Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and Chester A. Arthur alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Chester A. Arthur were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1829 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 20 when Chester A. Arthur was born.

Chester A. Arthur was 35 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Born 12 February 1809 · died 15 April 1865, aged 56

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

Born 5 October 1829 · died 18 November 1886, aged 57

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Chester A. Arthur
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
  10. Albert Einstein
Abraham Lincoln and Chester A. Arthur in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.