Us Presidents Who Died In Office

Since the office of the president was formed in 1789 forty five men have served as the american president.

Us presidents who died in office. Presidents not falling into the pattern of years divisible by 20 have faced assassination threats plots or attempts. One president served twice in non consecutive terms and is therefore counted twice. William henry harrison the 9th president who died in 1841 of pneumonia and.

Presidents to have died in office zachary taylor was elected in 1848 not in a year divisible by 20. Below is list of those eight presidents who died in office. Complete list of presidents of the united states.

The president of the united states is the head of state and head of government of the united states indirectly elected to a 4 year term by the people through the electoral college the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the united states armed forces. The first president to die in office was william. Garfield 1881 william mckinley 1901 and john f.

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. He lost to democrat martin van buren in 1836 but with john tyler as his running mate beat van buren in 1840. The officeholder is the commander in chief of the u s.

Calhoun in 1832 the second was spiro t. 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. Agnew in 1973 calhoun had been elected to the senate whilst agnew resigned in the face of criminal charges.

Of those 44 presidents eight have died while serving as president. There are also over 30 presidential assassination attempts that we know of. See list of united states presidential assassination attempts and plots for details.