Presidents ... Lincoln & Kennedy

Similarities Between Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy

Lincoln and Kennedy share many parallels, including election years, concerns with civil rights, being shot in the head on a Friday, and their assassinations involving Southern conspirators. Their successors, both named Johnson, were born a century apart, and both assassins' names contain fifteen letters. These coincidences highlight intriguing historical parallels between the two presidents.

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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

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters
Both Presidents were particularly concerned with civil rights
Both wives lost children while living in the White House
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday
Both were shot in the head

Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre
Kennedy was shot riding in a Ford
Both were shot in the presence of their wives

The Secretary of both warned them not to attend theatre/ride, respectively

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln

Both were assassinated by Southerners
Both were succeeded by Southerners
Both successors were 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 full names
Both names comprise of fifteen letters

Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre
Booth and Oswald were both assassinated before thier trials

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe
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I am much more apt to think, life is by-design. Simply because we, humans, the soul, our fate, our karma is much too profound & important to "whichever the wind may blow, throw me a compass". We all have a reason, a mission, a purpose for being here. And like a novel read backwards, the last chapter has already been written. We do have certain paths to choose, some easier, some harder, but all are means to a purpose. And just because we are entwined within our own fate & destiny, does "NOT" mean something negative. Quite the opposite, in fact.. It's comforting to know we are not just 'wind-blown organisms, and that there is a higher calling, and to never really lose the people you truly love. There really are no coincidences. Life & Purpose march on..

btw, interesting* statistics on presidents, P-Angel!