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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 .
Tombs of presidents of the United States (2 C, 42 P) Pages in category "Deaths and funerals of United States presidents" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Coincidentally, all but one of the presidents who later died in office had, like Harrison, won a presidential election in a year ending in a zero (1840 through 1960). This pattern of tragedies came to be known as the Curse of Tippecanoe , or the Curse of Tecumseh , the name of the Shawnee leader against whom Harrison fought in the 1811 Battle ...
Map denoting where each of the 40 deceased presidents of the United States died Presidents that died in New York City (4): Monroe, Arthur, Hoover, Nixon Presidents that died in Washington, D.C. (7): J.Q. Adams, W.H. Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Taft, Wilson, Eisenhower
Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of assassination, execution, suicide, accident and even death in battle. The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the country, the name of the office the person held at the time of death, the location of the death ...
Fifteen people have served as both president and as vice president. Of these, 14 have died, and each is listed in both tables. Altogether, 80 people have held either or both offices. Of these, 69 have died. The first table below lists each deceased president's place of burial, along with the date of death, and the order of their presidency.
Pages in category "Death in the United States-related lists" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution , the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces . [ 3 ]