In
1846
Abraham Lincoln
was elected to Congress
.
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.
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.
Lincoln was shot at
the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a
car called 'Lincoln'
made by Ford
Booth ran from the
theater and was caught
in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a
warehouse and was caught
in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were
assassinated before their trials.
And here is
the kicker
A week before Lincoln
was shot,
he was in Monroe,
Maryland.
A week before Kennedy
was shot,
he was with
Marilyn Monroe.
