Us Presidents Who Died In Office

Four of natural causes and four through assassination.

Us presidents who died in office. Eight united states presidents have died in office. Presidents not falling into the pattern of years divisible by 20 have faced assassination threats plots or attempts. The following is a list of presidents of the united states by date of death plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics of the 44 people who have served as president of the united states since the office came into existence in 1789 39 have died eight of them while in office.

First president to die in office. 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. Complete list of presidents of the united states.

The first president to die in office was william. William henry harrison was an army general who played a major role in the war of 1812 he ran for president twice both times with the whig party. One president served twice in non consecutive terms and is therefore counted twice.

Bush who died at the age of 94. Agnew in 1973 calhoun had been elected to the senate whilst agnew resigned in the face of criminal charges. Presidents to have died in office zachary taylor was elected in 1848 not in a year divisible by 20.

Since the office was established in 1789 44 men have served as president. Four presidents died of natural causes william henry harrison 1841 zachary taylor 1850 warren harding 1923 and franklin delano roosevelt 1945. Of those 44 presidents eight have died while serving as president.

Calhoun in 1832 the second was spiro t. The officeholder is the commander in chief of the u s. There have been in total eight united states presidents who have died in office.