Question

Abraham Lincoln John f Kennedy what do they have in common

Answer 1

• Both were elected to congress in '46: Lincoln was elected in 1846, and Kennedy was elected to in 1946
• Both were elected to the presidency in '60: Lincoln was elected in 1860, and Kennedy was elected in 1960
• Both have seven letters in their last names ("Lincoln" and "Kennedy").
• Both were concerned with civil rights:
• Lincoln felt strongly that all slaves should be freed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which legally freed all slaves
• Kennedy was concerned with racial equality and was the first to propose what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Both married in their 30s to women in their 20s:
• Lincoln was married on November 4, 1842[ Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 making him 33 years old at the time of his wedding. Lincoln's bride, Mary Anne Todd, was born on December 13, 1818, making her 23 years old at the time of the wedding.
• Kennedy was married on September 12, 1953, Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917making him 36 years old at the time of his wedding. Kennedy's bride, Jacqueline Bouvier, was born on July 28, 1929, making her 24 years old at the time of the wedding.
• Both lost a son while living in the White House: Lincoln lost his 11-year-old son, William and Kennedy lost his infant son, Patrick
• Both were shot on a Friday: Lincoln was shot on a Good Friday, April 14, 1865,and Kennedy was shot on Friday, November 22, 1963
• Both were shot in the head. (Lincoln and Kennedy
• Both were shot in the presence of their wives. (Lincoln and Kennedy
• Kennedy did have a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln however there is no record that President Lincoln had a secretary named "Kennedy"
• Both were assassinated by Southerners: Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth from Maryland and Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from New Orleans, Louisiana
• Both of the presidents' successors were named Johnson: Lincoln was succeeded by Andrew Johnsonand Kennedy was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson
• Both were succeeded by Southerners: Andrew Johnson was from Raleigh, North Carolinaand Lyndon B. Johnson was from Texas
• Both successors were born in '08: Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808 and Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 27, 1908
• Both assassins, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, are known by their three names.
• Each assassin's full name is composed of fifteen letters.
• Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse, and Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater:
• Booth did run from Ford's Theatre where he shot Lincoln, and was caught in a barn in Virginia
• Oswald fled from the Texas School Book Depository, which was a warehouse, was where Oswald worked, and was where he had shot Kennedy from, and was arrested in a movie theater