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11 years, 193 days after 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850) 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874) 8 years, 327 days after 16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865) 5 years, 280 days after 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868) 4 years, 151 days after 14th president Franklin Pierce (died ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [6] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [7]
Immediately after President Harding's death, Mrs. Harding returned to Washington, D.C., and briefly stayed in the White House with the new president Calvin Coolidge and first lady. For a month, former first lady Harding gathered and destroyed by fire President Harding's correspondence and documents, both official and unofficial.
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
Lincoln served from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, earning $25,000 a year. ... who died in 1994, had a net worth of $988,522 in 1973, according to a Dec. 9 issue from that year by The San ...
Became president after Taylor's death, lost nomination for Whig Party in 1852 election bid, later also ran unsuccessfully in the 1856 election: Andrew Johnson: Abraham Lincoln: 1865 Became president after Lincoln's assassination, lost nomination for Democratic Party in 1868 election bid Chester A. Arthur: James A. Garfield: 1881