Two presidents-in office- and both out of town- were assassinated in the twentieth Century- Mckinley in l90l and Kennedy in l963. Warren Harding and
Franklin Roosevelt both died in office of natural causes during the 20th century.
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Cleveland was the earliest 19th century president who lived into the 20th century.
Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft. Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower all lived in both the 19th and 20th centuries.
That of Theodore Roosevelt.
William McKinley Although William McKinley was U. S. President at the beginning of the 20th century, and although his second inauguration was the first inauguration of the 20th century, Theodore Roosevelt was the first person elected U. S. President during the 20th century (in 1904).
James A. Garfield was the twentieth president of the US, and the second shortest term president. Garfield was shot four months into his term, and died two months later.
Amendments 16-27 were all passed during this century: 20th.
Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to take office on the inaugural date specified by the Twentieth Amendment.