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The chart shows the number of days in office, 1509 in the case of Lincoln, but not the 41 days or so of his second term. This is relevant because a surprising number of the Presidents to die in office changed VPs. At least 3, Lincoln, McKinley and Roosevelt (FDR). The follow-on concept is that the conversations of the soon-to-die Presidents and their VPs have been quite limited. For instance Truman was not told of the atomic bomb while VP, nor FDR's plans to use it; Andrew Johnson only had a couple of brief conversations with Lincoln while they were VP & P respectively. This is a major aspect of the sudden transition of power.
The opposite of this had to do with length of time that the newly elevated President has before the next Presidential election, as L.B. Johnson had less than a year, while the other Johnson had 3 years to become widely despised and impeached. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.105.72.67 ( talk) 16:53, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
WOW! Excellent trivia. More is needed in government trivia. Schools are neglecting American Gov. & History in school. At least teach the branches of our gov. And what their responsibilities. Paul T. Watson 13:14, 18 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paultwatson ( talk • contribs)
Didn't realize FDR died in office - big oops. However, the introduction recapitulated the same information about two presidents, leading to the recurrence of two sentences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.106.137 ( talk) 07:31, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
No president to my knowledge has been inaugurated in the year in which they were elected. Generally US presidents are elected on Nov. 4 and inaugurated in the next year. I may edit the table to reflect this, changing "year elected" to "year inaugurated." 173.21.106.137 ( talk) 07:36, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
This article is a summary article, a list of the US Presidents who have died in office and points the way to the more-detailed individual articles about each President's death. Not every detail about these events, including Lincoln's expression immediately after being shot, should be included. These details would be more appropriate in the individual articles about the assassinations or deaths. Shearonink ( talk) 21:13, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
Throughout the history of the U.S. Presidency, the longest period without a President dying in office has always been the period beginning on the 30th of April 1789, the first day of the first presidency. That is expected to remain the case only until the 26th of October 2015. After 26 Oct, the period beginning on the 22nd of November 1963 will be the longest without a President dying in office.
I was surprised to learn that 22 Nov 1963 was the first time in U.S. history that the total number of Presidents who died in office exceeded the total number of Vice Presidents who died in office. I suppose the reason I found that surprising is that we almost never hear about a Vice President dying in office, mainly because it hasn't happened in over a century, since October 1912. The other reason is that we learn so much less about the Vice Presidents than we do about the Presidents; I'm guessing maybe 10% as much. I suppose a lot of people know that James Madison was the only President who had two Vice Presidents die in office during his presidency, George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry, but how many know of the other five who died in office, William King, who never even made it to Washington and died about a month into Franklin Pierce's presidency, Henry Wilson, who died during Ulysses S. Grant's second term, Thomas A. Hendricks, who died during Grover Cleveland's first term, Garret A. Hobart, who died during William McKinley's first term, and James S. Sherman, who died six days before Election Day 1912.
I know I'm deviating from my stated topic, but while I'm on the subject of vice presidential facts, I just have to bring up what I recently noticed in the data regarding former Vice President John Nance Garner IV, who served during FDR's first two terms. He was celebrating his 95th birthday the day JFK was shot. He was born during Andrew Johnson's presidency and died during Lyndon Johnson's presidency, 15 days before his 99th birthday.
HankW512 ( talk) 08:31, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
I agree with those who believe that James A. Garfield's cause of death was not nearly as much due to the bullet that remained inside him as it was due to all the "dirty" fingers that were poking around inside him looking for it.
HankW512 ( talk) 09:14, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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Because this page is already protected minutes earlier, please add (Use American English) tag in the article in order to avoid IPs/users changing spelling from US to UK spelling. I think Jackmcbarn can helped me. Thanks. 180.241.205.155 ( talk) 06:01, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
The article states there are 45 persons who served in office. When you source edit it says to NOT change it. Joe Biden is the 46th and current president, so it should be changed. Super yoshi013021 ( talk) 14:48, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
@ Drdpw, thanks for the info. Super yoshi013021 ( talk) 19:48, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
P.S. @ Drdpw, we may need to change it if Biden is no longer president to 46 then. Super yoshi013021 ( talk) 19:51, 23 July 2022 (UTC)