Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy shared several remarkable coincidences. Both were elected to Congress and later the presidency in years separated by 100 years. They were both assassinated by southerners while in office, and both were succeeded by vice presidents named Johnson from the South. Their wives, Mary Todd Lincoln and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, were both in their mid-twenties when married and came from prominent families.

2. Abraham Lincoln and
John KENNEDY

7. Abraham Lincoln and his
wife Mary

8. Abraham Lincoln and his son
Tad

10. Where as About John
Kennedy

11. John f. Kennedy

12. John Kennedy and his wife
Jacqueline

13. THEIR SON
JOHN.F.KENNEDY JR IN
1960

14. Eerie Similarities Between
President John Kennedy &
Abraham Lincoln
LINKIN’KENNEDY

15. A NUMBER OF AMAZING
COINCIDENCE CAN BE FOUND
BETWEEN THE
ASSASSINATIONS OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN & JOHN.F.
KENNEDY

16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND
JOHN KENNEDY

17. • Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress
in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress
in 1946.
-> Lincoln failed to win the Vice
Presidential nomination in 1856.
Kennedy failed to win the Vice Presidential
nomination in 1956.
-> Abraham Lincoln was elected President
in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in
1960.

18. Coincidence or not
• Lincoln defeated Stephen Douglas who
was born in 1813.
->Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon who
was born in 1913.
-> Both were particularly concerned with
civil rights.
-> Both wives lost children while in the
White -house
-> Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
-> Both Presidents were shot in the head.
-> Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
->Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

19. Amazing coincidence
• Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both Presidents had Vice Presidents named
Johnson.
Lincoln's Vice President was called
Andrew Johnson who served in the House
of Representatives in 1847.
Kennedy's Vice President was called
Lyndon Johnson who served in the House
of Representatives in1947.

20. 
• Both successors (their Vice
Presidents) were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded
Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded
Kennedy, was born in 1908. John
Wilkes Booth, who assassinated
Lincoln, was born in 1838. (not 1839)!
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated
Kennedy, was born in 1939.

21. • Both assassins were known by the three
names.
Both names are composed of fifteen
letters. Lincoln was shot at the theatre
called "Ford."
Kennedy was shot in a car named "Lincoln",
made by Ford. Booth ran from the
theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was
caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald
were assassinated before their trials.

22. • NOTE: President Lincoln was born on
February 12, 1809 and died on April 15,
1865 (age 56) President Kennedy was
born on May 29, 1917 and died on Nov
22, 1963 (age 46)

23. About their wives
• Lincoln married while in his • Kennedy was married while
THIRTIES to a TWENTY- in his THIRTIES to a
FOUR-year old DARK- TWENTY-FOUR-year old
HAIRED woman; who had DARK-HAIRED woman;
been previously engaged to who had been previously
someone else; who came engaged to someone else;
from a socially who came from a socially
PROMINENT FAMILY; PROMINENT FAMILY;
who was fluent in the who was fluent in the
FRENCH language; and was FRENCH language; and was
known for her exquisite known for her exquisite
taste and fashion sense - taste and fashion sense -
Mary Todd. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

24. About their families
• Lincoln had two • Kennedy had two
sons named brothers
EDWARD named EDWARD an
and ROBERT. EDW d ROBERT.ROBERT
ARD DIED and DIED and
ROBERT LIVED on. EDWARD LIVED
on.

25. • Lincoln had FOUR • Kennedy had FOUR
CHILDREN, TWO CHILDREN, TWO
of whom of whom
died before died before
becoming a teen becoming a teen

26. Similarities between
their photographs