- Politicians who were killed in the American
Revolution (5); War of
1812 (6); Texas
War of Independence (4); Mexican
War (8); Civil
War (76); Spanish-American
War (1); World
War I (8); World
War II (11).
- Politicians who were killed in duels
(20), by Indians
(10), or otherwise murdered
(174).
- Politicians who were executed
(2).
- Politicians who disappeared
or died mysteriously (15); politicians who died by
suicide (229).
- Politicians who were killed by specific external causes: by gunshot
(302); by stabbing
(18); by blunt
force (3); by strangulation
or choking (9); by drowning
(76); by poison or
overdose (48); by starvation
(3); in falls
(141); by fire or
explosion (59); by earthquake
or volcano (5); by fog, storms,
lightning, or weather conditions (45); in collapses
of structures (9); by animals
(5).
- Politicians who were killed in transportation accidents or
disasters: bicycle
(1), horses
and horsedrawn vehicles (30), steamship and
boat (29), railroad
and streetcar (42), automobile
(183), aircraft
(60).
- Politicians who were killed in in gun
accidents (24), or in sports or
recreation accidents (23), or some other
kinds of accidents (6).
- Politicians who died of infectuous diseases (very incomplete!):
cholera
(29), diphtheria
(2), influenza
(40), malaria
(11), pneumonia
(479), smallpox
(10), tuberculosis
(75), typhoid
fever (41), typhus
(2), yellow
fever (32), AIDS (7),
COVID-19
(7).
- Politicians who died of cancer (very incomplete!): bladder
or kidney cancer (16); brain
cancer (40); breast
cancer (4); colon
cancer (42); leukemia
(44); liver
cancer (29); lung
cancer (73); mouth,
tongue, or jaw cancer (5); pancreatic
cancer (34); prostate
cancer (52); stomach
or esophageal cancer (43); throat
or larynx cancer (16); other or
unspecified cancers (355).
- Politicians who died of other diseases (very incomplete!): Alzheimer's
disease or dementia (80); pernicious
anemia (11), asthma
(17); ALS/Lou
Gehrig's disease (15); bladder
diseases (5); diabetes
(64); emphysema
(21); gallbladder
diseases (16); gastrointestinal
diseases (79); heart
disease (1,553); stroke
(544); kidney
diseases (247); lung or
respiratory diseases (108); liver
diseases (40); Parkinson's
disease (46); appendicitis
(41); other
infections (97); other
diseases (75).
- Politicians who died (or whose death was caused) at: a
legislative session (16), in
court (22), while campaigning
(27), or at any other public
event or meeting (44).
- Politicians who died (or whose death was caused) while hunting or
fishing (30), or during sports or
recreation (23).
- Politicians who died (or whose death was caused) at the U.S.
Capitol Building (16), the White
House (7), a state
capitol building (12), a governor's
mansion (9), a county
courthouse or city hall (26), in churches
(8), in theaters
(5), train
stations (18), airports
(23), hotels
(208), post
offices (14), shops
(16), offices
(67), restaurants
or taverns (14).
- Politicians who died in medical or institutional settings: New York
Hospital/Cornell Medical Center (28), Walter
Reed or Bethesda medical centers (78), Mayo
Clinic and related hospitals (4), in other
hospitals (1,905), in doctor's
offices (5), in nursing
homes, rest homes, sanitariums (305), in mental
hospitals or asylums for the insane (21), in hospices
(36), in prison or
captivity (14).
- Politicians who died, or whose death was caused, on board boats or
ships (47), trains
(20), cars or
other road vehicles (29), planes
(1), or elevators
and escalators (5).
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