The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, … - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President, lived for more than thirty years after the White House; Truman, who worked intensely and gaily, lived for twenty

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