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Learn about the eight U.S. presidents who died in office, four from assassination and four from natural causes. See their names, dates, causes, and successors.
Eight presidents have died while serving as president, four of natural causes and four through assassination. See the names, dates and causes of death of these presidents, and learn about the only president who was shot but survived.
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- William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison was an American politician and military officer who became the ninth US president in 1841. Harrison died of paratyphoid or typhoid fever thirty-one days into his first term on April 4, 1841, resulting in the shortest term served by any US president.
- Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor was the 12th American president who served from 1849 until July 9, 1850, when he died. Taylor is believed to have consumed a lot of cherries, green apples, cold milk, and ice water on July 4, 1850, and became ill the same evening.
- Abraham Lincoln. John Booth killed President Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated. His assassination took place five days after General Robert Lee of Northern Virginia army surrendered to the Potomac army and General Grant Ulysses.
- James A. Garfield. James Garfield’s assassination took place in Washington DC, less than four months after he started his first term as the 20th American president.
This web page shows the order, date, age, cause and place of death of all 45 presidents of the United States, including the eight who died in office. The oldest president was George H. W. Bush, and the youngest was James K. Polk.
OrderPresidentDate [d]Age39November 30 (2018)9438December 26 (2006)9337June 5 (2004)9336April 22 (1994)81Feb 27, 2018 · Learn about the four presidents who were assassinated and the four who died of natural causes while in office. Find out their names, dates, causes, and legacies.
Eight US presidents have died while in office, four of them by assassination. See the full list, the causes of death and the dates of their demise, from William Henry Harrison to John F. Kennedy.
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Two presidents (William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor) and three first ladies (Letitia Tyler, Caroline Harrison, and Ellen Wilson) died at the White House. Four other presidents died in office, but not at the White House.
