It happened with Jimmy Carter of course: Jon Ossoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ossoff was born after Carter left office in January 1981. Indeed, even if Carter had been elected to a second term and left office in January 1985, Ossoff was born later than *that*--though of course a second Carter term would very likely butterfly away Ossoff's election (if not indeed his existence...)
Is there any other POTUS to whom that could have happened? Well, Herbert Hoover died in New York City on October 20, 1964. ("After leaving the White House in 1933, the Hoovers returned to California and later established a second home in an apartment in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. When Mrs. Hoover passed away in 1944, Mr. Hoover donated their California home to Stanford University and lived for the last 20 years of his life at the Waldorf." https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/homes-hoovers) So theoretically, if Senators Javits or Keating had died between March 1963 and October 1964, Governor Rockefeller could have appointed a *very* young (30 or 31 year old) interim replacement who would then represent Hoover. But it's hard to think who that could be. Rocky could have appointed Charles Goodell several years before he did--but Goodell was born in 1926...
Gerald Ford lived for a little less than 30 years after leaving the White House, so in his case it's not even theoretically possible unless you extend his life a few weeks. No other ex-president lived for more than 25 years and 314 days after leaving the White House (GHW Bush) so you'd have to extend their lives even further.
Of course, with an early enough POD you could have a much younger minimum age for senators, but that might change history too much...
Is there any other POTUS to whom that could have happened? Well, Herbert Hoover died in New York City on October 20, 1964. ("After leaving the White House in 1933, the Hoovers returned to California and later established a second home in an apartment in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. When Mrs. Hoover passed away in 1944, Mr. Hoover donated their California home to Stanford University and lived for the last 20 years of his life at the Waldorf." https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/homes-hoovers) So theoretically, if Senators Javits or Keating had died between March 1963 and October 1964, Governor Rockefeller could have appointed a *very* young (30 or 31 year old) interim replacement who would then represent Hoover. But it's hard to think who that could be. Rocky could have appointed Charles Goodell several years before he did--but Goodell was born in 1926...
Gerald Ford lived for a little less than 30 years after leaving the White House, so in his case it's not even theoretically possible unless you extend his life a few weeks. No other ex-president lived for more than 25 years and 314 days after leaving the White House (GHW Bush) so you'd have to extend their lives even further.
Of course, with an early enough POD you could have a much younger minimum age for senators, but that might change history too much...
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