What is soo eerie about presidential elections held every 20 years between 1840 and 1960?

Question

this was another question on this history assignment of mine...........

Answer 1

the zero factor. every president that was elected in the year, that ended in zero was assignated.

Answer 2

~Chief Tecumseh laid the curse on William Henry Harrison for what Harrison did to the Shawnee at Tippecanoe. Tecumseh said Harrison would die in office (1840) and every president would follow suit at 20 year intervals. Reagan broke the streak (1980) by John Hinckley, Jr.'s bad aim and one inch. Georgie the Younger had his opportunity, but the guy was busted before he got over the wall. Of course, the 20 year thing only works if Tecumseh knew Lincoln and FDR were going to be reelected, because they did not die during a cycle election.

Answer 3

1841 - William Henry Harrison, elected 1840, dies a month after Inauguration. 1st President to die in office.
1865 - Lincoln, elected in 1860, reelected in 1864, is assassinated.
1881 - James Garfield, elected 1880 is assassinated.
1901 - William McKinley, elected for 2nd term in 1900 is assassinated.
1923 - Warren Harding, elected in 1920, dies in office.
1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected to 3rd term in 1940, and 4th term in 1944 dies in office.
1963 - John F. Kennedy, elected in 1960 is assassinated.
1981 - Ronald Reagan, elected in 1980 is shot by John Hinckley, but survives.
2000 - George W. Bush elected. Still in office.

Zachary Taylor, elected in 1848, was the only President to die in office outside this cycle, in 1850. His successor, Millard Fillmore is often referred to the most obscure President.

Answer 4

Presidential elections in the United States are held every 4 years not 20 years. This is not only historically correct but also it is in the US Constitution

Answer 5

Assasination of the President of the US