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Killed by the Water
Some of the first residents of the White House were killed by bacteria, attracted by the bad quality of the local water.
President William Henry Harrison died in 1841, most likely from enteric fever, a sickness cased (sic) by paratyphi bacteria.
President James K. Polk died in 1846 from cholera after being weakened by gastroenteritis.
President Zachary Taylor died in 1850 from gastroenteritis.
Abraham Lincoln's son, Willie, died in 1862 from typhoid fever, a bacterial sickness. |