The Stunning List of Lincoln–Kennedy Coincidences * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah

You may have seen this before, but if you haven’t it’s going to blow your mind.

Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy of course share one very common and dark coincidence: they were both assassinated in office.

You may not know this, but they’re actually 2 of 4 Presidents to be assassinated while in office:

Abraham Lincoln
- 16th President
- Assassinated: April 14, 1865 (died April 15)
- Location: Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C.
- Assassin: John Wilkes Booth
James A. Garfield
- 20th President
- Assassinated: July 2, 1881 (died September 19, 1881)
- Location: Washington, D.C. train station
- Assassin: Charles J. Guiteau
William McKinley
- 25th President
- Assassinated: September 6, 1901 (died September 14)
- Location: Buffalo, New York (Pan-American Exposition)
- Assassin: Leon Czolgosz
John F. Kennedy
- 35th President
- Assassinated: November 22, 1963
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Assassin: Lee Harvey Oswald

Talk about a dangerous job!

Four out of 45 total Presidents is quite a high rate!

Nearly 10% end up killed!

But the similarities don’t end there…

In fact, the list is so big and so wide-ranging it will blow your mind.

I still remember a teacher showing me this back in high school and I didn’t even believe it could be true, but I’ve fact-checked it and it is!

For those who enjoy video, watch this short video listing everything — and for those who prefer to read, scroll down for the full list:

And now here is the full list, including a couple that are more lore than fact, although most of the list is fact-checked completely true:

Both names have 7 letters
- Lincoln
- Kennedy
Elected to Congress 100 years apart
- Lincoln: 1846
- Kennedy: 1946
Elected President 100 years apart
- Lincoln: 1860
- Kennedy: 1960
Both were deeply concerned with civil rights
- Lincoln fought to end slavery.
- Kennedy pushed for Civil Rights legislation.
Both married in their 30s to women in their 20s
- Lincoln (33) married Mary Todd (23).
- Kennedy (36) married Jacqueline Bouvier (24).
Both wives spoke French
- Mary Todd had some fluency.
- Jacqueline Kennedy was fluent and often spoke French publicly.
Both lost children while in the White House
- Lincoln’s son Willie died in 1862.
- Kennedy’s son Patrick died in 1963 shortly after birth.
Both had multiple children and suffered family tragedy
- Lincoln had 4 children; only one survived adulthood.
- Kennedy had 4 children (including a stillbirth); lost 2.
Both were second-born children
- Lincoln was second child of Thomas and Nancy.
- Kennedy was second child of Joseph and Rose.
Both served as boat captains in youth or military
- Lincoln piloted a flatboat on the Mississippi River.
- Kennedy commanded PT-109 in WWII.
Both were vice-presidential hopefuls in a year ending in ’56
- Lincoln sought VP nomination in 1856 (lost).
- Kennedy sought VP nomination in 1956 (lost).
Both were acclaimed for intellectual writing and eloquence
- Lincoln: Gettysburg Address, self-written speeches.
- Kennedy: Profiles in Courage (won Pulitzer).

Both were assassinated on a Friday
- Lincoln: April 14, 1865
- Kennedy: November 22, 1963
Both were shot in the head
- Lincoln: back of the head at Ford’s Theatre.
- Kennedy: head and neck in Dallas.
Both were killed in presence of their wives
Connection to “Ford” in assassination
- Lincoln: Ford’s Theatre.
- Kennedy: Lincoln Continental made by Ford Motor Co.
Assassins known by three names, each with 15 letters
- John Wilkes Booth
- Lee Harvey Oswald
Both assassins were born ~100 years apart
- Booth: 1838
- Oswald: 1939
Assassin escape patterns were reversed
- Booth shot Lincoln in a theater, fled to a barn (often misquoted as a warehouse).
- Oswald shot from a warehouse, fled to a theater.
Both assassins were killed before trial, within weeks
- Booth: April 26, 1865
- Oswald: November 24, 1963
Both were succeeded by Southern Democrats named Johnson