Curse of the 0’sWilliam Henry Harrison

-Elected in 1840.

-On March 4, 1841, he went to the cold, rainy inauguration without a coat and delivered the longest inaugural speech in history (2 hours). He developed pneumonia and pleurisy.

-He died on April 4.

Curse of the 0’sAbraham Lincoln

-Elected in 1860 and 1864.

-On April 14, 1865, Lincoln attended a play at Ford’s Theater, where he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

-He died on the next day.

Curse of the 0’sJames Garfield

-Elected in 1880.

-On July 2, 1881, he was shot by Charles Guiteau at a train station in Washington D.C.

-One bullet lodged in his spine and could not be found. It became infected causing blood poisoning and, eventually, a heart attack. He died on September 19.

Curse of the 0’sWilliam McKinley

-Elected in 1896 and 1900.

-On September 5, 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, he was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.

-One bullet went through his stomach, colon and kidney. He developed gangrene and died on September 14.

-Last words: “It is God's way; His will be done, not ours”

Curse of the 0’sWarren Harding

-Elected in 1920.

-His administration was full of scandal, and he is considered by many the worst president in history.

-While on his “Voyage of Understanding”, he became mysteriously ill. He died of a stroke or heart attack on August 2, 1923 in San Francisco.

-His wife would not allow an autopsy.

Curse of the 0’sFranklin Roosevelt

-Elected in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.

-Roosevelt had contracted polio at age 40, which caused many other medical problems.

-While resting in Warm Springs, GA, he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and died on April 12, 1945.

Curse of the 0’sJohn Kennedy

-Elected in 1960.

-On November 22, 1963, while riding in the motorcade, he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Curse of the 0’sRonald Reagan

-Elected in 1980 and 1984.

-On March 30, 1981, Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinkley, Jr.

-He died June 5, 2005