Lincoln | Kennedy |
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 | Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 |
He was elected President in 1860 | He was elected President in 1960 |
His wife lost a child while living in the White House | His wife lost a child while living in the White House |
He was directly concerned with Civil Rights | He was directly concerned with Civil Rights |
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him | Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him |
Lincoln was shot in the back of the head in the | Kennedy was shot in the back of the head in the |
Lincoln shot in the Ford Theatre | Kennedy shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford |
He was shot on a Friday | He was shot on a Friday |
The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was known by three | The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was known by three |
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a | Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a |
Booth was killed before being brought to trial | Oswald was killed before being brought to trial |
There were theories that Booth was part of a greater | There were theories that Oswald was part of a greater |
Lincoln's successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808 | Kennedy's successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908 |