List of presidents of the United States by date of death explained

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, 39 have diedeight of them while in office. The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of . John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of .

Presidents in order of death

Order President Date Age Cause Place Presidency (order) dates
1 Acute epiglottitis,[1] bloodletting[2]
2 Toxemia from a kidney infection,
uremia from kidney damage, and pneumonia[3]
3
4
5
6 nowrap Pneumonia and enteric fever[4]
7 Chronic dropsy, and heart failure[5]
8 Stroke[6] Washington, D.C.
9 Cholera[7] Nashville, Tennessee
10 Gastroenteritis[8] Washington, D.C.
11 Stroke[9]
12
13 Gunshot wound[10] Washington, D.C.
14
15
16
17
18 Septic shock resulting from medical care of gunshot wound
19 Throat cancer[11]
20 New York City, New York
21
22
23 nowrapGangrene within gunshot wound Buffalo, New York
24 Coronary sclerosis, paralysis, or intestinal obstruction
(24th) March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
25 Coronary occlusion by a blood clot (assumed)[12]
26
27 Washington, D.C.
28 Washington, D.C.
29
30
31 Gunshot wound
32 Internal hemorrhage, upper gastrointestinal bleeding,
strained vascular systems 		New York City, New York
33 Washington, D.C.
34
35 nowrap
36 New York, New York
37
38
39

Died same day, date, year, age

Same day

Same date

Same calendar year

Same age (rounded down to nearest year)

Died before multiple predecessors

9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841)

11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849)

12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850)

15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)

16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865)

20th president James A. Garfield (died September 19, 1881)

29th president Warren Harding (died August 2, 1923)

35th president John F. Kennedy (died November 22, 1963)

40th president Ronald Reagan (died June 5, 2004)

Died after multiple successors

6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848)

8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)

10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)

13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874)

14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)

19th president Rutherford B. Hayes (died January 17, 1893)

22nd & 24th president Grover Cleveland (died June 24, 1908)

27th president William Howard Taft (died March 8, 1930)

31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964)

33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wallenborn. White McKenzie, M.D.. George Washington's Terminal Illness: A Modern Medical Analysis of the Last Illness and Death of George Washington. The Papers of George Washington. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia. November 5, 1997. August 28, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924192344/http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/history/articles/illness/. September 24, 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington. PBS. December 14, 2014.
  3. Encyclopedia: Jefferson's Cause of Death. Martin. Russell L.. May 18, 1990. Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Charlottesville, Virginia. August 27, 2014.
  4. Web site: What Really Killed William Henry Harrison? . The New York Times . Jane McHugh . Philip A. Mackowiak . March 31, 2014 . August 27, 2014.
  5. Web site: The Health Of The President: Andrew Jackson. Marx. Rudolph. healthguidance.org. December 18, 2017.
  6. Web site: The Death of Representative John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts. U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.. December 18, 2017.
  7. Book: Dusinberre, William . Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk . 2003 . Oxford University Press . New York, New York . 3 . 0-19-515735-4 . December 18, 2017 . registration .
  8. News: Marriott. Michel. Verdict In: 12th President Was Not Assassinated. October 17, 2011. The New York Times. June 27, 2011.
  9. Web site: Presidential Stroke: United States Presidents and Cerebrovascular Disease (John Tyler). Jones. Jeffrey M.. Jones. Joni L.. Journal CMEs. CNS Spectrums (The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine). August 31, 2014.
  10. Book: Morison, Samuel Eliot . Samuel Eliot Morison . The Oxford History of the American People . registration . 1965 . Oxford University Press . New York . 703–704 . 65-12468 .
  11. Web site: Former President Ulysses S. Grant dies . . September 1, 2014.
  12. Web site: The Health Of The President: Theodore Roosevelt. Marx. Rudolph. healthguidance.org. December 18, 2017.
  13. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents.
  14. Web site: Preston. Daniel. James Monroe: Life After the Presidency. October 4, 2016. Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia. December 18, 2017.

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