Besides being President, and assassinated.
2007-09-06 10:59:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Quite a bit:
*Both were married in their thirties to women in their twenties.
*Lincoln won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846. Kennedy was elected to the House in 1946.
*Lincoln tried and failed to get his party's nomination for Vice President in 1856. Kennedy failed to get his party's nomination for Vice President in 1956.
*Lincoln was elected to President in 1860, defeating Stephen A. Douglas, who was born in 1813. Kennedy was elected President in 1960, defeating Richard Nixon, born in 1913.
*Lincoln was younger than his Vice President, Andrew Johnson, a Southernor born in 1808. Kennedy was younger than his Vice President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, a Southernor born in 1908.
*Lincoln was shot on a Friday (April 14, 1865) as he sat next to his wife. Kennedy was shot on a Friday (November 22, 1963) as he sat next to his wife.
*Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, fled and was killed before he could be brought to trial. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, fled and was killed before he could be brought to trial.
2007-09-06 11:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time Lincoln was president, he supported human rights and the freedom of the slaves. Unlike slave owners, he didn't believe black slaves were inferior to whites. Like the constitution states, he believed that all men are created equal. Like Lincoln, racial discrimination was one of the most pressing domestic issues of Kennedy's era. Kennedy supported racial integration and civil rights. Before Kennedy died he made a famous civil rights address on national television and radio. Kennedy proposed become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Both men supported racial equality.
2007-09-06 11:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both were drawn into a military conflict that neither wanted.
Both faced the difficult issues of racial equality. Both men were reluctant to take a stand for racial rights. Lincoln had no plans to free the slaves in the border states and did seriously consider sending all the slaves back to Africa. Much of JFK's legacy on Civil Rights came after his assassination. Legislation that wouldn't have passed with him alive breezed through Congress after JFK's death.
Both received a significant boast to their legacys by way of their assassination. Lincoln didn't have to deal with Reconstruction or the results of his attacks on civil liberties during the Civil War, JFK didn't have to deal with the mess he started in Vietnam and the emerging radical elements of American society.
2007-09-06 11:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by gentleroger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln had a Kennedy in office under him and Kennedy had a Lincoln in office under him.
2007-09-06 11:08:31 · answer #4 · answered by sspyder124 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are actually numerous coincidences, regaring on how much they had in common.
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2007-09-06 11:48:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both had young kids in the White House.
2007-09-06 11:06:29 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were non-protestant presidents, I believe before Kennedy, all the presidents were protestants
2007-09-06 15:53:25 · answer #7 · answered by armando j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both were considered great presidents and will probaly never be forgotten.
2007-09-06 15:43:14 · answer #8 · answered by donielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both killed on a Fridy
2016-11-24 05:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by Robert 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both had wooden teeth.
2007-09-06 11:20:47 · answer #10 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋