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Anish Badshah
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Interesting trend
August 4, 2003 - 01:25 AM
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Many of you probably know about this already, but every US President who has been elected in a year divisible by 20, since 1840, has either died in office, or has survived an assassination attempt.
1840-William Henry Harrison (Died in Office Apr. 4, 1841)
1860-Abraham Lincoln (Assassinated Apr. 15, 1865)
1880-James A. Garfield (Assassinated Sept. 19, 1881)
1900-William McKinley (Assassinated Sept. 14, 1901)
1920-Warren G. Harding (Died in Office Aug. 2, 1923)
1940-Franklin D. Roosevelt (Died in Office Apr. 12, 1945)
1960-John F. Kennedy (Assassinated Nov. 22, 1963)
1980-Ronald Reagan (Survived Assassination Attempt Mar. 30, 1981)
Hmm, what does this mean for our old pal George Bush (elected in 2000)?
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Re: Interesting trend
August 4, 2003 - 01:43 AM
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Who on earth would know that?
hmmm...you think it's some conspiracy?
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Zachary Taylor
August 4, 2003 - 12:26 PM
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He was elected in 1848 and died in office in 1850. Gerald Ford survived assasination attempts as well. What this probably shows is that being the US President is a stressful and sometimes risky job. However, it is the branch of US government that sets much of the political agenda, so many are willing to take the risk.
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