Some Considerable Facts...Lincoln and 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.


• The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain 7 letters.


• 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.


• 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 three names.


• Both names are composed of 15 letters.


• Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Kennedy.'


• Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'


• 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.


• A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.


• A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.