- William Henry Harrison, elected in 1840, died of illness while in office
- Abraham Lincoln, elected in 1860, died of assassination while in office
- James A. Garfield, elected in 1880, died of assassination while in office
- William McKinley, elected in 1900, died of assassination while in office
- Warren G. Harding, elected in 1920, died of illness while in office
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected in 1940, died of illness while in office
- John F. Kennedy, elected in 1960, died of assassination while in office
- Ronald Reagan, elected in 1980, nearly died of assassination but survived
- George W. Bush, elected in 2000, somehow unscathed
- Joe Biden, elected in 2020, is rumored to be dying……
How many coincidences before it's mathematically imposssible?
I was thinking about this a couple days ago. Was the only thing my boring history teacher in middle school ever said that caught my interest in American History class. It was also the only thing he ever taught that didn't come line by line out of the school book.