 | Both Lincoln & Kennedy were concerned with civil rights. |
| Lincoln was elected in 1860, Kennedy in 1960. |
| Both were slain in the presence of their wives. |
| Both were shot in the head. |
| Their successors—both named Johnson—were southern Democrats, and
Senators. |
| Andrew Johnson was born in 1808, Lyndon Johnson in 1908. |
| John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839, Lee Harvey Oswald in 1939. |
| Booth and Oswald were both killed before going to trial. |
| Both presidents’ wives had children die while in the White House. |
| Lincoln’s secretary—Kennedy by name—advised him not to go to the
theater. Kennedy’s secretary—Lincoln by name—told him not to go to
Dallas. |
| Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and ran to a warehouse. Oswald shot
Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theater. |
| The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. |
| The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain 13 letters. |
| The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain 15 letters.
Source: Weber, K.J. (1977), Read & Think 1. Toronto:
Methuen. |
