[GOPcapitalist]

Lincoln was assassinated in the 1865, after his 1864 election, not his 1860 election. People always make little "adjustments" to fit theories.

Yes, but the "curse" applies - in theory - to people who were merely elected in at least one year ending in 0. Every president who was elected in at least one of his campaigns in a zero-ending year from 1840 to 1960 has died in office.

Harrison - 1840 - illness
Lincoln - 1860 - assassin
Garfield - 1880 - assassin
McKinley - 1900 - assassin
Harding - 1920 - illness
Roosevelt - 1940 - illness
Kennedy - 1960 - assassin

Reagan - 1980 - avoided the assassin and supposedly broke the curse of Tippicanoe as it is called. Of course it's all superstition, but it did hold "true" for 120 years.

[nicollo]

Others have noted the attempt on Truman and the two on President Ford (not elected on "-00" years, btw). There was also an attempt on ex-President Theodore Roosevelt during his run for a third term in 1912. And, of course, an attempt upon Andy Jackson in 1835:

Two pistols and in both tries the cap went off but not the powder. Jackson beat the man with his cane.