Presidents Who Have Died In Office

Presidents who died in office of natural causes.

Presidents who have died in office. There are also over 30 presidential assassination attempts that we know of. Since the office of the president was formed in 1789 forty five men have served as the american president. Of these four were assassinated and four died of natural causes.

Harrison eventually got pneumonia or maybe enteric fever and died 32 days later leaving behind the shortest presidential term of all. William henry harrison died of pneumonia on april 4 1841. Bush who died at the age of 94.

Eight american presidents have died in office beginning with the death of william henry harrison. Of those 44 presidents eight have died while serving as president. Eight presidents died in office.

The oldest president at the time of death was george h. The first vice president to resign was john c. Four were assassinated and four died of natural causes in each of these instances the vice president has succeeded to the presidency.

Since the office was established in 1789 44 people have served as president of the united states of these eight presidents have died in office. Garfield 1881 william mckinley 1901 and john f. Complete list of presidents of the united states.

The first vice president to die in office was george clinton in 1812 the most recent was james sherman in 1912. Seven vice presidents have died in office since 1789 whilst another two resigned. Given on a cold and stormy march day harrison s inaugural address is the longest on record.