Causes of Abnormal Mucus in the Stool. Examples of conditions that can be responsible for abnormal mucus in the stool can include Irritable Bowel Syndrome--including Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease (an extremely inflammatory condition)--infection and mechanical obstruction.
Assassination and Death. Four sitting Presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln, James Abram Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1897-1901), and John F. Kennedy (1961-63).
Four of these men (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy) were assassinated, and the other four (Harrison, Taylor, Harding and Roosevelt) died of illness or other natural cause while serving as president of the United States.