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The oldest any US President has lived is 93 years (Ford, Reagan). Which of the 43 presidents would have had the biggest impact if he had had the hardihood and good fortune to stay active and semi-healthy until age 100 or later?

For example, what if George Washington lived into the 1830s, or Franklin Roosevelt into the 1970s?
Or is there a bigger impact from John Q. Adams (d. 1848 at age 80, but his dad made it to 90) continuing in Congress past the end of the Civil War, or Chief Justice Taft running the court through the 1950s?
How about a Teddy Roosevelt who lives through World War II?
Who's the biggest difference-maker with an unnaturally long lifespan?

(Obviously if Lincoln lives to age 100 that's a big deal, but that's got a pretty big POD of its own attached to it.)
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