Which presidents were most unhealthy

POSTED: 1:55 PM Sep 27 2012 UPDATED: 11:03 PM Oct 09 2012

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The health of a president can change the attitude of a nation -- or the course, if he dies. Take a look at how healthy some of our past leaders were.

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The inhabitant of this house, the leader of the nation, has sometimes been a man in excellent health; at other times, he's been someone with a constant need of doctors.

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John F. Kennedy

William H. Taft

George W. Bush

Abraham Lincoln

Millard Fillmore

Woodrow Wilson

James Polk

John Adams

Calvin Coolidge

William Harrison

Rutherford Hayes

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