Who Was Alive

Were Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 56 years, from 1809 to 1865.

Andrew Johnson was under a year old when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Both were 56 when Abraham Lincoln died.

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

Born 29 December 1808 · died 31 July 1875, aged 66

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Andrew Johnson
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln 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.