Of our 44 Presidents of the United States, 16 of them have had retirements lasting 15 years or more.
This statistic comes to mind as we celebrate the 93rd Birthday of Jimmy Carter, and root for him and George H. W. Bush to beat the record of longevity of Gerald Ford (93 years, 165 days) and Ronald Reagan (93 years 120 days), which Bush will surpass on October 11 and November 25, and Carter will surpass on January 30, 2018 and March 16, 2018.
The President with the most retirement years is Carter, who will reach 37 years out of office on January 20, 2018.
Herbert Hoover had 31 and a half years in retirement, followed by Gerald Ford with just a month short of 30 years.
John Adams had four months more than 25 years, and will be passed by George H. W. Bush in May 2018.
Martin Van Buren had about the same retirement time as Adams with 25 plus years, and Bush will soon pass him as well on the list.
Millard Fillmore, Harry Truman, and Richard Nixon each had close to 20 years in retirement.
James Madison and John Quincy Adams each had about 19 years in retirement
Thomas Jefferson, William Howard Taft, and John Tyler each had about 17 years in retirement.
Bill Clinton will soon finish 17 years in retirement, and will, therefore, pass Jefferson, Taft, and Tyler in 2018.
And Ronald Reagan had a few months more than 15 years in retirement, although much of his retirement was spent in a state of dementia and Alzheimers Disease.