Tecumseh’s Curse

Until today, I had not heard of Tecumseh’s Curse on the U.S. Presidents. Legend has it that the Shawnee Indian Chief, Tecumseh, sent a message to then General William Henry Harrison in which he predicted that Harrison would become president, but would die while serving his term (something that had not, up to that point, ever happened). He also predicted the president chosen every 20 years after that would also die in office: William Harrison (elected 1840, died of pneumonia 1841), Abraham Lincoln (elected 1860, assassinated 1865), James Garfield (elected 1880, ssassinated 1881), William McKinley (elected 1900, assassinated 1901), Warren Harding (elected 1920, died of food poisoning 1923), Franklin Roosevelt (elected 1940, died of stroke 1945), John Kennedy (elected 1960, assassinated 1963), Ronald Reagan (elected 1980, survived assassination attempt 1981)….

Posted on January 14, 2003
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  1. Abi on February 6th, 2003 12:55 pm

    We are learning about this in history class. – Wisconsin

  2. Matt on February 6th, 2003 1:10 pm

    We learned about it in history with our teacher. – Wisconsin

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