 26th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Michael C. Kerr (March 15, 1827 – August 19, 1876), 28th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Samuel J. Randall (October 10, 1828 – April 13, 1890), 29th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Chester A. Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886), 21st President
James G. Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893), 27th Speaker of the House of Representatives
James A. Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881), 20th President
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901), 23rd President
John G. Carlisle (September 5, 1834 – July 31, 1910), 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives
Adlai Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June, 14, 1914), 23rd Vice President
J. Warren Keifer (January 30, 1836 – April 22, 1932), 30th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926), 35th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908), 22nd and 24th President
Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902), 32nd Speaker of the House of Representatives
David B. Henderson (March 14, 1840 – February 25, 1906), 34th Speaker of the House of Representatives
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901), 25th President
Garret Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899), 24th Vice President
Charles F. Crisp (January 29, 1845 – October 23, 1896), 33rd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Champ Clark (March 7, 1850 – March 2, 1921), 36th Speaker of the House of Representatives

Born 1851–1882

Frederick H. Gillett (October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935), 37th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Charles W. Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918), 26th Vice President
Thomas R. Marshall (March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925), 28th Vice President
Robert M. La Follette (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), presidential candidate 1924
James S. Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912), 27th Vice President
Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924), 28th President
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930), 27th President
Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), 26th President
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936), 31st Vice President
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925), presidential candidate 1896, 1900, and 1908
Henry T. Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934), 40th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948), presidential candidate 1916
Charles G. Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951), 30th Vice President
Warren G. Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923), 29th President
John Nance Garner (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), 32nd Vice President
Jo Byrns (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936), 41st Speaker of the House of Representatives
Nicholas Longworth (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931), 38th Speaker of the House of Representatives
James M. Cox (March 31, 1870 – July 15, 1957), presidential candidate 1920
Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933), 30th President
John W. Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955), presidential candidate 1924
Al Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) presidential candidate 1928
William B. Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940), 42nd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), 31st President
Alben W. Barkley (November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956), 35th Vice President
Sam Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961), 43rd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President

The Lost Generation (1883–1900)

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972), 33rd President
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968), 44th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Alf Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987), presidential candidate 1936
Henry A. Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965), 33rd Vice President
Dwight D. Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), 34th President
John W. McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980), 45th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Wendell Willkie (February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944), presidential candidate 1940
Adlai Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965), presidential candidate 1953 and 1956

The Greatest Generation (1901–1927)

Thomas E. Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971), presidential candidate 1944 and 1948
Carl Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000), 46th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Nelson Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), 41st Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), 36th President
Barry Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998), presidential candidate 1964
Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004), 40th President
Hubert Humphrey (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978), 38th Vice President
Tip O'Neil (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994), 47th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994), 37th President
Gerald Ford (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006), 38th President
John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), 35th President
Spiro Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996), 39th Vice President
George McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012), presidential candidate 1972
Jim Wright (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015), 48th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Bob Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021), presidential candidate 1976
George H.W. Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018), 41st President
Jimmy Carter (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024), 39th President

The Silent Generation (1928–1945)

Walter Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021), 42nd Vice President
Tom Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013), 49th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Michael Dukakis (November 3, 1933 – age ), presidential candidate 1988
John McCain (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018), presidential candidate 2008
Nancy Pelosi (March 26, 1940 – age ), 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Dick Cheney (January 30, 1941 – November 3, 2025), 46th Vice president
Dennis Hastert (January 2, 1942 – age ), 51st Speaker of the House of Representatives
Joe Biden (November 20, 1942 – age ), 46th President
Newt Gingrich (June 17, 1943 – age ), 50th Speaker of the House of Representatives
John Kerry (December 11, 1943 – age ), presidential candidate 2004

Baby Boomers (1946–1964)

Donald J. Trump (June 14, 1946 – age ), 45th and 47th President
George W. Bush (July 6, 1946 – age ), 43rd President
Bill Clinton (August 19, 1946 – age ), 42nd President
Mike DeWine (January 5, 1947 – age ), 70th Governor of Ohio
Dan Quayle (February 4, 1947 – age ), 44th Vice President
Mitt Romney (March 12, 1947 – age ), presidential candidate 2012
Hillary Clinton (October 26, 1947 – age ), presidential candidate 2016
Al Gore (March 31, 1948 – age ), 45th Vice President
John Boehner (November 17, 1949 – age ), 53rd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Phil Murphy (August 16, 1957 – age ), 56th Governor of New Jersey
Gregory Abbott (November 13, 1957 – age ), 48th Governor of Texas
Kathy Hochul (August 27, 1958 – age ), 57th Governor of New York
Mike Pence (June 7, 1959 – age ), 48th Vice President
Barack Obama (August 4, 1961 – age ), 44th President
Brian Kemp (November 2, 1963 – age ), 83rd Governor of Georgia
Kamala Harris (October 20, 1964 – age ), 49th Vice President

Generation X (1965–1980)

J.B. Pritzker (January 19, 1965 – age ), 43rd Governor of Illinois
Kevin McCarthy (January 26, 1965 – age ), 55th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Josh Stein (September 13, 1966 – age ), 76th Governor of North Carolina
Gavin Newsom (October 10, 1967 – age ), 40th Governor of California
Paul Ryan (January 29, 1970 – age ), 54th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Gretchen Whitmer (August 23, 1971 – age ), 49th Governor of Michigan
Mike Johnson (January 30, 1972 – age ), 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Josh Shapiro (June 20, 1973 – age ), 48th Governor of Pennsylvania
Andy Beshear (November 29, 1977 – age ), 63rd Governor of Kentucky
Ronald DeSantis (September 14, 1978 – age ), 46th Governor of Florida
Wes Moore (October 15, 1978 – age ), 63rd Governor of Maryland

Millennials (1981–1996)

Katie Britt (February 2, 1982 – age ), Senator from Alabama
Andy Kim (July 12, 1982 – age ), Senator from New Jersey
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (August 13, 1982 – age ), 47th Governor of Arkansas
J.D. Vance (August 2, 1984 – age ), 50th Vice President
Tim Sheehy (November 18, 1985 – age ), Senator from Montana
Jon Ossoff (February 16, 1987 – age ), Senator from Georgia
Summer Lee (November 26, 1987 – age ), Pennsylvania's 12th District Representative
Gabe Amo (December 11, 1987 – age ), Rhode Island's 1st District Representative
Jake Auchincloss (January 29, 1988 – age ), Massachusetts's 4th District Representative
Kat Cammack (February 16, 1988 – age ), Florida's 3rd District Representative
Brian Jack (February 17, 1988 – age ), Georgia's 3rd District Representative
Ritchie Torres (March 12, 1988 – age ), New York's 15th District Representative
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (born June 4, 1988 – age ), Washington's 3rd District Representative
Sarah Elfreth (September 9, 1988 – age ), Maryland's 3rd District Representative
Max Miller (November 13, 1988 – age ), Ohio's 7th District Representative
Sara Jacobs (February 1, 1989 – age ), California's 51st District Representative
Greg Casar (May 4, 1989 – age ), Texas's 35th District Representative
Anna Paulina Luna (May 6, 1989 – age ), Florida's 13th District Representative
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (January 13, 1989 – age ), New York's 14th District Representative
Rob Bresnahan (April 22, 1990 – age ), Pennsylvania's 8th District Representative
Sarah McBride (August 9, 1990 – age ), Delaware's At-Large Representative
Abraham Hamadeh (May 15, 1991 – age ), Arizona's 8th District Representative
Zohran Mamdani (October 18, 1991 – age ), 112th Mayor of New York City
Yassamin Ansari (April 7, 1992 – age ), Arizona's 3rd District Representative
Addison McDowell (January 21, 1994 – age ), North Carolina's 6th District Representative
Brandon Gill (February 26, 1994 – age ), Texas's 26th District Representative

Generation Z (1997–2012)

Maxwell Frost (January 17, 1997 – age ), Florida's 10th District Representative
Valerie McDonnell (May 25, 2004 – age ), New Hampshire State Representative

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