The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York • Page 7

.1 -I I I 1 i- i 1 4 i- ,1 THE POST- Syracuse, N. Frday, October 7, 1955 GQP-Democrats Agree i By GEORGE GALLUP Director, American Institute of Public Opinion PRINCETON, N. Oct. is the age for 'a man to be ejected President of the United States? When, is a man too old to run for President? The average voter across the country has some definite ideas on' the subject. When questioned in an Institute survey, he puts the ideal age for a presidential candidate at 51 and the age at which a man is too old to run for President 69.

Those are the major findings of the latest survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion. Interviewing was completed in the survey just before President A representative cross-section voters from Maine to California was asked: 1--What do you think is the ideal age for a man to be elected President of the United States? 39 or younger 40 to 44 years 11 45 to 49 years 19 SO to 54 years 32 fi5 to 59 17 60 to 64 years 10 65 and over The median average of all political parties see eye-to-eye on replies is, SI years, Young voters put it at 50, middle-aged voters say 51, and older voters put it at 52. "2--At what age do you tldnk a man is too old to run President? 1 50 to 54 years. 55 to 59 years. 3 60 to 64 years .18 65 to 69 years 33 70 to 74 years, 31 75 and ,,.,,,..,,.,12 The median average of all replies is 69 years.

Virtually no difference of opinion is found by the ideal age for a presidential candidate--51 years, On the question of the maximum age at which a man should run, GOP voters put the median average.at 70, whiLa Democrats say 68. whom doctors considered a man for i is age, has suffered att ick will likely cause political It aders in both parties to considc the factor of age of other pos -nominees. Chief Justice Earl Warren, often. mentioned as a possible GOP candidate, ordy younger than Eisenhower. He wou be 65 next year and would reach 66th birthday just tws months after taking office.

Vic-President Richard Nixon would be 43 at he time of the next election ai would have passed his 44th lirthday by the time he took offi Adlai Stevenst the current favorite of Dei voters. of tiie next election are: "William Knowland 48, Harold E. Stassen 49, Henry Cabot Lodge 54, Thomas Dewey 54, and John Foster; Dulles 68. Hoover, 54; Martin Van Buren, 54; Benjamin Harrison. 55; Warren G.

Harding, 55; Wilson, 56; Andrew Johnson 56; George Washington, 57; Jefferson, 57; James Madison, 57; John Other possible Democratic can- Adams, 57; James Monroe, 58, didates are: G. Menn en 45; Stuart Symington, 55; Hichard Russell, 59; Frank J. Lausche, and Sana Raybum, 74. and Harry S. Truman, 60.

Six became President between the ages of 61 and 6B years; John Adams, 61; Andrew Jackson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt was 42'Zachary Taylor, 34; James Bu- i Eisenhower, who would be 56 ai would reach brought up the subject of presj- dential age whea a delegation of Ohio Republicans urged him, bc- fore his heart attack, to run again, will be 65 one week from today-on Oct. 14. The President pointed out that he would pass 66 before the November 195C election and 70 before he could complete another four-year-tcrm, Rank-and-filc members of both The fact that the President, his 57th birthday about two weeks after taking offi- e. Gov.

Averell I arriman be 64 next year a id would have reached his 65th birthday by the A. Arthur, 50. when he inherited the office, the youngest President in S. history. Franklin D.

Roosevelt was 50 when he first won 'election (he ws 51 at the time of his inauguration), and Harry Truman was 60 when he took over after FDR's death. Eight U. S. Presidents first took office at 50 years of age or under: Theodore Roosevelt, 42; Ulysses S. Grant, 46; Grover 47; Franklin Pierce, 48; James Garfield, 49; James Polk, 49; Millard Filmore, 50, and Chester chanan, 65, and Vtflliam Harrison, 68, the oldest man to be elected a U.

S. Prc-sident. ADVERTISEMENT iscovers time he took offi Sen. Estes Ke: auver would be 53 at "the time the next election and also at the time, of his taking office. Other possible Republican candidates and age at the time Nineteen took office between the ages of 51 and 60 Franklin D.

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