<P> The following is a list of Presidents of the United States by date of death, plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics . Forty - four persons have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789 . Of these, 38 have died--eight died while in office . </P> <P> John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 7004169780000000000 ♠ 46 years, 177 days, was the nation's shortest - lived president; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 7004195830000000000 ♠ 53 years, 225 days . The oldest president at the time of death was Gerald Ford, who died at the age of 7004341330000000000 ♠ 93 years, 165 days . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Order </Th> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Cause </Th> <Th> Place </Th> <Th> In office </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Washington </Td> <Td> 36! December 14, 1799 </Td> <Td> 7001670000000000000 ♠ 67 </Td> <Td> acute epiglottitis </Td> <Td> Mount Vernon, Virginia </Td> <Td> 01! (1st) April 30, 1789--March 4, 1797 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Jefferson </Td> <Td> 22! July 4, 1826 </Td> <Td> 7001830000000000000 ♠ 83 </Td> <Td> toxemia from a kidney infection, uremia from kidney damage, and pneumonia </Td> <Td> Charlottesville, Virginia </Td> <Td> 03! (3rd) March 4, 1801--March 4, 1809 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Adams </Td> <Td> 23! July 4, 1826 </Td> <Td> 7001900000000000000 ♠ 90 </Td> <Td> heart failure </Td> <Td> Quincy, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 02! (2nd) March 4, 1797--March 4, 1801 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Monroe </Td> <Td> 24! July 4, 1831 </Td> <Td> 7001730000000000000 ♠ 73 </Td> <Td> tuberculosis </Td> <Td> New York City, New York </Td> <Td> 05! (5th) March 4, 1817--March 4, 1825 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> James Madison </Td> <Td> 21! June 28, 1836 </Td> <Td> 7001850000000000000 ♠ 85 </Td> <Td> heart failure </Td> <Td> Orange, Virginia </Td> <Td> 04! (4th) March 4, 1809--March 4, 1817 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> William Henry Harrison </Td> <Td> 12! April 4, 1841 </Td> <Td> 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 </Td> <Td> enteric fever </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 09! (9th) March 4, 1841--April 4, 1841 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Andrew Jackson </Td> <Td> 18! June 8, 1845 </Td> <Td> 7001780000000000000 ♠ 78 </Td> <Td> chronic dropsy, and heart failure </Td> <Td> Nashville, Tennessee </Td> <Td> 07! (7th) March 4, 1829--March 4, 1837 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> John Quincy Adams </Td> <Td> 07! February 23, 1848 </Td> <Td> 7001800000000000000 ♠ 80 </Td> <Td> stroke </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 06! (6th) March 4, 1825--March 4, 1829 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> James K. Polk </Td> <Td> 19! June 15, 1849 </Td> <Td> 7001530000000000000 ♠ 53 </Td> <Td> cholera </Td> <Td> Nashville, Tennessee </Td> <Td> 11! (11th) March 4, 1845--March 4, 1849 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Zachary Taylor </Td> <Td> 25! July 9, 1850 </Td> <Td> 7001650000000000000 ♠ 65 </Td> <Td> gastroenteritis </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 12! (12th) March 4, 1849--July 9, 1850 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> John Tyler </Td> <Td> 04! January 18, 1862 </Td> <Td> 7001710000000000000 ♠ 71 </Td> <Td> stroke </Td> <Td> Richmond, Virginia </Td> <Td> 10! (10th) April 4, 1841--March 4, 1845 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Martin Van Buren </Td> <Td> 27! July 24, 1862 </Td> <Td> 7001790000000000000 ♠ 79 </Td> <Td> asthma </Td> <Td> Kinderhook, New York </Td> <Td> 08! (8th) March 4, 1837--March 4, 1841 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Abraham Lincoln </Td> <Td> 14! April 15, 1865 </Td> <Td> 7001560000000000000 ♠ 56 </Td> <Td> gunshot wound </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 16! (16th) March 4, 1861--April 15, 1865 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> James Buchanan </Td> <Td> 16! June 1, 1868 </Td> <Td> 7001770000000000000 ♠ 77 </Td> <Td> respiratory failure, rheumatic gout </Td> <Td> Lancaster, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> 15! (15th) March 4, 1857--March 4, 1861 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Franklin Pierce </Td> <Td> 32! October 8, 1869 </Td> <Td> 7001640000000000000 ♠ 64 </Td> <Td> inflammation of the stomach </Td> <Td> Concord, New Hampshire </Td> <Td> 14! (14th) March 4, 1853--March 4, 1857 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Millard Fillmore </Td> <Td> 08! March 8, 1874 </Td> <Td> 7001740000000000000 ♠ 74 </Td> <Td> stroke </Td> <Td> Buffalo, New York </Td> <Td> 13! (13th) July 9, 1850--March 4, 1853 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Andrew Johnson </Td> <Td> 28! July 31, 1875 </Td> <Td> 7001660000000000000 ♠ 66 </Td> <Td> stroke </Td> <Td> Carter's Station, Tennessee </Td> <Td> 17! (17th) April 15, 1865--March 4, 1869 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> James A. Garfield </Td> <Td> 31! September 19, 1881 </Td> <Td> 7001490000000000000 ♠ 49 </Td> <Td> septic shock resulting from gunshot wound </Td> <Td> Elberon, New Jersey </Td> <Td> 20! (20th) March 4, 1881--September 19, 1881 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Ulysses S. Grant </Td> <Td> 26! July 23, 1885 </Td> <Td> 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 </Td> <Td> throat cancer </Td> <Td> Wilton, New York </Td> <Td> 18! (18th) March 4, 1869--March 4, 1877 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Chester A. Arthur </Td> <Td> 34! November 18, 1886 </Td> <Td> 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 </Td> <Td> stroke </Td> <Td> New York City, New York </Td> <Td> 21! (21st) September 19, 1881--March 4, 1885 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Rutherford B. Hayes </Td> <Td> 03! January 17, 1893 </Td> <Td> 7001700000000000000 ♠ 70 </Td> <Td> heart disease </Td> <Td> Fremont, Ohio </Td> <Td> 19! (19th) March 4, 1877--March 4, 1881 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Benjamin Harrison </Td> <Td> 10! March 13, 1901 </Td> <Td> 7001670000000000000 ♠ 67 </Td> <Td> pneumonia </Td> <Td> Indianapolis, Indiana </Td> <Td> 23! (23rd) March 4, 1889--March 4, 1893 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> William McKinley </Td> <Td> 30! September 14, 1901 </Td> <Td> 7001580000000000000 ♠ 58 </Td> <Td> gangrene within gunshot wound </Td> <Td> Buffalo, New York </Td> <Td> 25! (25th) March 4, 1897--September 14, 1901 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Grover Cleveland </Td> <Td> 20! June 24, 1908 </Td> <Td> 7001710000000000000 ♠ 71 </Td> <Td> coronary sclerosis; paralysis; or intestinal obstruction </Td> <Td> Princeton, New Jersey </Td> <Td> 22! (22nd) March 4, 1885--March 4, 1889 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24! (24th) March 4, 1893--March 4, 1897 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Theodore Roosevelt </Td> <Td> 02! January 6, 1919 </Td> <Td> 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 </Td> <Td> coronary occlusion by a blood clot (assumed) </Td> <Td> Oyster Bay, New York </Td> <Td> 26! (26th) September 14, 1901--March 4, 1909 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Warren G. Harding </Td> <Td> 29! August 2, 1923 </Td> <Td> 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 </Td> <Td> congestive heart failure (likely) </Td> <Td> San Francisco, California </Td> <Td> 29! (29th) March 4, 1921--August 2, 1923 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Woodrow Wilson </Td> <Td> 06! February 3, 1924 </Td> <Td> 7001670000000000000 ♠ 67 </Td> <Td> apoplexy, paralysis </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 28! (28th) March 4, 1913--March 4, 1921 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> William Howard Taft </Td> <Td> 09! March 8, 1930 </Td> <Td> 7001720000000000000 ♠ 72 </Td> <Td> heart disease </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 27! (27th) March 4, 1909--March 4, 1913 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Calvin Coolidge </Td> <Td> 01! January 5, 1933 </Td> <Td> 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 </Td> <Td> heart attack </Td> <Td> Northampton, Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 30! (30th) August 2, 1923--March 4, 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt </Td> <Td> 13! April 12, 1945 </Td> <Td> 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 </Td> <Td> cerebral hemorrhage or stroke </Td> <Td> Warm Springs, Georgia </Td> <Td> 32! (32nd) March 4, 1933--April 12, 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> John F. Kennedy </Td> <Td> 35! November 22, 1963 </Td> <Td> 7001460000000000000 ♠ 46 </Td> <Td> gunshot wound </Td> <Td> Dallas, Texas </Td> <Td> 35! (35th) January 20, 1961--November 22, 1963 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Herbert Hoover </Td> <Td> 33! October 20, 1964 </Td> <Td> 7001900000000000000 ♠ 90 </Td> <Td> internal hemorrhage, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, strained vascular systems </Td> <Td> New York City, New York </Td> <Td> 31! (31st) March 4, 1929--March 4, 1933 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> Dwight D. Eisenhower </Td> <Td> 11! March 28, 1969 </Td> <Td> 7001780000000000000 ♠ 78 </Td> <Td> coronary thrombosis, heart failure </Td> <Td> Washington, D.C. </Td> <Td> 34! (34th) January 20, 1953--January 20, 1961 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Harry S. Truman </Td> <Td> 37! December 26, 1972 </Td> <Td> 7001880000000000000 ♠ 88 </Td> <Td> minor lung congestion; organ failures; cardiovascular system collapse, hypotension </Td> <Td> Kansas City, Missouri </Td> <Td> 33! (33rd) April 12, 1945--January 20, 1953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Lyndon B. Johnson </Td> <Td> 05! January 22, 1973 </Td> <Td> 7001640000000000000 ♠ 64 </Td> <Td> heart attack </Td> <Td> Johnson City, Texas </Td> <Td> 36! (36th) November 22, 1963--January 20, 1969 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> 15! April 22, 1994 </Td> <Td> 7001810000000000000 ♠ 81 </Td> <Td> stroke, paralysis, swelling of the brain </Td> <Td> New York City, New York </Td> <Td> 37! (37th) January 20, 1969--August 9, 1974 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> <Td> 17! June 5, 2004 </Td> <Td> 7001930000000000000 ♠ 93 </Td> <Td> Alzheimer's disease, pneumonia </Td> <Td> Los Angeles, California </Td> <Td> 40! (40th) January 20, 1981--January 20, 1989 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> Gerald Ford </Td> <Td> 38! December 26, 2006 </Td> <Td> 7001930000000000000 ♠ 93 </Td> <Td> arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis </Td> <Td> Rancho Mirage, California </Td> <Td> 38! (38th) August 9, 1974--January 20, 1977 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Order </Th> <Th> President </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Cause </Th> <Th> Place </Th> <Th> In office </Th> </Tr>

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