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.

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