Interesting Facts

1. Meet Abe and John

2. coincidence

3. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946

4. Lincoln failed to win the Vice Presidential nomination in 1856 Kennedy failed to win the Vice Presidential nomination in 1956

5. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960

6. Lincoln defeated Stephen Douglas who was born in 1813 Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon who was born in 1913

7. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights Both wives lost their children while living in the White House

8. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both Presidents were shot in the head

9. Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln

10. Both were assassinated by Southerners Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson

11. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808 and elected in 1847 Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908 and elected in 1947

12. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839 Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939

13. Both assassins were known by their three names Both names are composed of fifteen letters

14. Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford

15. Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

16. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

17. and the kicker

18. A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe

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