rewindbloopers t1_iqmfdpe wrote on October 1, 2022 at 1:35 PM Reply to comment by JolietJakeLebowski in [OC] Median age difference between US Senators and the US population (1950-2022) v2 by JolietJakeLebowski Good points! Taking into account healthcare access, basic life expectancy, 47 years old (in ~1800) probably corresponds to modern day 65 years old or so (just a guess). The point is that Senators were pretty old back in the Formation Era as well. Permalink Parent 2
rewindbloopers t1_iqmfdpe wrote
Reply to comment by JolietJakeLebowski in [OC] Median age difference between US Senators and the US population (1950-2022) v2 by JolietJakeLebowski
Good points! Taking into account healthcare access, basic life expectancy, 47 years old (in ~1800) probably corresponds to modern day 65 years old or so (just a guess). The point is that Senators were pretty old back in the Formation Era as well.