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This is a complete list of United States Presidents by date of death. As of December 2006, there are three living former Presidents (George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, in order from oldest to youngest), as well as the incumbent President George W. Bush.

OD = Order of Death    OO = Order of Office    Age = Age at death

OD Name Date of death OO Cause of death Age Place of death Place of burial Date of Burial 1 George Washington Dec 14, 1799, 10:00pm 1 pneumonia 67 Mount Vernon, Virginia Mount Vernon, Virginia Dec. 18, 1799 2 Thomas Jefferson Jul 4, 1826, 12:30pm [1] 3 likely dehydration resulting from amoebic dysentery 83 Charlottesville, Virginia Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia 3 John Adams Jul 4, 1826, 6:00pm [2] 2 likely heart failure caused by arteriosclerosis 90 Quincy, Massachusetts United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts 4 James Monroe Jul 4, 1831, 3:15pm 5 likely tuberculosis 73 New York City Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia [3] 5 James Madison Jun 28, 1836, 6:00am 4 rheumatism, heart failure 85 Montpelier, Virginia Montpelier, Virginia 6 William Harrison Apr 4, 1841, 12:30am 9 pleurisy, pneumonia 68 Washington, D.C. North Bend, Ohio 7 Andrew Jackson Jun 8, 1845, 6:00pm 7 consumption, dropsy, tubercular hemorrhage 78 The Hermitage Nashville, Tennessee 8 John Q. Adams Feb 23, 1848, 7:20pm 6 paralysis (stroke) 80 Washington, D.C. United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts 9 James Polk Jun 15, 1849, 3:15pm 11 cholera morbus resulting in debilitating diarrhea 53 Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee 10 Zachary Taylor Jul 9, 1850, 10:35pm 12 bilious fever, typhoid fever, and cholera morbus, following a heat stroke 65 Washington, D.C. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky 11 John Tyler Jan 18, 1862, 12:15am 10 bilious fever, respiratory failure 71 Richmond, Virginia Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia 12 Martin Van Buren Jul 24, 1862, 2:00am 8 asthmatic suffocation 79 Kinderhook, New York Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, New York 13 Abraham Lincoln Apr 15, 1865, 7:22am 16 assassinated by gunshot 56 Washington, D.C. Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois 14 James Buchanan Jun 1, 1868, 8:30am 15 respiratory failure, rheumatic gout 77 Lancaster, Pennsylvania Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 15 Franklin Pierce Oct 8, 1869, 4:40am 14 inflammation of the stomach 64 Concord, New Hampshire Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire 16 Millard Fillmore Mar 8, 1874, 11:10pm 13 paralysis 74 Buffalo, New York Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York 17 Andrew Johnson Jul 31, 1875, 2:00am 17 paralysis 66 Greeneville, Tennessee Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tn. 18 James Garfield Sep 19, 1881, 10:35pm 20 septic shock following gunshot 49 Elberon, New Jersey Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio 19 Ulysses Grant Jul 23, 1885, 8:06am 18 carcinoma of the tongue and tonsils 63 Wilton, New York Grant's Tomb, New York City 20 Chester Arthur Nov 18, 1886, 5:00am 21 Bright's disease, apoplexy 57 New York City Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York 21 Rutherford Hayes Jan 17, 1893, 11:00pm 19 heart disease 70 Fremont, Ohio Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio 22 Benjamin Harrison Mar 13, 1901, 4:45pm 23 pneumonia 67 Indianapolis, Indiana Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana 23 William McKinley Sep 14, 1901, 2:15am 25 gangrene within gunshot wounds due to assassination 58 Buffalo, New York Canton, Ohio 24 Grover Cleveland Jun 24, 1908, 8:40pm 22 24 coronary sclerosis; paralysis; or intestinal obstruction[4] 71 Princeton, New Jersey Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey 25 Theodore Roosevelt Jan 6, 1919, 4:00am 26 assumed coronary embolism, inflammatory rheumatism 60 Oyster Bay, New York Young's Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York 26 Warren Harding Aug 2, 1923, 7:30pm 29 pneumonia, high blood pressure leading to enlargement of the heart and apoplexy 57 San Francisco, California Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio 27 Woodrow Wilson Feb 3, 1924, 11:15am 28 apoplexy, paralysis 67 Washington, D.C. Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. 28 William Taft Mar 8, 1930, 5:15pm 27 heart attack 72 Washington, D.C. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 29 Calvin Coolidge Jan 5, 1933, 12:45pm 30 coronary thrombosis 60 Northampton, Massachusetts Notch Cemetery, Plymouth Notch, Vermont 30 Franklin Roosevelt Apr 12, 1945, 3:35pm 32 cerebral hemorrhage 63 Warm Springs, Georgia Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Hyde Park, New York. 31 John Kennedy Nov 22, 1963, 1:00pm 35 assassinated by gunshot 46 Dallas, Texas Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 32 Herbert Hoover Oct 20, 1964, 11:35am 31 internal hemorrhage, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, strained vascular systems 90 New York City Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum West Branch, Iowa 33 Dwight Eisenhower Mar 28, 1969, 12:35pm 34 coronary thrombosis 78 Washington, D.C. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas 34 Harry Truman Dec 26, 1972, 7:50 AM 33 minor lung congestion; organ failures; cardiovascular system collapse 88 Kansas City, Missouri Truman Library, Independence, Missouri Dec. 28, 1972 35 Lyndon Johnson Jan 22, 1973, 4:33 PM 36 heart attack 64 Johnson City, Texas[5] Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Historical Park, Johnson City, Texas, Jan 25, 1973 36 Richard Nixon Apr 22, 1994, 9:08 PM 37 stroke, paralysis, swelling of the brain 81 New York City Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, California, Apr 27, 1994 37 Ronald Reagan Jun 5, 2004, 1:09 PM 40 Alzheimer's disease, pneumonia 93 Los Angeles, California Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, Jun 11, 2004 38 Gerald Ford Dec 26, 2006, 6:45 PM 38 heart failure[6] 93 Rancho Mirage, California Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jan 3, 2007

18th century 

1 (George Washington)

19th century 

20 (first Thomas Jefferson; last Rutherford B. Hayes)

20th century 

15 (first Benjamin Harrison; last Richard Nixon)

21st century 

2 to date (first Ronald Reagan; most recent Gerald Ford)

1. William Henry Harrison (1841)
2. Zachary Taylor (1850)
3. Abraham Lincoln (1865)
4. James A. Garfield (1881)
5. William McKinley (1901)
6. Warren G. Harding (1923)
7. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1945)
8. John F. Kennedy (1963)

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4 (Independence Day), 1826.
• James Monroe also died on Independence Day in 1831, meaning three of the first five Presidents died on the same day of the year.

• Millard Fillmore in 1874 and William Howard Taft in 1930 both died on March 8.
• Harry Truman in 1972 and Gerald Ford in 2006 both died on December 26.

• Four presidents each have died on the fourth and eighth day of a month.

• Calvin Coolidge died on January 5, 1933, the earliest in the calendar year a president has died.
• Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006 at 6:45 PM, the latest in the calendar year a president has died. Harry Truman also died on December 26 exactly 34 years earlier in 1972 but he died earlier in the day at 7:50 AM.

• Gerald Ford is the only president to die in one year (Dec. 26, 2006) and be buried in the next (Jan. 3, 2007).^[7]

• Seven presidents have died during the month of July
• None have died during May

• Three presidents died during the Grant administration (Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, and Andrew Johnson)
• Three during the Nixon administration (Dwight Eisenhower, Harry S Truman and Lyndon Johnson).
• George W. Bush is the ninth president to have multiple former presidents die during an administration.

• James and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe both died during Andrew Jackson's first term.
• Margaret Taylor died before Millard Fillmore finished her late husband Zachary's only term.
• Andrew and Eliza McCardle Johnson both died during Ulysses S. Grant's second term.
• Rutherford and Lucy Webb Hayes both died during Benjamin Harrison's only term.
• Florence Harding died before Calvin Coolidge finished her late husband Warren's only term.
• Richard and Pat Nixon both died during Bill Clinton's first term.

1. James K. Polk was survived by his mother.
2. James Garfield was survived by his mother.
3. Warren G. Harding was survived by his father.
4. John F. Kennedy is the only president to have both parents survive him.

Main article: Tecumseh's curse

Tecumseh's curse is attributed to the famous Shawnee leader. From 1841 to 1963, all U.S. Presidents who had been elected in a year ending in "0" died in office. These seven Presidents were:

• 1840 - William Henry Harrison, who died in 1841 during his first term;
• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln, who died in 1865 during his second term;
• 1880 - James Garfield, who died in 1881 during his first term;
• 1900 - William McKinley, who died in 1901 during his second term;
• 1920 - Warren G. Harding, who died in 1923 during his first term;
• 1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died in 1945 during his fourth term;
• 1960 - John F. Kennedy, who died in 1963 during his first term.

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• 1980 - Ronald Wilson Reagan, initially elected in 1980, narrowly survived an assassination attempt in 1981 during the first of his two terms. He died out of office in 2004 during the following "year 0" term of George Walker Bush.
• 2000 - George W. Bush, initially elected in 2000, is still alive and his second term is due to end on January 20, 2009.

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• Of all the Presidents who have died in office, Zachary Taylor was the only one not elected in a "0" year. Although he was elected in 1848, Taylor died in a "0" year, 1850.

1. Abraham Lincoln, by gunshot
2. James Garfield, by gunshot (although Garfield's death is more likely the result of the insanitary conditions surrounding his recovery attempts; see his entry for further information).
3. William McKinley, by gunshot, died from gangrene which surrounded the wounds
4. John F. Kennedy, by gunshot

Further information: List of United States Presidents by longevity

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. James A. Garfield
3. William McKinley
4. Warren G. Harding
5. William Howard Taft
6. John F. Kennedy - State funeral of John F. Kennedy
7. Herbert Hoover
8. Dwight D. Eisenhower
9. Lyndon B. Johnson
10. Ronald Reagan - Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan
11. Gerald Ford - Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford

• Eighteen states (California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Vermont), as well as the District of Columbia, lay claim to Presidential burial sites.
• More Presidents (7) are buried in Virginia than any other state.
• The only President buried in the District of Columbia is Woodrow Wilson, who was interred in the National Cathedral.
• Additionally, there are three sites - United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts, Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, and Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia - which are home to two Presidents. John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are entombed in the crypt of the United First Parish Church. William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. John Tyler and James Monroe are both buried in Hollywood Cemetery (although Monroe was originally interred in New York City, the place of his death). Because Richmond was part of the Confederate States of America at the time of his death, Tyler could technically be considered the only President to not only die in a "foreign" country, but be buried in one. Tyler was also the only U.S. President to have a Confederate flag draped over his coffin.

• John Quincy Adams was temporally interred in Washington, D.C. before his final interment in Massachusetts in 1848.
• James Monroe was interred in New York in 1831 and Virginia in 1858.
• William Henry Harrison was temporally interred in Washington D.C. in April 1841 before his final interment in Ohio in June 1841.
• James Knox Polk was interred at Polk Place in Nashville, Tennessee in 1845 and his remains were moved to the state Capitol building in 1893.
• Zachary Taylor, after being temporally interred in Washington, D.C., was interred in Louisville, Kentucky in 1850 and re-interred at the same place in 1991 after an autopsy.
• Abraham Lincoln was interred in Illinois in 1865 and re-interred at the same cemetery, yet in a more protective vault in 1901
• Ulysses S. Grant was interred in New York City in 1885 and in Grant’s Tomb overlooking the Hudson River in 1897.
• Rutherford B. Hayes was interred in Oakwood Cemetery in 1893 and Spiegel Grove estate in 1915, both in Fremont, Ohio.
• William McKinley was interred in Westlawn Cemetery in 1901 and McKinley National Memorial in 1907, both in Canton, Ohio.
• Warren G. Harding was interred in Marion Cemetery in 1923 and Harding Memorial in 1927, both in Marion, Ohio.

John Quincy Adams, William H. Harrison, and Zachary Taylor were each temporally interred in the same vault in Washington, D.C. [1]

Some times of death are approximate, and all are made in local times.

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