There were eight presidents that died in office.
1. William Henry Harrison - April 4, 1841, died of pneumonia at the White House,after giving a long inaugural address in the cold and rain.
2. Zachary Taylor - July 9, 1850, died of cholera at the White House, after eating tainted cherries and milk in the middle of the summer.
3. Abraham Lincoln - April 15, 1865, died in Washington, a few hours after being shot by an assassin
4.James Garfield - September 19, 1881, died in Elberon,NJ, of blood poisoning two months after being shot by an assassin.
5. William McKinley - September 14, 1901, died eight days after being shot by an assassin in Buffalo,NY.
6.Warren G. Harding - August 2, 1923, died of uncertain natural causes in San Francisco, CA.
7.Franklin D. Roosevelt - April 12, 1945, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Warm Springs,GA.
8. John F. Kennedy- November 22,1963 , died from an assassin's bullets in Dallas,TX
McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt (FDR), and Kennedy died in office during the 20th century.
They were all Presidents and were Vice President when the President was killed in office or died while in office.
The President's office is called the Oval Office.
William Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren Harding, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Clinton for his first term; Eldridge Gerry for his second. Both of them died in office.
Eight presidents have died in office. Obama is our 44th president. 8/44 = 18 percent.
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The presidents either died or resigned, and their vice presidents took office, or the vice presidents were elected on their own.
Both of James Madison's Vice Presidents, George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry, died in office.
As of 2014, there have been four US Presidents that have died in office of natural causes. The presidents include William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Both were vice-presidents who became president when the elected president died in office.
McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt (FDR), and Kennedy died in office during the 20th century.
54 of them have done so.
Four died in April. Wm Harrison , Lincoln and FDR died in April while in office. Nixon died after he had left office.