Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy

Lincoln and Kennedy were concerned with civil rights.

Lincoln was elected in 1860. Kennedy was elected in 1960.

Each president was assassinated on a Friday in the presence of the First Lady.

Each president was shot in the head from behind.

Each successor was a Southern Democrat named Johnson who had served in the Senate.

Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were Southerners who favored unpopular ideas.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before it was possible to be brought to trial.

Both Presidents lost children while serving in the White House.

Lincoln's secretary named Kennedy advised him not to attend the theater.

Kennedy's secretary named Lincoln advised him not to travel to Dallas.

John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theater box and ran to a warehouse.

Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theater.

The last name of each President contains seven letters.

The names of Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson contain thirteen letters.

The names of John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald contain fifteen letters.