What's the major thing these two presidents had in common?

Question

Namely, John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln...

Yes, but there is so much more!

I am most grateful for all of your answers. It is most interesting, in my opinion, that not one even came close to the truths which immediately caused them their assassinations.

Gary and BearstirringfromCave?
I do appreciate your answers!
Just sad it couldn't go one step further!
from the research department!

Answer 1

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 were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both of their wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Both were shot with one bullet.

Both were rumored to be killed in a conspiracy.
Neither was confirmed to be a conspiracy.

Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater.
Kennedy was shot in a card made by the Ford Motor Company (a Lincoln no less)

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.
Their first names both contain six letters.

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 comprise fifteen letters.

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Both assassins were assassinated before their trials.

The only complete filming of Kennedy's assasination was shot by Abraham Zapruder.
The only complete account of Lincoln's assasination was written by John Zelfindorfer.

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was with friends in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with his friend Marilyn Monroe.

Lincoln's last child, Tad, had his funeral held on July 16, 1871.
Later he was exhumed and moved to a different grave site.
Kennedy's son JFK Jr. was lost at sea on July 16, 1999.
Later he was found, brought up, and then re-burried at sea.

Answer 2

There is very, very little that the two had in common. There have been all kinds of theories about conspiracies and spooky coincidences (Lincoln's assassin ran from a theater to a warehouse, Kennedy's ran from a warehouse to a theater, etc. etc.) But as presidents from two very different eras (one born in 1809, the other 108 years later), from two very different socio-economic backgrounds (Lincoln grew up desperately poor while Kennedy grew up in unbelievable wealth), these two men were politically (Lincoln was the first Republican president, Kennedy was a Democrat), educationally (Lincoln had little formal schooling, Kennedy graduated from Harvard), religiously (lincoln had no real religious affiliation, Kennedy was Roman Catholic), very very different men altogether.

Answer 3

Controversial wives, secretaries named Lincoln and Kennedy, a Veep named Johnson with the same amount of letters in their names, an assassin with three names, one man's assasin hid in a warehouse and was captured in a theater, one assasin struck in a theater and was killed in a warehouse, one President was killed in Ford's Theater the other killed in a Ford Lincoln, both President's had a son who died in the White House, both were fond of roast turkey and cranberry sauce and therefore encouraged celebrating Thanksgiving.

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Answer 4

Assassinated

Answer 5

-Both narrowly elected

-Presided over the country during troubled times
*Lincoln during the Civil War
*Kennedy during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

-Both assassinated

-Both became more popular after their deaths than they were during their presidencies

Answer 6

-Lincoln was assassinated in 1863. Kennedy was in 1963.
-Lincoln was replaced by Andrew Johnson, a Southerner. Kennedy was replaced by Lyndon Baines Johnson, a Southernor.
-A week before Lincoln's assassination, he went to a city called Monroe in Maryland. A week before Kenndey was assassinated, he met Marilyn Monroe.
-Kenndey was assassinated while sitting next to his wife. Lincoln was too.
-Both men got married in their thirties to women in their twenties.
-Lincoln's succedor, Andrew Johnson, was older than LIncoln and was born in 1808. Kennedy's succedor, Lyndon Johnson, was older than Kennedy and was born in 1908.
-Kennedy's killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was killed before he was brought to court. Lincoln's killer, John Wilkes Booth, was killed before he was brought to court.

Answer 7

The "major" thing?

In terms of sheer significance to their lives, the answer would be "a bullet from behind."

Answer 8

both were presidents

Answer 9

THEY BOTH HAD SIMILAR THINKING REGARDING THE BLACK OPPRESSION
BOTH HAD CONTEMNED APATHEID AND BELIEVED IN EGALITARIANISM WHOLEHEARTEDLY

Answer 10

i'd say penis...