| The eighth president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, was elected in 1848 and died in 1850. ΒΆ By surviving John Hinckley's bullet (and by having far more knowledgeable doctors than Tippecanoe or Garfield had), Reagan managed not only to serve out a full two terms, but to survive (although tragically with Alzheimer's) for another 15 years thereafter, dying at age 93. |