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LeftInTX

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5. Harrison was newly elected and died of a combination of acute food poisoning and flu.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 10:08 PM
Aug 31

He was healthy when he got to town, but the WH water was also contaminated with sewage. He died after a month in office.

Taylor died of "cholera". Probably because of the sewage situation. He was in office for a year. Other WH staff also were sick.
(There were a few other presidents who suffered from food born, sewage born, water born illnesses but survived)

Harding most likely died of a heart attack. He had sharp stomach pains and was given digitalis. He also had pneumonia at the time (although maybe it was congestive heart failure???) He died 2 days later. His wife did not consent to an autopsy. His official death was listed as cerebral hemorrhage, because he "convulsed" when he died.

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