| Show SIX PRESIDENTS DIE IN OFFICE NEW NEV YORK President President Harding the twenty-ninth twenty president of the United States was the sixth president to die in office and the third executive executive executive tive from Ohio to die so William Villiam Henry Harrison was the first to die while president He died April 4 1841 at Washington after serving but one month of his term Zachary Taylor died at Washington July 9 1850 after serving one year four months and five days Abraham Lincoln was shot by an as assassin assassin assassin as- as sassin at Fords Ford's theater Washington April 14 1865 dying the next day He had served four years one month and eleven days James A. A Garfield was shot while In Inthe inthe inthe the Pennsylvania station at Washing Washing- Washington ton July 2 1881 and died at Elberon N N. J. J September 19 1881 He had served six and a half months William McKinley was shot twice September 6 1901 IDOl while in the Temple Temple Temple Tem Tem- of Music at the Pan-American Pan exposition exposition exposition ex ex- position at Buffalo N. N Y He Hc died eight days later having served four years six months and ten days President Harding died at San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco had been chief executive two years four months and twenty twenty-nino days I I |
