Christie Reconsiders '12 GOP Run

[Nate505]

Has a sitting President ever died of natural causes while in office? I'm pretty certain the answer is no but if Christie was elected, he'd give that honor a run for the money.

"There's Taylor, there's Tyler, there's Fillmore and there's Hays
There's William Henry Harrison
'I died in 30 days!' "

 

[One Brow]

Has a sitting President ever died of natural causes while in office? I'm pretty certain the answer is no but if Christie was elected, he'd give that honor a run for the money.

William Henry Harrison died of a cold/the flu.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

William Henry Harrison died of a cold/the flu.

Jesus. So we have had a female President then.

 

[candrew]

Jesus. So we have had a female President then.

No, if it was a woman she wouldn't have died, she just would have bitched about it for 4 years.

 

[Nate505]

Jesus. So we have had a female President then.

Heh, the guy was a war hero.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Heh, the guy was a war hero.

So was Custer.

 

[Scat]

So was Custer.

Can one be elected posthumously to the presidency?

 

[candrew]

I'm pretty sure John Ashcroft lost to a corpse when he ran for Senator.

 

[bigb]

Didn't want to start a new thread for this, and didn't know where else to put it;