ETC.). SINCE 1840, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS ELECTED IN YEARS ENDING W...

1964, etc.). Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending with zero have died in office, with oneexception. William H. Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of pneumonia only several weeksafter his inauguration. Abraham Lincoln was one of four presidents who were assassinated. He was elected in 1860, and hisuntimely death came just five years later. James A. Garfield, a former Union army general from Ohio, wasshot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn't give a job. While in his second termof office (1901), William McKinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NewYork. During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests. John F.Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas only three years after his election. Three years after his election in 1920, Warren G, Harding died in office. Although it was neverproved, many believe he was poisoned. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940 and