A Interesting Comparison Between Kennedy and Lincoln

Comparisons Between Lincoln and Kennedy

Here's a little part of US history which makes you go hmmm.... Have a history teacher explain this ---- If they can!

• 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.

• The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

• Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
  Both wives lost their children while living 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.

• Both were assassinated by Southerners.
  Both were succeeded by Southerners 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 1839.
  Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

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

• Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
  Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'

• 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.

                                                ~Author Unknown~

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