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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

When this country was founded, there was no way to conceive that we'd live for 80+ and people would hold an office for their entire life

Ben Franklin died at 84 in 1790 just 2 years after serving as President of Pennsylvania… but okay.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder how that compares to the average life span at that time. It's not unheard off but it was rarer back in his time than ours.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Largely averages from back then are skewed by child mortality rates. Looking at the median age of adults at death results in a number around 75 for the late 1700s. He lived a little longer than the norm but not by enough that it was an anomaly.