A Look Back: US Presidents Who Celebrated their 50th Birthday in Office

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This year, President Obama turns 50 years-old, but he is not the first President to celebrate this milestone while in office. Take a look back at Presidents from President James Polk in 1845 to President Bill Clinton in 1996 who turned 50 while they were President.

President James Polk, the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849), turned 50 on November 2, 1845.

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