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President James A. Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau. The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, took place at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:20 AM on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after he took office.
Four US presidents who were assassinated were all shot. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to die by assassination. He was shot in the back of the head in 1865 during an appearance at Ford ...
Since then, several American politicians have been assassinated while being elected or appointed to office, or were candidates for public office. Out of these, four were president of the United States, the earliest of which being Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and the most recent being John F. Kennedy in 1963. [1]
The second U.S. president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850, from acute gastroenteritis. [4] Abraham Lincoln was the third U.S. president to die in office, and was the first to be assassinated. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. [5]
Lincoln was succeeded by Vice President Andrew Johnson. Booth was shot and killed on April 26, 1865, after he was found hiding in a barn near Bowling Green, Virginia. JAMES GARFIELD, the 20th ...
The 16th president of the United States was killed in Washington, D.C. while watching a play with his wife in 1865. James Garfield The 20th president was shot while walking to the train station in ...
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 45 people who have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789, [ a ] 40 have died – eight of them while in office .
This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro , Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe ) are excluded.