In September 1919 , President Woodrow Wilson embarked on a ill-tempered - country tour to gain keep for the Treaty of Versailles and his League of Nations . The grueling docket required him to give as many as three speeches a day , and at the end of the calendar month he collapsed after a presentation . When Wilson returned to Washington , D.C. , he suffereda massive accident , which leave him part paralyzed on his left-hand side .
Although most presidents do not experience such extreme focus - connect unwellness while in berth , many do show signs of wear and tear . seam etch their faces and gray haircloth become ample . Some say that while in authority , presidents age doubly as riotous as a regular man .
" We know in the earth of biota that you ca n’t actually value the ageing of an individual , " S. Jay Olshansky , PhD , secern history.com . " There is n’t any single trial run that you could take . "
Olshansky , a prof of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an expert in age , see statisticsabout 34 presidents who died of raw causes .
On medium , presidents who go bad of innate causes lived 73 geezerhood liken to 68.1 years they would have lived if they did age quicker . From Herbert Hoover through Ronald Reagan , presidents have far exceeded their expected ages . Seven of the eight president survived longer than expected , include Franklin Roosevelt(at left ) , who died at 63 after serving 12 years in office . ( The exception was Lyndon B. Johnson , who die out at 64 of heart disease . ) Four President have live into their 90s : Gerald Ford , 93.5 ; Reagan , 93.3 ; John Adams , 90.7 ; and Hoover , 90.2 . And the first eight chairman of the United States lived until an middling historic period of 79.8 when most men were pass away at 40 age or younger . ( Reader Peter makes a good spot below . )
