Presidential curse
While watching the history channel tonight, I learned a bit more about our Presidents. Not only did some of them see ghost (As Mentioned in my post on Jan. 20th).
Several of them are elected only to suffer death from a curse.
It all started with our 9th President William Henry Harrison who was born here in Virginia at Berkley Plantation.
(See This Post to learn more about my visit there.)
It seems that Harrison was cursed by Chief Tecumseh because he did not like the way his people were being treated in the Indiana territory while it was governed by future President William Henry Harrison. When Tecumseh threatened to hasten an Indian uprising to try to prevent the Americans from taking any more lands, Harrison fought back.
The resulting battle - the Battle of Tippacanoe - found Harrison successful, and Tecumseh even more upset. He then cursed Harrison and all future Presidents that would be elected every 20 years.
Presidents in the line of the alleged curse
1840 William Henry Harrison Died of Pneumonia 1841
1860 Abraham Lincoln Assassinated 1865
1880 James A. Garfield Assassinated 1881
1900 William McKinley Assassinated 1901
1920 Warren G. Harding
Heart attack, stroke, or possibly poison 1923
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Cerebral hemorrhage 1945
1960 John F. Kennedy First Assassinated 1963
1980 Ronald Reagan Attempted assassination - injured but not killed 2004
(Did not die in office)
2000 George W. Bush Attempted assassinations Currently living
Several of them are elected only to suffer death from a curse.
It all started with our 9th President William Henry Harrison who was born here in Virginia at Berkley Plantation.
(See This Post to learn more about my visit there.)
It seems that Harrison was cursed by Chief Tecumseh because he did not like the way his people were being treated in the Indiana territory while it was governed by future President William Henry Harrison. When Tecumseh threatened to hasten an Indian uprising to try to prevent the Americans from taking any more lands, Harrison fought back.
The resulting battle - the Battle of Tippacanoe - found Harrison successful, and Tecumseh even more upset. He then cursed Harrison and all future Presidents that would be elected every 20 years.
Presidents in the line of the alleged curse
1840 William Henry Harrison Died of Pneumonia 1841
1860 Abraham Lincoln Assassinated 1865
1880 James A. Garfield Assassinated 1881
1900 William McKinley Assassinated 1901
1920 Warren G. Harding
Heart attack, stroke, or possibly poison 1923
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Cerebral hemorrhage 1945
1960 John F. Kennedy First Assassinated 1963
1980 Ronald Reagan Attempted assassination - injured but not killed 2004
(Did not die in office)
2000 George W. Bush Attempted assassinations Currently living
Labels: Facts and Information
posted by Patty at
Thursday, January 22, 2009
4 Comments:
Interesting, presidents and curses! I had never thought of it in that way.
Thanks for the bday wishes Patty!
Patty, Even if there weren't any curses on the President, I wouldn't take that job for anything in the world!!! It's a no-win situation for whoever does it...
Hugs,
Betsy
I guess Harrison messed with the wrong guy but it doesn't seem fair to have cursed the entire line of Presidents to follow every twenty years - they weren't responsible for Harrison's actions.
Though, I guess it doesn't matter when a person is elected, that's always a cursed job!
I learned this in college and found it intriguiging. I kept thinking that W. should have a lot of security.
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