Amazing Coincidences: Lincoln & JFK

— William Grubbs

• 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 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.
• Both successors 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 1839.
  Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
• Both assassins were known by their three names.
• Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
  Booth ran from a theater and was caught in a warehouse.
• Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And finally…

• A week before Lincoln was shot he was in Monroe, Maryland.
  A week before Kennedy was shot he was in Marilyn Monroe.