Lincoln |
Kennedy |
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 |
Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 |
He was elected President in 1860 |
He was elected President in 1960 |
His wife lost a child while living in the White House |
His wife lost a child while living in the White House |
He was directly concerned with Civil Rights |
He was directly concerned with Civil Rights |
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theater *1 |
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him not to go to Dallas **2 |
Lincoln was shot in the back of the head in the presence of his wife |
Kennedy was shot in the back of the head in the presence of his wife |
Lincoln shot in the Ford Theatre |
Kennedy shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford |
He was shot on a Friday |
He was shot on a Friday |
The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was known by three names, comprised of fifteen letters |
The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was known by three names, comprised of fifteen letters |
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse |
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater |
Booth was killed before being brought to trial |
Oswald was killed before being brought to trial |
There were theories that Booth was part of a greater conspiracy |
There were theories that Oswald was part of a greater conspiracy |
Lincoln's successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808 |
Kennedy's successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908 |
* It is an urban myth that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. There is no record of that.
** There is no record whether or not Kennedy's secretary warned him.
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