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A history on the Curse of Tippecanoe

So, the 2020 election is coming up, and that's going to be interesting. Will Trump stay in office for another 4 years, or will someone new step up? Nobody knows for sure yet. But, this year is special. As it apparently is a year where a curse will take place. The Curse of Tippecanoe. Also known as "Tecumseh's Curse", or the "20 Year President Curse", the curse is said to strike on every election on years equally divisible by 20, since the year 1840. The curse has a long history, so in this weekly marshmallow, we'll dive into every occurrence during this strange curse. The curse itself Named in a Ripley's Believe it or Not book, the curse is named after a famous battle by the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, the Battle of Tippecanoe during battles and wars against Native Americans and the leader of a tribe, Tecumseh, in 1811. Harrison, who was governor of the Indiana Territory at the time, used the battles success to boost his popularity d