List of presidents of the United States by date of death
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,[a] 39 have died – eight of them while in office .[b]
The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush , who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days.[c] John F. Kennedy , assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, 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 53 years, 225 days.
Presidents in order of death
Order
President
Date[d]
Age
Cause
Place
Presidency (order) dates
1
George Washington
December 14 (1799)[e]
67
Acute epiglottitis ,[1] bloodletting [2]
Mount Vernon , Virginia
(1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
2
Thomas Jefferson
July 4 (1826)[e]
83
Toxemia from a kidney infection , uremia from kidney damage , and pneumonia [3]
Charlottesville, Virginia
(3rd) March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
3
John Adams
July 4 (1826)
90
Heart failure
Quincy, Massachusetts
(2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
4
James Monroe
July 4 (1831)
73
Tuberculosis and heart failure
New York City , New York
(5th) March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
5
James Madison
June 28 (1836)
85
Heart failure
Orange, Virginia
(4th) March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
6
William Henry Harrison [f]
April 4 (1841)
68
Pneumonia and enteric fever [4]
Washington, D.C.
(9th) March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
7
Andrew Jackson
June 8 (1845)
78
Chronic dropsy , and heart failure [5]
Nashville, Tennessee
(7th) March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
8
John Quincy Adams
February 23 (1848)
80
Stroke [6]
Washington, D.C.
(6th) March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
9
James K. Polk
June 15 (1849)
53
Cholera [7]
Nashville, Tennessee
(11th) March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
10
Zachary Taylor [f]
July 9 (1850)
65
Gastroenteritis [8]
Washington, D.C.
(12th) March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
11
John Tyler
January 18 (1862)
71
Stroke [9]
Richmond, Virginia
(10th) April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
12
Martin Van Buren
July 24 (1862)
79
Asthma and heart failure
Kinderhook, New York
(8th) March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
13
Abraham Lincoln [f]
April 15 (1865)
56
Gunshot wound [10] [g]
Washington, D.C.
(16th) March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
14
James Buchanan
June 1 (1868)
77
Respiratory failure , rheumatic gout
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
(15th) March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
15
Franklin Pierce
October 8 (1869)
64
Inflammation of the stomach , cirrhosis of the liver
Concord, New Hampshire
(14th) March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
16
Millard Fillmore
March 8 (1874)
74
Stroke [9]
Buffalo, New York
(13th) July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
17
Andrew Johnson
July 31 (1875)
66
Stroke [9]
Carter's Station, Tennessee
(17th) April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
18
James A. Garfield [f]
September 19 (1881)
49
Septic shock resulting from medical care of gunshot wound[h]
Elberon, New Jersey
(20th) March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
19
Ulysses S. Grant
July 23 (1885)
63
Throat cancer [11]
Moreau, New York
(18th) March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
20
Chester A. Arthur
November 18 (1886)
57
Stroke [9]
New York City, New York
(21st) September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
21
Rutherford B. Hayes
January 17 (1893)
70
Heart attack
Fremont, Ohio
(19th) March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
22
Benjamin Harrison
March 13 (1901)
67
Pneumonia
Indianapolis, Indiana
(23rd) March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
23
William McKinley [f]
September 14 (1901)
58
Gangrene within gunshot wound[i]
Buffalo, New York
(25th) March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
24
Grover Cleveland
June 24 (1908)
71
Coronary sclerosis , paralysis , or intestinal obstruction
Princeton, New Jersey
(22nd) March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 (24th) March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
25
Theodore Roosevelt
January 6 (1919)
60
Coronary occlusion by a blood clot (assumed)[12]
Oyster Bay, New York
(26th) September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
26
Warren G. Harding [f]
August 2 (1923)
57
Heart attack
San Francisco, California
(29th) March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
27
Woodrow Wilson
February 3 (1924)
67
Stroke
Washington, D.C.
(28th) March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
28
William Howard Taft
March 8 (1930)
72
Heart disease
Washington, D.C.
(27th) March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
29
Calvin Coolidge
January 5 (1933)
60
Heart attack
Northampton, Massachusetts
(30th) August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
30
Franklin D. Roosevelt [f]
April 12 (1945)
63
Cerebral hemorrhage
Warm Springs, Georgia
(32nd) March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
31
John F. Kennedy [f]
November 22 (1963)
46
Gunshot wound[j]
Dallas, Texas
(35th) January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
32
Herbert Hoover
October 20 (1964)
90
Internal hemorrhage , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , strained vascular systems
New York City, New York
(31st) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
33
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March 28 (1969)
78
Heart failure
Washington, D.C.
(34th) January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
34
Harry S. Truman
December 26 (1972)
88
Minor lung congestion, organ failures, cardiovascular system collapse, hypotension , pneumonia
Kansas City, Missouri
(33rd) April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
35
Lyndon B. Johnson
January 22 (1973)
64
Heart attack
Johnson City, Texas
(36th) November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
36
Richard Nixon
April 22 (1994)
81
Stroke , paralysis , swelling of the brain
New York, New York
(37th) January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 [k]
37
Ronald Reagan
June 5 (2004)
93
Alzheimer's disease , pneumonia
Los Angeles, California
(40th) January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
38
Gerald Ford
December 26 (2006)
93
Arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease , diffuse arteriosclerosis
Rancho Mirage, California
(38th) August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39
George H. W. Bush
November 30 (2018)
94
Parkinson's disease
Houston, Texas
(41st) January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
Map denoting where each of the 39 deceased presidents of the United States died.
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)
12 years, 217 days before 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
13 years, 39 days before 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850)
11 years, 193 days before 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
12 years, 15 days before 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
1 year, 129 days before 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
5 years, 280 days before 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874)
16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865)
3 years, 47 days before 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
4 years, 176 days before 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
8 years, 327 days before 13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874)
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)
2 years, 204 days before 38th president Gerald Ford (died December 26, 2006)
Died before 39th president Jimmy Carter , who is still alive
Died after multiple successors
Martin Van Buren outlived four of his successors, more than any other U.S. president
6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848)
8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
21 years, 111 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841)
13 years, 39 days after 11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849)
12 years, 15 days after 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850)
187 days after 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)
12 years, 217 days after 11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849)
11 years, 193 days after 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850)
13th president Millard Fillmore (died March 8, 1874)
8 years, 327 days after 16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865)
5 years, 280 days after 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
4 years, 151 days after 14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
14th president Franklin Pierce (died October 8, 1869)
4 years, 176 days after 16th president Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865)
1 year, 129 days after 15th president James Buchanan (died June 1, 1868)
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)
6 years, 218 days after 29th president Warren Harding (died August 2, 1923)
6 years, 33 days after 28th president Woodrow Wilson (died February 3, 1924)
31st president Herbert Hoover (died October 20, 1964)
33rd president Harry S. Truman (died December 26, 1972)
See also
Notes
^ While by the conventional numbering of U.S. presidents there have been 46 presidents, only 45 individuals have held the office, as Grover Cleveland , the only one to serve non-consecutive terms, is counted twice – as the 22nd and the 24th president).
^ The six living presidents (in order of birth) are: Jimmy Carter (October 1, 1924), Joe Biden (November 20, 1942), Donald Trump (June 14, 1946), George W. Bush (July 6, 1946), Bill Clinton (August 19, 1946) and Barack Obama (August 4, 1961).
^ The distinction of being "oldest president at the time of death" will eventually devolve upon Jimmy Carter, who surpassed G. H. W. Bush's lifespan on March 22, 2019.
^ Dates of death sort by month and day
^ a b The timespan between the death of George Washington and that of and Thomas Jefferson (and of John Adams ), 26 years, 202 days, is the longest gap between presidential deaths in U. S. history.
^ a b c d e f g h Died in office
^ For further information, see Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
^ For further information, see Assassination of James A. Garfield
^ For further information, see Assassination of William McKinley
^ For further information, see Assassination of John F. Kennedy
^ Resigned from office
References
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^ "Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington" . PBS . December 14, 2014.
^ Martin, Russell L. (May 18, 1990). "Jefferson's Cause of Death" . Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia . Charlottesville, Virginia: Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Retrieved August 27, 2014 .
^ Jane McHugh; Philip A. Mackowiak (March 31, 2014). "What Really Killed William Henry Harrison?" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 27, 2014 .
^ Marx, Rudolph. "The Health Of The President: Andrew Jackson" . healthguidance.org . Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
^ "The Death of Representative John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts" . Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
^ Dusinberre, William (2003). Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk . New York, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 3 . ISBN 0-19-515735-4 . Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
^ Marriott, Michel (June 27, 2011). "Verdict In: 12th President Was Not Assassinated" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 17, 2011 .
^ a b c d Jones, Jeffrey M.; Jones, Joni L. "Presidential Stroke: United States Presidents and Cerebrovascular Disease (John Tyler)" . Journal CMEs . CNS Spectrums (The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine). Retrieved August 31, 2014 .
^ Morison, Samuel Eliot (1965). The Oxford History of the American People . New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 703–704 . LCCN 65-12468 .
^ "Former President Ulysses S. Grant dies" . History . Retrieved September 1, 2014 .
^ Marx, Rudolph. "The Health Of The President: Theodore Roosevelt" . healthguidance.org . Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
^ a b The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents.
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