Who Was Alive

Were Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield alive at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1831 to 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was 22 when James A. Garfield was born.

James A. Garfield was 33 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

James A. Garfield

President of the United States in 1881

Born 19 November 1831 · died 19 September 1881, aged 49

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. James A. Garfield
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
  10. Albert Einstein
Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield 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.