SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND JOHN F. KENNEDY

• 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 shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives.
• Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
• Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
• Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
• Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
• 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.
• Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre.
• Kennedy was shot in a 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.
• Both their Killers Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials