The Curse of Tippecanoe (The 20 Year Presidential Curse)
The Curse of Tippecanoe is the name given to a freakish pattern of presidential deaths.
From William Henry Harrison to John F Kennedy, every president elected on a score year (a year divisible by twenty) died in office.
Tippecanoe was a nickname given to Harrison, the ninth president of United States, after he defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
Presidents Affected by the Curse
William H. Harrison
Elected 1840
Succumbed to Typhoid on April 4, 1841
Abraham Lincoln
Elected 1860
Assassinated on April 15, 1865
James A. Garfield
Elected 1880
Assassinated on September 19, 1881
William McKinley
Elected 1900
Assassinated on September 14, 1901
Warren G. Harding
Elected 1920
Succumbed to a heart attack on Aug 2, 1923
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elected 1940
Succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945
John F. Kennedy
Elected 1960
Assassinated on November 22, 1963
Ronald Reagan, elected president in 1980, was critically injured by a gunman on March 30, 1981. He was close to death upon arrival at George Washington University Hospital but survived his injuries.
The curse of Tippecanoe seems to have run its course
