(Presidential Seal 1913)

Abraham Lincoln                                             John F. Kennedy

These facts are just amazing!

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.

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

 Now it gets really weird.

 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.

 Now  hang on to your seat.

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

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a  warehouse.
 Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in  a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.