Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The high mortality rate of Presidents (18.2%)

By Jack Brummet, Presidents Editor

With an 18.2% mortality rate, the occupation of being President is far riskier than coal mining, law enforcement, working on a bomb squad, or as a daredevil.  Of the 44 Presidents, eight went out the door feet first; four from natural causes and four from assassination.  Warren Gamaliel Harding (POTUS 29), pictured below, died of a heart attack after two scandal-filled years in office.


POTUS President Days in office Date of death Cause of death Age
9 William Henry Harrison 31 4/4/1841 Pneumonia/pleurisy 68
12 Zachary Taylor 491 7/9/1850 Acute Gastroenteritis 65
16 Abraham Lincoln 1,503 4/15/1865 Assassinated 56
20 James A. Garfield 199 9/9/1881 Assassinated 49
25 William McKinley 1,654 9/14/01 Assassinated 58
29 Warren G. Harding 881 8/2/23 Heart attack 57
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 4,422 4/12/45 Cerebral hemorrhage 63
35 John F. Kennedy 1,036 11/22/63 Assassinated 46

 
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