12 Short Fun Facts About U.S. Presidential Elections

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Eight presidents have died in office:

William Henry Harrison (pneumonia)

Zachary Taylor (gastroenteritis)

Abraham Lincoln (assassination)

James Garfield (assassination)

William McKinley (assassination)

Warren Harding (heart attack)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage)

John F. Kennedy (assassination)

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Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in 1872.

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It wasn’t until 1856 that Congress removed property ownership as a requirement to vote in elections.