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Presidential Assassinations

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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. Engraving by Currier & Ives.

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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Who Was John Wilkes Booth? John Wilkes Booth was a Maryland native born in 1838 into a family of noted actors. Booth would eventually take the stage himself, appearing in 1855 in Shakespeare’s Richard III in Baltimore. Despite his Confederate sympathies, Booth remained in the North during the Civil War, pursuing a successful career as […]

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The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C, 1865. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

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How Presidential Assassinations Changed U.S. Politics

Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office – all were brought down by gunfire. And each of these presidential assassinations helped usher in a wave of important reforms and a new political era.

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The Assassination of President William McKinley

On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third U.S. president to be assassinated after he was fatally shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

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The Assassination of President James A. Garfield

On July 2, 1881, newly inaugurated President James A. Garfield was mortally wounded by a deranged gunman as he prepared to board a train in Washington, D.C.

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John Wilkes Booth jumping from the booth after assassinating President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 11, 1865.

10 Things You May Not Know About the Lincoln Assassination

Explore 10 surprising facts about one of the most infamous moments in American history.

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1912

Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee

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1982

John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan, found not guilty

1980s
1881

President James Garfield dies

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1975

President Ford survives second assassination attempt

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1901

President William McKinley’s assassin is executed

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1975

Gerald Ford survives first assassination attempt

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