Who Was Alive

Were James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

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

James Buchanan was 17 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

James Buchanan was 73 when Abraham Lincoln died, aged 56.

James Buchanan

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Born 23 April 1791 · died 1 June 1868, aged 77

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. James Buchanan
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
James Buchanan 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.