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A death in office is the death of a person who was incumbent of an office-position until the time of death. Such deaths have been usually due to natural causes, but they are also caused by accidents , suicides , disease and assassinations .
William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe, died just a month after taking office in 1841.His death is the first attributed to the Curse of Tippecanoe. The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse, the 20-year Curse [1] or the Zero Curse [2]) is an urban legend [3] about the deaths in office of presidents of the United States who were elected in years divisible by 20.
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office.In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
Once seen as a likely successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, President Ebrahim Raisi has died in office, leaving the Islamic Republic’s hardline establishment facing an uncertain future.
The second U.S. president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850, from acute gastroenteritis. [4] While Abraham Lincoln was the third U.S. president to die in office, he was the first to be killed. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. [5]
Below is a brief outline of what Iran's constitution says happens when a president is incapacitated or dies in office: * If a president dies in office, article 131 of the Islamic Republic's ...
He succeeded his father, former U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Sr., who died in office on March 6, 2012. During Payne Jr.’s time in Congress, he was a member of the CBC and served on the House ...
Lists of politicians who died in office, which means they were the incumbent of an office-position until the time of death. Such deaths have been usually due to natural causes, but they are also caused by accidents , suicides , and assassinations .