The minimum age of 35 to be President is such an unnecessary rule

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. When the US constitution was written, the British PM was Pitt the Younger - started aged 24 in 1783

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger

That he stayed PM for 18 years (and later came back for 1 more year) indicates he was pretty canny in the post. But they had good reason to think that very young men (all men then, of course) might rise to power that quickly. And note he is "William Pitt the Younger" - his father, also William Pitt, had also been PM (though 'Prime Minister' wasn't an official title back then, and when the Commons and Lords both had large power, who 'the' leader of a government was could sometime be a matter of debate - see Pitt the Elder's Wikipedia entry for more). There's a fair argument that Pitt the Younger was appointed mainly because his father was well thought of, and Britain needed a 'reset' after losing the US as a colony. Part of the reason for 'over 35' could have been to discourage the chances of dynastic succession in presidents, with the son still influenced by the father (not the case for the Pitts, though - the elder had already died by 1783).