Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 and the presidency in 1860.
Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 and the presidency in 1960.
But it is a coincidence that their election years were 100 years apart.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
The chances these assassinations occurred on the same day of the week. The list does not stress in different months or on different dates.
The shared means of assassination – gunshot to the head – is unsurprising because the head is one of the most vulnerable parts of the body. Both presidents were seated when they were shot.
The list leaves out that the presidents were shot at very different distances: Lincoln from point-blank range and Kennedy from hundreds of yards away.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860 John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Lincoln’s secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theater Kennedy’s secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808 Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse, Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
The similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy:
Both men were elected to congress in 46.
Both men were elected to the presidency in 60.
Both men were concerned with civil rights (Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Kennedy proposed what became the Civil Rights Act).
Both men married in their 30s to women in their 20s.
Both men lost a son while living in the White House.
Both Presidents had 4 children (and both lost two before they reached their teens).
The doctors for Lincoln and Kennedy had the same name: Charles Taft.
Lincoln’s private secretary was called John (John Nicolas), Kennedy’s private secretary was called Evelyn Lincoln.
Both men were shot on a Friday.
Both men were shot in the head.
Both men were shot in the presence of their wives.
Lincoln was sitting in box number 7 of Ford’s Theatre when he was killed. Kennedy was riding in car number 7 in the cavalcade (in a Lincoln car made by the Ford Motor Company).
Both were assassinated by Southerners (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald).
The law-enforcement officer who detained John Wiles Booth was called Lafayette Baker, as was the man who detained Lee Harvey Oswald was Marion Baker.
Both their presidential successors were named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson).
Both men were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were born in ’08 (Andrew Johnson in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in 1908).
Both assassins are known by three names, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Both assassin names have 15 letters.
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Both assassin themselves assassinated before their trials.
John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both originally thought to be lone-gunman, but it was later discovered that they were part of a conspiracy.
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