How Many Us Presidents Died In Office
Eight united states presidents have died in office.
How many us presidents died in office. 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. Of these four were assassinated and four died of natural causes. Four of natural causes and four through assassination.
He lost to democrat martin van buren in 1836 but with john tyler as his running mate beat van buren in 1840. The oldest president at the time of death was george h. William henry harrison the 9th president who died in 1841 of pneumonia and.
One president served twice in non consecutive terms and is therefore counted twice. This practice is presently governed by section one of the twenty fifth amendment to the united states constitution. There have been in total eight united states presidents who have died in office.
Below is list of those eight presidents who died in office. Garfield 1881 william mckinley 1901 and john f. Bush who died at the age of 94.
Four were assassinated and four died of natural causes in each of these instances the vice president has succeeded to the presidency. 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. Of those 44 presidents eight have died while serving as president.
There are also over 30 presidential assassination attempts that we know of. Complete list of presidents of the united states. 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.