Listen "Tecumseh's Curse"
Episode Synopsis
The so-called "Tecumseh's Curse" is a piece of American folklore suggesting that U.S. presidents elected in years divisible by 20 (every 20 years, starting in 1840) would die in office. This pattern is tied to a supposed curse placed by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh after the Shawnee suffered significant losses to U.S. forces led by William Henry Harrison in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. SUPPORT THE SHOW AT https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast LEARN MORE AT www.historyshortspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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