Lincoln - Kennedy Coincidences and Similarities
Lincoln-Kennedy Penny
Recently, I posted about the assassinations foretold in Moby Dick. That reminded me of the popular Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences. I did a few searches and compiled some of the more interesting items.:
- Lincoln was elected president in 1860, Kennedy in 1960.
- Both were elected to the House of Representatives in '46.
- Both failed to win the vice presidential nomination in '56.
- Lincoln defeated Stephen Douglas, born in 1813; Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon born in 1913.
- Both presidents lost children while in the White House.
- Both were shot from behind and in the head.
- Both were slain on a Friday, in the presence of their wives.
- Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater, Kennedy was killed in a Ford automobile; a Lincoln.
- The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
- President Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theater. Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to make the trip to Dallas.
- They were both succeeded by Southern Democrats named Johnson, who held seats in the U.S. Senate.
- Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson were both born in '08.
- Both Johnsons were opposed for reelection by men whose names start with "G."
- The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain 13 letters, as do the names of their wives, Eliza McCardle and Claudia Taylor.
- John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both born in '39.
- Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and was captured in a barn, a warehouse. Oswald allegedly shot Kennedy from a warehouse, the depository, and was arrested at a theater.
- Both assassins were killed before they could be brought to trial.
- The names John Wilkes booth and Lee Harvey Oswald both total 15 letters.
To quote a Dan Bern song, "Whoever gets elected in 2060 had better beware, had better think about this weird little thing."
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