Election Years Ending In Zero

Still neither hix nor koterba referenced the tale of tenskwatawa.

Election years ending in zero. The zero factor since 1840 no u s. Some called it the curse of tecumseh after the shawnee chieftain who was killed by the forces of general william henry harrison in 1813. The alleged curse known as 20 year usa presidential curse more properly curse of tippecanoe also known as tecumseh s curse or the 20 year presidential curse is a supposed pattern of death in office of presidents of the united states elected in years that are divisible by 20 from william henry harrison elected in 1840 through john f.

In february 1960 the journalist ed koterba similarly noted the next president of the united states will face an eerie curse that for more than a century has hung over every chief executive elected in a year ending with zero koterba 1960. Every president elected from 1840 onward in the years ending in 0 either has been shot or has died in office. In 1840 the sinister presidential death cycle foretold by shawnee chief tecumseh began and every sitting president elected in a year ending in zero died in office except for president ronald reagan who luckily survived but still endured a serious assassination.

President william henry harrison and shawnee indigenous leader tecumseh. The name curse of tippecanoe also known as tecumseh s curse the presidential curse zero year curse the twenty year curse or the twenty year presidential jinx is used to describe the death of presidents of the united states in office while elected or re elected in a year ending in 0. About the anomaly in united states history that presidents elected in years ending with 0 have a bad habit of dying before leaving office.

It is because bush was elected in the year 2000. Tecumseh s curse also called the curse of tippecanoe stems from an 1809 dispute between u s. Presidents who have been elected in years ending in zero have been killed or have died of natural causes while in office.

With two exceptions since 1840 u s. Some believe the curse is the reason that harrison and every following president up to kennedy who was elected in a year ending in zero died in office. Indeed this odd coincidence seemingly fulfills the folk myth of a remarkable indian curse.

In february 1960 journalist ed koterba noted that the next president of the united states will face an eerie curse that for more than a century has hung over every chief executive elected in a year ending with zero.