Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[David Lockmiller]

Nope, not McKinley, Rob.

Kudos, Anita! Indeed the last President to die inside the White House was Zachary Taylor in 1850. The only other President to die there was William Henry Harrison in 1841.

Anita, when you asked whether the death happened in the first or second half of the century I was not sure where to place 1850. I looked at several sources, all of which agreed that 1850 is in the second half of the century.

I think that I will have to disagree with the experts. The two haves of the century should be equal. The timing would begin with the first second of the first century. So, the first second would be 01 of the first day 01 (January 1, 0001). Necessarily, the first half of the century would be the end of the fiftieth year. The second half would begin on the first second of the year 51 (January 1, 0051) and end at midnight on December 31, 0100).