Who Was Alive

Were Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln alive at the same time?

Yes. Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln were alive at the same time for 41 years, from 1809 to 1850.

Zachary Taylor was 24 when Abraham Lincoln was born.

Abraham Lincoln was 41 when Zachary Taylor died, aged 65.

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

Born 24 November 1784 · died 9 July 1850, aged 65

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. Zachary Taylor
  4. Abraham Lincoln
  5. Charles Darwin
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Leo Tolstoy
Zachary Taylor 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.