Born in 1767, John Quincy Adams served his single term in his early fifties. Rather than retiring, Adams spent his remaining years in the House of Representatives, from 1831 to his death in 1848. The opposite trajectory is increasingly common, with presidential office holding coming in one’s twilight years. Nevertheless, the decade between 50 and 60 is likely the ideal decade to serve, as it witnesses the sufficient increase in crystallized knowledge before fall off in fluid intelligence becomes pronounced. Half of all presidents have been within this decade at the time of inauguration. The septuagenarian president is effectively a modern innovation. Harrison was elected at 68 but died just months into his first term. Beyond that, the past has only a handful of presidents that were elected in their sixties but served into their seventies. Only as of late are we electing seventy-year-old presidents. Reagan can be included, as he was just weeks away from seventy upon beginning his first term and effectively spent the whole of his service in his seventies. Trump and Biden were both seventy upon inauguration. The founders placed a minimum age for the presidential office, barring those under thirty-five. Ever wise, this rule was meant to prevent youthful inexperience, and perhaps also brash impulsivity, from gaining presidential powers. The opposite danger was not as prominent or pertinent, though it is increasing. Even as we review a range of articles advocating for a constitutional amendment, we neither endorse this nor any other point of policy.