Lincoln 16th president. his vice prsident Andrew Johnson took over, just as Lyndon Johnson took over from kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Francisco I. Madero (1873-1913) qualifies as such. He died in office, assassinated.
Lincoln didn't resign, he was assassinated. Nixon was the first and only president to resign.
He was assassinated. Lincoln was assassinated less than 2 months after taking office for his second term. When Lincoln was assassinated, his Vice President, Andrew Johnson became President. In May of 1868, Andrew Johnson was impeached; he was the first US President to be impeached. The Senate did not confirm the impeachment, and therefore he was not removed from office. Johnson left the Presidency in disgrace.
First President assassinated was Abraham Lincoln, by a pistol. First President assassinated by a rifle was John F. Kennedy.
US President Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated. He was not the first to die in office, however. The ninth US president, President William Henry Harrison died shortly after his inauguration in 1841. John Tyler, the vice president then took over as president as per the US Constitution. The 12th US President, Zachary Taylor died in office in 1850.
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
The first Vice president to become president is John Tyler the 10th president.
The first US President who was assassinated was Abraham Lincoln.
President Abraham Lincoln. He was shot April 14, 1865, and died April 15, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln. He was assassinated in April 1865.