1841President William Henry Harrison Dies in Office

William Henry Harrison is the first US president to die in o...
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🇺🇸 John Adams Inaugurated as U.S. President

John Adams is inaugurated on March 4 as President of the United States following the 1796 United States presidential election. The peaceful transfer of power from the Washington administration to Adams sets a precedent for relinquishing executive power and transferring it to a new administration.
John Adams Inaugurated as U.S. President (1797)
PresidencyInaugurationPolitical TransitionFederal GovernmentGeorge WashingtonEarly Republic
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💀 President William Henry Harrison Dies in Office

William Henry Harrison is the first US president to die in office.
President William Henry Harrison Dies in Office (1841)
American HistoryPolitical TransitionExecutive Branch
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🔫 President Garfield Assassinated

President Garfield Assassinated (1881)
AssassinationGilded AgeAmerican History
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🔪 McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension

September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14.
McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension (1901)
PresidencyAssassinationProgressive EraPolitical ViolenceExecutive Branch
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🇺🇸 President Harding Dies; Coolidge Becomes President

August 2: Death of Warren G. Harding; Vice President Calvin Coolidge assumes office as President of the United States.
President Harding Dies; Coolidge Becomes President (1923)
PresidencySuccessionGovernmentAmerican History
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🇺🇸 Richard Nixon Inaugurated as U.S. President

January 20: Richard Nixon is inaugurated as President of the United States.
Richard Nixon Inaugurated as U.S. President (1969)
Presidential InaugurationCold WarRichard NixonAmerican HistoryExecutive Branch
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