Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley were alive at the same time for 22 years, from 1843 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 33 when William McKinley was born.

William McKinley was 22 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

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

Born 29 January 1843 · died 14 September 1901, aged 58

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. William McKinley
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Albert Einstein
  10. Adolf Hitler
Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley 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.