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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, began 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.
The first incumbent U.S. president to die was William Henry Harrison, on April 4, 1841, only one month after Inauguration Day. He died from complications of what at the time was believed to be pneumonia. [3] The second U.S. president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850, from acute gastroenteritis. [4]
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 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 .
Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated, shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, as he and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, attended a special performance of the comedy “Our American ...
Assassination attempts on a president-elect of the United States or a current or former president of the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Four out of 45 US presidents have been assassinated over the course of American history. But many more chief executives escaped assassination attempts thanks to heroic bystanders, diligent guards ...