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Politicians Who Died at Age 85

  85 years, 0 days: Betty Friedan (1921-2006) — Frederick W. Swift (1831-1916)
  85 years, 2 days: Milton K. Young (1868-1953) — Simon Frye (1737-1822) — Henry Lee (1782-1867)
  85 years, 3 days: James S. Elton (1838-1923) — Paul F. Faison (1882-1967) — B. F. Langworthy (1822-1907)
  85 years, 5 days: John Richards (1765-1850) — Andrew L. Sandall (1848-1933)
  85 years, 6 days: Donald Francis McGinley (1920-2005)
  85 years, 7 days: James Armstrong MacKay (1919-2004) — Thurlow Weed (1797-1882)
  85 years, 8 days: Henry McMorran (1844-1929) — Hayden L. Reynolds (1860-1945)
  85 years, 9 days: Jacob P. Nathanson (1901-1986)
  85 years, 10 days: Frank Crowther (1870-1955) — James Wilson (1835-1920) — John L. Loughran (1921-2006) — Edson O. Sessions (1902-1987) — Neil E. Reid (1871-1956)
  85 years, 11 days: Myers Y. Cooper (1873-1958) — John H. Flanigan (1889-1974) — Paul Hitch Roney (1921-2006)
  85 years, 12 days: David A. Hollingsworth (1844-1929) — Alphonso T. Clearwater (1848-1933)
  85 years, 13 days: Thomas Hackney (1861-1946)
  85 years, 14 days: Pryor Lea (1794-1879) — H. Clyde Pearson (1925-2010)
  85 years, 15 days: William R. Morrison (1824-1909) — Edmund A. Gullion (1913-1998)
  85 years, 16 days: Carl Elliott (1913-1999) — Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) — Alfred C. Baldwin (1872-1957) — Louis H. Breuer (1879-1964)
  85 years, 17 days: Maxwell H. Gluck (1899-1984) — Tom Miller Mehaffy (1859-1944)
  85 years, 20 days: Frank Bradstreet Rairden (1888-1973)
  85 years, 21 days: Thomas C. Desmond (1887-1972) — J. Sinclair Armstrong (1915-2000)
  85 years, 22 days: James L. Foreman (1927-2012)
  85 years, 23 days: Robert Smith (1757-1842) — Arthur H. Lord (1871-1956)
  85 years, 24 days: Donald G. Bollinger (1915-2000) — Emmet O. Frescoln (1887-1972)
  85 years, 25 days: Raphael Musto (1929-2014) — George Bell Timmerman (1881-1966)
  85 years, 26 days: Stephen Allen (1767-1852)
  85 years, 27 days: Arthur B. Woodford (1861-1946)
  85 years, 28 days: Augustus C. Baldwin (1817-1903) — Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828-1913) — Roy A. Taylor (1910-1995) — J. Merrow (1853-1938)
  85 years, 29 days: Parren J. Mitchell (1922-2007) — Kate Prentice Schley (1885-1970) — Julius H. Stahel (1827-1912)
  85 years, 31 days: Clarence Cannon (1879-1964) — Francis W. Rockwell (1844-1929) — Harry H. Stahl (1875-1960)
  85 years, 32 days: Gordon A. Bubolz (1905-1990)
  85 years, 34 days: Martin C. Ansorge (1882-1967) — Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) — John Pintard (1759-1844) — Julian Larcombe Schley (1880-1965) — Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins, Sr. (1881-1966)
  85 years, 35 days: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) — Frederick G. Niedringhaus (1837-1922) — H. Randall Wickes (1889-1974) — Albert M. Sames (1873-1958) — Winifred N. Campbell (1879-1964) — Jeff Truly (1861-1946)
  85 years, 36 days: Ira G. Hersey (1858-1943) — Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918) — Robert Welch (1899-1985)
  85 years, 37 days: George H. Bingham (1864-1949) — J. Willsie Brisbin (1881-1966)
  85 years, 38 days: Vernon A. Walters (1917-2002)
  85 years, 39 days: William L. Waller (1926-2011) — Charles E. Hotchkiss (1859-1944)
  85 years, 40 days: William G. Morrell, Jr. (1890-1976)
  85 years, 41 days: John S. Fine (1893-1978) — Rudolph Anselmi (1904-1989)
  85 years, 42 days: Lucius N. Littauer (1859-1944)
  85 years, 43 days: Warren R. Austin (1877-1962) — George E. Hood (1875-1960)
  85 years, 44 days: Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853)
  85 years, 45 days: William H. Sutphin (1887-1972) — George M. Thomas (1828-1914) — Robert Morss Lovett (1870-1956) — J. W. Arrowsmith (1816-1901)
  85 years, 46 days: A. Clark Forney (1871-1956)
  85 years, 47 days: William E. Haynes (1829-1914) — David A. Nunn (1833-1918) — J. Russell Hughes (1907-1992) — Leslie Woodward (1895-1980)
  85 years, 48 days: Chris H. Magnusson (1905-1990)
  85 years, 49 days: Donald McMurchie (1896-1981) — Morgan J. O'Brien (1852-1937) — Clarence F. Graebner (1923-2008)
  85 years, 50 days: Chester Bowles (1901-1986) — Joseph Healy (1776-1861) — Louis C. Wyman (1917-2002)
  85 years, 51 days: Henry M. Watts (1805-1890) — Samuel Putnam (1768-1853)
  85 years, 53 days: Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923) — John A. Love (1916-2002) — Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879)
  85 years, 54 days: Marge Roukema (1929-2014) — John B. Smith (1819-1904) — Erastus S. Day (1836-1921) — Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) — Elbert S. Miner (1885-1970)
  85 years, 56 days: Omar Burleson (1906-1991) — R. Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) — Carl J. Henry (1880-1965)
  85 years, 57 days: John Armor Bingham (1815-1900) — William H. Kirkpatrick (1885-1970) — Esther B. Narey (1884-1969) — Edward Lasker (1912-1997)
  85 years, 58 days: George H. Mahon (1900-1985) — John Edward Sheridan (1902-1987) — Francis Harrison Pierpoint (1814-1899) — Christopher G. Memminger (1803-1888) — Frank C. Haymond (1887-1972) — Joseph L. Alperson (1907-1992) — Allan W. Ricker (1869-1955) — Charles F. Lewis (1856-1942)
  85 years, 61 days: Robert E. Lee Allen (1865-1951) — Thomas F. Konop (1879-1964) — Fred G. Pollard (1918-2003) — William B. McGregor (1876-1961) — Leonidas William Spratt (1818-1903)
  85 years, 62 days: John W. Allen (1802-1887) — Edward F. Jones (1828-1913)
  85 years, 64 days: Henry J. Berquist (1905-1990) — S. Arthur Paul (1888-1973)
  85 years, 67 days: S. B. Hughes (1903-1988)
  85 years, 69 days: Clair A. Callan (1920-2005) — Harley W. Kidder (1901-1986)
  85 years, 70 days: William P. Elmer (1871-1956) — Sebastian S. Marble (1817-1902) — Eugene Nabel (1879-1965) — Henry Bernd (1837-1922) — Robert Morton Duncan (1927-2012)
  85 years, 72 days: John J. Tyrell (1901-1986)
  85 years, 73 days: John Young (1916-2002) — John H. Reading (1917-2003)
  85 years, 74 days: Samuel Seabury (1873-1958) — Benjamin L. Hooks (1925-2010)
  85 years, 76 days: William C. Walsh (1890-1975) — Fred F. Kaftan (1916-2001)
  85 years, 77 days: Fred C. Tanner (1878-1963)
  85 years, 78 days: J. Millard Tawes (1894-1979) — John G. Babbitt (1908-1993)
  85 years, 80 days: Charles L. Bartlett (1853-1938) — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (1924-2010) — Galius L. Zwick (1876-1961) — William L. Adams (1821-1906) — Mancil E. Morrow (1870-1955)
  85 years, 81 days: Thomas Irwin (1785-1870) — Stephen C. O'Connell (1916-2001)
  85 years, 82 days: Stephen Anthony Martin (1871-1957) — Curtiss E. Frank (1904-1990)
  85 years, 83 days: Jay N. Darling (1876-1962) — H. M. Wyrick (1893-1978)
  85 years, 84 days: Harold M. Mulvey (1914-2000)
  85 years, 85 days: John J. Santucci (1931-2016)
  85 years, 86 days: Nathaniel W. Howell (1830-1916)
  85 years, 87 days: John W. Herron (1827-1912)
  85 years, 88 days: W. Frank Jenkins (1876-1961) — Llewellyn J. Barden (1853-1938)
  85 years, 91 days: James H. Johnson (1802-1887) — Jesse Root (1736-1822) — Thomas P. Shoesmith (1922-2007) — Hartwell Davis (1906-1992)
  85 years, 92 days: Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) — Harvey D. Dow (1875-1960)
  85 years, 93 days: W. Aubrey Thomas (1866-1951) — Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) — Stewart G. Honeck (1906-1992) — Charles E. Coffin (1849-1934)
  85 years, 94 days: Albert R. Hall (1884-1969) — Thomas W. Williams (1789-1874) — V. Lamar Gudger (1919-2004) — Augustus N. Hand (1869-1954) — Carlotta Townsend Alderman (1882-1967) — Jesse J. Wall (1831-1916)
  85 years, 95 days: David Jackson Bailey (1812-1897) — George Gray (1840-1925) — Josephine Collins (1910-1996)
  85 years, 96 days: William Nelson (1784-1869) — George W. Anderson, Jr. (1906-1992) — Nauman Steele Scott (1916-2001)
  85 years, 97 days: Louis E. Graham (1880-1965) — Elijah Paine (1757-1842) — Joe R. Hanley (1876-1961) — Spencer H. Beecher (1840-1926)
  85 years, 99 days: Henry W. Blair (1834-1920) — Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897) — Gouverneur Morris (1809-1894) — Paul Carrington (1733-1818)
  85 years, 100 days: Nicholas C. Blauvelt (1814-1899) — Robert B. Blaikie (1906-1992)
  85 years, 101 days: Lloyd M. Bentsen (1921-2006)
  85 years, 102 days: Benjamin F. Tracy (1830-1915) — Margaret Vanderploeg (1899-1984)
  85 years, 103 days: Brutus J. Clay (1847-1932) — John Albert Berkey (1861-1946) — Samuel Hale Sibley (1873-1958)
  85 years, 104 days: James Madison (1751-1836) — Herman Badillo (1929-2014) — Moses R. Maddocks (1833-1919) — Tom Bane (1913-1999) — Christie Flanagan (1905-1991)
  85 years, 107 days: Floyd E. Wagner (1898-1983)
  85 years, 108 days: J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918) — Thomas J. Word (1805-1890) — Aura C. Hatch (1895-1980) — Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
  85 years, 110 days: Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917)
  85 years, 111 days: Louis L. Goldstein (1913-1998)
  85 years, 114 days: Thomas H. Ball (1859-1944) — Ezekiel Gilbert (1756-1841) — Searcy Bracewell (1918-2003) — William A. Austin (1917-2002)
  85 years, 116 days: George M. Grant (1897-1982) — Addison E. Southard (1884-1970) — Harold L. Frankel (1916-2002)
  85 years, 118 days: Horace Davis (1831-1916) — Samuel Jones (1734-1819) — Tony Curtis (1925-2010)
  85 years, 119 days: Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890) — Frederick W. Seward, Jr. (1874-1960) — Henry Champion (1751-1836)
  85 years, 120 days: Charles V. Fornes (1844-1929)
  85 years, 121 days: Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912) — Charles Hall Adams (1853-1938)
  85 years, 122 days: Edward J. Derwinski (1926-2012) — Simeon Willis (1879-1965) — John P. Cook (1825-1910)
  85 years, 124 days: Josepha Whitney (1871-1957) — William Dawkins Dillon (1916-2001)
  85 years, 125 days: Frank P. Graham (1886-1972)
  85 years, 126 days: Charles E. Chamberlain (1917-2002) — Albert Fawcett Polk (1869-1955) — Claudius B. Grant (1835-1921) — Henry S. Dean (1830-1915)
  85 years, 127 days: Cecil Heftel (1924-2010) — George Washington Triplett (1809-1894) — George C. Gilmore (1826-1912)
  85 years, 128 days: Karl M. LeCompte (1887-1972) — Jack J. Garris (1919-2005) — Bernard Gotlieb (1893-1979) — Dwight A. Silliman (1862-1947)
  85 years, 129 days: Pete V. Domenici (1932-2017)
  85 years, 130 days: Walter Huxman (1887-1972) — Peirson M. Hall (1894-1979) — Egbert B. Brown (1816-1902) — Thomas B. Adams (1919-2005) — Hestes W. Alford (1845-1930)
  85 years, 131 days: John A. Collier (1787-1873) — Pearl P. Oldfield (1876-1962) — John G. Stoddard (1827-1913)
  85 years, 132 days: John M. Reynolds (1848-1933) — Clark W. Thompson (1896-1981)
  85 years, 135 days: John Y. Brown, Sr. (1900-1985) — James E. Truex (1913-1999) — Ephraim Willard Burr (1809-1894)
  85 years, 140 days: Shiro Kashiwa (1912-1998) — Arthur A. Lenroot, Jr. (1912-1997)
  85 years, 141 days: Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860) — William John Duane (1780-1865) — James David Watkins (1927-2012) — Charles R. Beard (1879-1965) — Marian Jensen (1891-1976)
  85 years, 142 days: Warren Christopher (1925-2011)
  85 years, 143 days: William A. Hubbard (1854-1940) — William Hunter (1816-1901)
  85 years, 144 days: Jamie L. Whitten (1910-1995) — Collin McKinney (1776-1861)
  85 years, 145 days: Samuel E. Cook (1860-1946) — John S. McKiernan (1911-1997) — Jacob D. Beam (1908-1993)
  85 years, 146 days: Edwin V. Champion (1890-1976) — Dovie T. Pickett (1921-2007) — A. Lincoln Acker (1865-1950)
  85 years, 147 days: Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) — Aaron F. Dickey (1840-1925) — George Meany (1894-1980)
  85 years, 148 days: Bertram G. Frazier (1878-1963)
  85 years, 149 days: George Anson Starkweather (1794-1879) — Shelley Winters (1920-2006)
  85 years, 150 days: Dudley C. Denison (1819-1905) — Sallie A. Hert (1863-1948)
  85 years, 152 days: Robert F. Kennon (1902-1988) — Irvin N. Anderson (1923-2008) — Maynard D. Follin (1863-1948)
  85 years, 153 days: Frank H. Ladd (1867-1952)
  85 years, 154 days: Ralph F. Gates (1893-1978)
  85 years, 155 days: Perle Mesta (1889-1975) — C. Petrus Peterson (1880-1965)
  85 years, 156 days: Richard Wood Boehm (1926-2011) — Lorna B. Herseth (1909-1994) — W. J. Nesmith (1894-1980) — Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946)
  85 years, 157 days: James B. Wakefield (1825-1910) — Francis E. Warren (1844-1929) — Culbert L. Olson (1876-1962) — Washington Lithgow (1840-1925)
  85 years, 158 days: Paul V. Gadola, Jr. (1929-2014)
  85 years, 160 days: J. T. Rutherford (1921-2006) — Derrill H. McCollough (1851-1937) — Howard P. Anderson (1915-2000)
  85 years, 161 days: Rush G. Leaming (1835-1921) — Harold B. Wells (1876-1961) — Angus William McDonald (1829-1914)
  85 years, 162 days: John S. Lambert (1851-1936)
  85 years, 163 days: Joseph Martin, Jr. (1915-2000) — William J. Rea (1920-2005)
  85 years, 164 days: Russell H. Bengel (1898-1984)
  85 years, 165 days: Ray N. Allmon (1918-2004) — Almond J. Cutting (1856-1942) — Hovah Hall Underwood (1919-2004)
  85 years, 166 days: Thomas L. James (1831-1916)
  85 years, 167 days: James P. Devereux (1903-1988) — William N. Harriss (1865-1950)
  85 years, 168 days: Raymond V. McNamara (1889-1974) — Edwin M. Costello (1907-1993)
  85 years, 169 days: Joshua L. Chamberlain (1828-1914) — John W. English (1831-1916) — Nathaniel Stratton (1812-1897)
  85 years, 170 days: Charles Dayan (1792-1877) — Adrian R. Wadsworth (1855-1941)
  85 years, 171 days: Charles Hudson (1795-1881) — Royle Ellis (1897-1983)
  85 years, 172 days: Martin Greeley (1814-1899)
  85 years, 174 days: Howard Thomas Markey (1920-2006) — Julius C. Sleder (1914-1999) — William Gwin Benbrook (1837-1922)
  85 years, 175 days: Charles Clark (1925-2011)
  85 years, 176 days: Milton R. Young (1897-1983) — Dean H. Petersen (1904-1989) — Theodore Swanson (1873-1959)
  85 years, 177 days: Aaron V. S. Cochrane (1858-1943) — William M. Jenkins (1856-1941) — John R. Barnes (1833-1919) — James D. Johnson (1924-2010) — Robert Dorsey Watkins (1900-1986) — Clemente Nicolini (1853-1938) — Andrew William Burnet (1811-1896)
  85 years, 178 days: Blair G. Woodman (1903-1988)
  85 years, 179 days: Stephen Heard Darden (1816-1902) — Leslie L. Biffle (1880-1966)
  85 years, 180 days: Charles W. Dorsett (1850-1936) — Gabriel A. Ackal (1915-2001)
  85 years, 181 days: Richard A. Brown (1908-1994) — Jack L. Libby (1928-2014)
  85 years, 183 days: Earl Chudoff (1907-1993) — Charles B. Frisbie (1849-1935) — Simon Klotz (1855-1941)
  85 years, 185 days: William Wilkins (1779-1865)
  85 years, 186 days: Ralph R. Eltse (1885-1971) — John Smith Simonson (1796-1881) — Joseph H. Gaskill (1850-1935)
  85 years, 187 days: John W. McCormick (1831-1917) — Joseph Langton (1832-1918)
  85 years, 188 days: Edward Dodd (1805-1891) — Robert J. McIntosh (1922-2008) — Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894) — Vahan K. Beshgetoor (1866-1951)
  85 years, 189 days: Charles W. Sones (1859-1944) — Francis P. Blair (1791-1876) — Gordon Thompson, Jr. (1929-2015)
  85 years, 190 days: John S. Peters (1772-1858)
  85 years, 191 days: Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (1855-1940)
  85 years, 192 days: S. A. Blackburn (1875-1961)
  85 years, 193 days: Charles A. Halleck (1900-1986) — William J. McConnell (1839-1925)
  85 years, 195 days: Otis A. Glazebrook (1845-1931)
  85 years, 196 days: Lynn O. Francis (1906-1992) — Jean Sala Breitenstein (1900-1986)
  85 years, 198 days: George M. Roberts (1830-1915) — Louis W. Vasaly (1878-1964) — Eugene L. Richards (1879-1964)
  85 years, 199 days: Francis Hendricks (1834-1920)
  85 years, 201 days: John Taber (1880-1965) — George Wyllys (1710-1796) — Theodore B. Gates (1825-1911)
  85 years, 202 days: John R. Brown (1842-1927)
  85 years, 204 days: Charles M. Dale (1893-1978) — Gilbert E. Bursley (1913-1998)
  85 years, 205 days: James H. Scheuer (1920-2005)
  85 years, 206 days: Stanton J. Peelle (1843-1928) — Manuel J. Carnakis (1911-1997)
  85 years, 209 days: Fritz G. Lanham (1880-1965)
  85 years, 210 days: Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) — Charles H. Randall (1865-1951) — George G. Hunter (1872-1958) — B. D. Smith (1891-1977) — Edward W. Upham (1860-1945) — J. H. Price (1861-1947)
  85 years, 211 days: Harrison Reed (1813-1899)
  85 years, 213 days: E. Wallace Chadwick (1884-1969) — Hallett S. Ward (1870-1956) — Albert J. Stearns (1873-1959) — Robert J. Mitchell (1869-1955)
  85 years, 214 days: George M. Jabar (1904-1990)
  85 years, 215 days: Jim Bunning (1931-2017) — Seon Felshin (1910-1995)
  85 years, 216 days: Hiram R. Burton (1841-1927) — William D. McFarlane (1894-1980) — Stanley R. Brunges (1852-1937)
  85 years, 217 days: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868) — Arthur A. Dehmel (1906-1992) — Ann Gerry (1763-1849)
  85 years, 218 days: Walter E. Hettman (1886-1971) — Roman R. Blenski (1917-2002)
  85 years, 220 days: E. Y. Keiter (1874-1959)
  85 years, 221 days: Bruce King (1924-2009)
  85 years, 222 days: Frank Gillespie (1869-1954)
  85 years, 223 days: Edward D. Black (1853-1939)
  85 years, 224 days: Charles B. Hoeven (1895-1980) — S. I. Hayakawa (1906-1992) — John Hailey (1835-1921) — Richey V. Graham (1886-1972) — Matt E. Hafner (1887-1973) — William Mitchell (1801-1886)
  85 years, 225 days: Robert Thomas Ashmore (1904-1989) — Carleton Hunt (1836-1921)
  85 years, 226 days: Erland Gjessing (1869-1954)
  85 years, 227 days: Cornelius C. Moore (1884-1970) — E. Scott Hotchkiss (1837-1922) — J. Jules Brinkman (1901-1987)
  85 years, 228 days: John R. Rarick (1924-2009)
  85 years, 229 days: Milton S. Eisenhower (1899-1985)
  85 years, 230 days: Carter L. Burgess (1916-2002)
  85 years, 233 days: George Tucker (1775-1861) — Robert O. Tiernan (1929-2014)
  85 years, 234 days: Frank K. Richardson (1914-1999) — George T. Smith (1855-1940) — Jack V. Stalnaker (1922-2008) — Louis R. Cheney (1859-1944)
  85 years, 235 days: LeRoy H. Anderson (1906-1991) — Scott Candler (1887-1973)
  85 years, 236 days: Aaron Hackley, Jr. (1783-1868) — Maxwell Taylor (1901-1987) — James Thompson (1790-1876)
  85 years, 237 days: Charles W. Seiberling (1861-1946)
  85 years, 238 days: Garner E. Shriver (1912-1998)
  85 years, 239 days: Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951)
  85 years, 240 days: Abraham J. Hirschfeld (1919-2005)
  85 years, 241 days: Augustus W. Bennet (1897-1983) — Eliphalet Dyer (1721-1807)
  85 years, 242 days: E. Stevens Henry (1836-1921) — Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) — William Mollenhauer (1897-1983)
  85 years, 243 days: Edward M. Bassett (1863-1948) — Leland W. Carr (1883-1969) — William F. Trinke (1897-1982)
  85 years, 244 days: Robert A. Smith (1827-1913)
  85 years, 247 days: Alan R. Johnston (1914-1999) — James Livingston (1747-1832)
  85 years, 248 days: Edward P. Doyle (1860-1946)
  85 years, 249 days: Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947)
  85 years, 251 days: Eldred C. Pitkin (1870-1956) — L. M. Larson (1874-1959)
  85 years, 252 days: Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963)
  85 years, 253 days: William R. Anderson (1921-2007)
  85 years, 255 days: C. Tuggle Hancock (1880-1966)
  85 years, 256 days: William H. Rogers (1850-1935) — Milton Lewis Schwartz (1920-2005)
  85 years, 257 days: George B. Warner (1926-2012)
  85 years, 258 days: Luther Jones, Jr. (1916-2002)
  85 years, 259 days: John T. Gregorio (1928-2013)
  85 years, 260 days: Charles H. Russell (1903-1989) — Allen Turner Davidson (1819-1905) — Manson L. Reichert (1893-1978) — Cuba Proctor (1892-1978)
  85 years, 262 days: John L. Bohn (1869-1955) — William Cain (1792-1878)
  85 years, 264 days: Claude R. Kirk, Jr. (1926-2011)
  85 years, 265 days: Edmund Hillestad (1861-1946)
  85 years, 266 days: Carl R. Chindblom (1870-1956) — Woodrow Wilson Mann (1916-2002) — Leo D. Karl (1872-1958)
  85 years, 267 days: Ichabod Goodwin (1796-1882) — Edgar G. Boedeker (1915-2001)
  85 years, 268 days: Joseph H. Millard (1836-1922) — Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992)
  85 years, 269 days: Frank L. Kloeb (1890-1976) — Samuel Mortier Hench (1846-1932) — John A. Field, Jr. (1910-1995)
  85 years, 270 days: Corinne A. Chubb (1912-1997) — A. Lee Ely (1871-1957) — John S. Barbour (1866-1952)
  85 years, 271 days: Artemas Ward, Jr. (1762-1847) — Charles Allen (1827-1913)
  85 years, 274 days: James B. McCahey (1890-1976) — Yule F. Kilcher (1913-1998) — Charles E. Woodcock (1854-1940)
  85 years, 275 days: William Smith (1751-1837) — Edith H. Colby (1876-1962) — Ora M. Leland (1876-1962)
  85 years, 276 days: Daniel L. Louchery (1918-2003) — Alonzo M. Leffingwell (1842-1928)
  85 years, 277 days: John A. Volpe (1908-1994) — Ralph Halpern (1890-1975) — Charles P. Taft (1897-1983)
  85 years, 279 days: John Whitehill (1729-1815)
  85 years, 280 days: G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery (1920-2006) — Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925) — George H. Ansley (1875-1961)
  85 years, 281 days: Clarence D. Long (1908-1994)
  85 years, 282 days: George Robert Latham (1832-1917) — Corinne Boyd Riley (1893-1979) — John L. Crawford (1816-1902) — Harrington Putnam (1851-1937) — Thomas J. Daggs (1870-1956)
  85 years, 283 days: Robert K. Killian (1919-2005) — Don VanderWerp (1885-1971) — Alfred W. Hanmer (1867-1953)
  85 years, 284 days: Robert Stell Heflin (1815-1901) — Henry B. Payne (1810-1896) — George Donworth (1861-1947)
  85 years, 285 days: Frank E. Gorman (1874-1960)
  85 years, 286 days: Charles A. Robins (1884-1970) — William M. Steger (1920-2006)
  85 years, 287 days: Charles W. Henney (1884-1969) — Raymond J. Dereume (1889-1975) — Thomas J. MacBride (1914-2000) — Joseph J. Corbett (1863-1949)
  85 years, 288 days: George W. Sloan (1853-1939) — Robert S. Chilton, Jr. (1861-1947) — Dennis Dougherty (1865-1951) — Arthur S. Barnes (1871-1956)
  85 years, 289 days: Thomas Fitch (1838-1923) — Thomas F. Magner (1860-1945)
  85 years, 290 days: Henry C. Hansbrough (1848-1933) — White Fugate (1888-1974) — Mark M. Fagan (1869-1955) — Charles Robert Morehead, Jr. (1836-1921)
  85 years, 291 days: William A. Allain (1928-2013) — James Carriger Paine (1924-2010)
  85 years, 292 days: Thomas Holcomb (1879-1965) — Frank E. Howe (1870-1956) — Frederick C. Belen (1913-1999)
  85 years, 293 days: Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014) — Robert H. Bork (1927-2012) — John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) — A. M. Aurand (1870-1956)
  85 years, 294 days: Andrew Nerland (1870-1956)
  85 years, 295 days: Charles H. Kempf (1831-1916) — Asahel A. Hotchkiss (1799-1885)
  85 years, 297 days: James F. Joy (1810-1896) — Ira D. McVicker (1853-1938)
  85 years, 298 days: Francis W. H. Adams (1904-1990)
  85 years, 299 days: Lloyd C. Stark (1886-1972)
  85 years, 300 days: Peter H. Bell (1812-1898) — Samuel H. Pangborn (1874-1960)
  85 years, 301 days: John Lourie Beveridge (1824-1910)
  85 years, 302 days: Marion Cannon (1834-1920) — C. Elmer Anderson (1912-1998) — Ephraim Bee (1802-1888) — Thomas B. Rouse (1856-1942)
  85 years, 303 days: John Smith (1750-1836)
  85 years, 304 days: John N. Sandlin (1872-1957) — George H. Tinkham (1870-1956) — John Wills Tuthill (1910-1996)
  85 years, 305 days: J. Stanley Webster (1877-1962) — Victor V. Veysey (1915-2001) — Myron H. Clark (1806-1892) — Christian M. Ravndal (1899-1984) — Herman R. Speiser (1877-1963)
  85 years, 307 days: Lawrence H. Cooke (1914-2000)
  85 years, 308 days: Paul W. Brown (1915-2000) — David A. Hess (1908-1994)
  85 years, 309 days: Harry H. Farmer (1871-1957)
  85 years, 311 days: Thomas F. Ford (1873-1958) — Michael Novak (1917-2003)
  85 years, 312 days: George G. Steketee (1834-1920) — William W. Clark (1885-1971)
  85 years, 313 days: Spencer Mortimer Williams (1922-2008)
  85 years, 314 days: Obadiah Gardner (1852-1938) — Dean Rusk (1909-1994)
  85 years, 315 days: Abraham J. Multer (1900-1986) — James O. Ellison (1929-2014)
  85 years, 316 days: George Frederick Senner, Jr. (1921-2007)
  85 years, 317 days: William Daniel Murray (1908-1994)
  85 years, 318 days: John Bennett (1912-1998)
  85 years, 319 days: Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848)
  85 years, 321 days: William A. Mosman (1862-1948)
  85 years, 322 days: Robert S. Tubbs (1897-1982)
  85 years, 323 days: Donald D. Clancy (1921-2007)
  85 years, 324 days: George V. Lawrence (1818-1904) — Raymond Gary (1908-1993)
  85 years, 326 days: Paul Benson (1918-2004) — Charles Redd (1889-1975)
  85 years, 327 days: Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873) — Chester A. Crago (1908-1994)
  85 years, 328 days: Thomas Branch (1802-1888) — Ben Garrido Blaz (1928-2014) — Lucretia Garfield (1832-1918)
  85 years, 329 days: Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897) — J. Leslie Blackwood (1861-1947) — Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
  85 years, 330 days: Raymond J. Snow (1913-1999)
  85 years, 331 days: John J. Sparkman (1899-1985) — Gilbert R. Willson (1881-1967) — John M. Shea (1902-1988)
  85 years, 332 days: Benjamin Franklin Junkin (1822-1908)
  85 years, 333 days: Horatio King (1811-1897)
  85 years, 335 days: Perez Morton (1751-1837) — Richard Dickey Cowan (1782-1868)
  85 years, 336 days: Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912)
  85 years, 337 days: John Cosgrove (1839-1925) — John P. Kirk (1866-1952) — Philip H. Banawitz (1914-2000)
  85 years, 338 days: John T. Connor (1914-2000) — Frankie K. Alworth (1883-1968) — Edward Domenic Re (1920-2006) — D. E. Huger Smith (1846-1932)
  85 years, 339 days: Paul R. Williams (1894-1980)
  85 years, 341 days: H. H. 'Harry H. ' Schwartz (1869-1955) — Dan A. Sutherland (1869-1955) — Francis H. Gates (1839-1925) — Annie L. Scott (1892-1978)
  85 years, 343 days: J. Benton Stacy (1891-1977)
  85 years, 344 days: J. F. Harrison (1871-1957)
  85 years, 345 days: Edward A. Borgman (1894-1980) — Michael Joseph Roche (1878-1964)
  85 years, 346 days: Charles Brown (1797-1883) — John J. Bracken (1908-1994) — Eli C. Birdsey (1843-1929)
  85 years, 347 days: Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) — Joseph S. Mack (1919-2005) — Marshall Korshak (1910-1996)
  85 years, 348 days: Tunis Quick (1797-1883)
  85 years, 349 days: William Smith (1728-1814)
  85 years, 350 days: Valentine Baxter Horton (1802-1888) — Thomas J. O'Brien (1878-1964) — Gordon H. Claude (1854-1940) — Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976)
  85 years, 352 days: Ned Culbertson Abbott (1874-1960) — Adolphus Humbles (1840-1926) — Emory J. Reaser (1911-1997) — Adolph D. Straus (1839-1925)
  85 years, 353 days: Albert G. Riddle (1816-1902) — J. William Sanbury (1858-1944) — Bartley F. Yost (1877-1963)
  85 years, 354 days: Warren W. Wilentz (1924-2010)
  85 years, 355 days: William L. Wallace (1889-1974)
  85 years, 356 days: Linn C. Baker (1913-1999)
  85 years, 357 days: John H. Traylor (1839-1925)
  85 years, 358 days: Franklin J. Morton (1833-1919)
  85 years, 359 days: Bryant T. Castellow (1876-1962) — J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — Clarence Hale (1848-1934) — Carlton L. Lingo (1894-1980)
  85 years, 360 days: Joseph M. McDade (1931-2017)
  85 years, 361 days: Richard M. Russell (1891-1977) — Willye Dennis (1926-2012) — Virginia Barrett (1918-2004)
  85 years, 362 days: Edward J. Bonin (1904-1990) — Andrew D. White (1832-1918) — Vern Hedge (1877-1963) — Charles A. Elliot (1831-1916)
  85 years, 363 days: Charles F. Knapp (1906-1992)
  85 years, 364 days: Cecil D. Andrus (1931-2017) — Frank J. Magill (1927-2013)
  85 years (number of days undetermined): Jeremiah Eaton Cary (1803-1888) — Henry St. John (1783-1869) — Floyd E. Anderson (1891-1976) — Carl G. Card (1892-1977) — Vivien Keen (1895-1981) — Paul Ackiss (1901-1987) — Carl B. Rix (1878-1963) — Reuben J. Boling (1901-1986) — A. Earl Augustine (1890-1975) — D. Earl Brawley (1895-1980) — James P. Aaron (1895-1981) — Amos Noyes Blandin, Jr. (1896-1982) — Doris M. Barnes (1891-1977) — Kenneth F. Baldridge (1886-1971) — Adolph Germer (1881-1966) — Charles H. Sykes (1881-1966) — Ewald J. Schmeichel (1889-1975) — Carmine Freda (1901-1986) — William Klimasiewsky (1889-1975) — Howard C. Buck (1899-1985) — George E. Butler (1831-1917) — Walter E. Bailey (1885-1971) — David E. Killam (1882-1968)
  Approximately 85 years: Lucas Elmendorf (1758-1843) — John Fowler (1755-1840) — James W. Huffman (1894-1980) — Bill G. Lowrey (1862-1947) — Aaron Matson (1770-1855) — Charles Miner (1780-1865) — Anthony New (1747-1833) — Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844) — George W. Prince (1854-1939) — Cornelius A. Pugsley (1850-1936) — Tunstall Quarles (c.1770-1855) — James Leland Quinn (1875-1960) — John M. Robsion, Jr. (1904-1990) — Robert L. Rodgers (1875-1960) — James Ross (1762-1847) — George B. Terrell (1862-1947) — William P. Thomasson (1797-1882) — William M. Treloar (1850-1935) — Patrick Caffrey (1860-1945) — Charles Dunning White (1868-1954) — Hugh Gregg (1917-2003) — William P. Murray (c.1825-1910) — Boaz Long (1876-1962) — Thomas M. Wilson (1881-1967) — Ben S. Stephansky (1913-1999) — James O. Putnam (1818-1903) — John Clifford Folger (1896-1981) — Jack B. Kubisch (1921-2007) — James S. Moose, Jr. (1903-1989) — William E. Stevenson (1900-1985) — Peter Keiser (c.1805-1890) — William Richards Castle (1878-1963) — William H. Packwood (1832-1917) — Merrill Perley (c.1912-1997) — Charles B. Perry (c.1855-1940) — Rix Robinson (1789-1875) — Herman E. Sprigade (1891-1976) — Horatio G. Moffett (1807-1892) — Ralph J. Perk (c.1914-1999) — Evo DeConcini (1901-1986) — Robert A. Wall (c.1910-1995) — Richard A. MacRae (1885-1970) — Clarence A. Reid (1892-1978) — Arthur G. Hill (1841-1926) — George R. Perrine (1907-1993) — Fred C. Wetmore (1867-1953) — John G. Berry (1838-1923) — Allen Murray Myers (c.1913-1998) — J. C. Carter (1863-1949) — Hicks G. Griffiths (1910-1996) — Sherman Littlefield (c.1865-1950) — Connor D. Smith (1907-1993) — William Reardon (1848-1934) — Owen C. McAleer (1858-1944) — Vroman J. Dorman (c.1909-1994) — C. Arthur Blass (1884-1970) — Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. (1873-1959) — James F. Jackson (1851-1937) — William Pitman (1855-1940) — Byron Waters (c.1849-1934) — George R. Fitzmaurice (1892-1977) — Frank D. Abell (1878-1964) — G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) — Burtiss E. Deal (1882-1967) — Arthur J. Frawley (1898-1984) — Elizabeth J. Cudmore (c.1882-1967) — Della Urquhart (1890-1976) — Anson T. McCook (c.1881-1966) — Betty Wilson (c.1915-2000) — Margaret Connors Driscoll (c.1915-2000) — Glen Crosbie (c.1910-1995) — Joseph L. Marino (c.1915-2000) — Alvah H. Cole (1884-1970) — John Durkee (c.1761-1846) — James J. Beach (1894-1979) — Frances B. Atlee (1878-1964) — Thomas F. Donnelly (1870-1955) — Teman Gilbertson (1837-1922) — Joe Welborn (1915-2000) — Robert Treat (1625-1710) — Mary B. Peck (1873-1958) — James I. Blakslee (1835-1921) — Henry T. Quanbeck (1887-1972) — Matthew Paterson (c.1732-1817) — C. C. Antoine (1836-1921) — Myles A. Paige (c.1898-1983) — Lewis R. Sullivan II (1900-1985) — Bert VandeVusse (1909-1994) — Arthur Sanford (1896-1981) — Leroy E. Chapman (1881-1967) — Annie E. Crouse (c.1888-1973) — Mary Reamey Few (1885-1971) — Carl Winter (1906-1991) — Edward Albert Johnson (1852-1937) — Alex M. Moore (1872-1957) — Victor A. Agostini (1886-1971) — Jack Ellstein (1901-1986) — Roy T. Gilbert (1878-1963) — Henry Livingston (1714-1799) — Paul A. Hupert (1898-1983) — Fred Adwan (1902-1987) — Frank Emerick (1847-1932) — H. O. Clines (1883-1968) — George H. Taylor, Jr. (1873-1958) — John Bazinet (1867-1953) — John M. Lupton (c.1917-2002) — Charles H. Darling (1859-1944) — Charles L. Macomber (1841-1926) — Walter F. Truettner (1881-1967) — Richard G. Monges (1894-1979) — R. R. 'Bob' Grieve (1919-2004) — Andrew C. Peterson (1870-1955) — Andrew Jackson Gilbert (1907-1992) — Frederick Dwight Lowrey (1885-1970) — Roberto Sánchez=Vilella (1913-1998) — Willard H. Burney (1857-1943) — Tolman W. Hall (1805-1890) — Abraham T. Metcalf (1831-1916) — Valentin Candelaria (1870-1955) — John McWilliams Ford (1880-1965) — Alfred E. Watson (c.1875-1960) — A. Homer Byington (c.1825-1910) — Araminta C. Kern (c.1866-1951) — D. A. 'Kelly' Swenson (1904-1989) — John P. Studley (c.1846-1931) — John L. Wessels (c.1838-1923) — Irene Senutovitch (1915-2000) — James B. Naylor (1860-1945) — Byron Phelps (1858-1944) — A. Lingan Jarrett (1808-1894) — John B. Cannon (1856-1941) — Hugh Maxwell (1787-1873) — Frank B. Desnoyers (1859-1945) — John K. Cowperthwaite (1787-1873) — W. S. Bell (1843-1929) — John Teare (1850-1936) — Edward H. Baldwin (1876-1961) — James Madison Mullen (c.1846-1931) — George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) — James M. Killmer (1845-1930) — Hans Christopherson (1830-1915) — James Davis (c.1783-1868) — Guy Russo (1921-2006) — Nelson W. Wait (1812-1897) — William L. Elder (1855-1940) — James Hawkins (1925-2010) — Robert G. Dunphy (c.1920-2005)
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