Coincidental Presidential Facts - Or Fiction?

[Dreamtime]

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.

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

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln ..

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners 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 fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'

Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

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

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

[jewgaffer]

Great read Mariner and the slant to it, if it was put that way, made it very funny even if it wasn't meant to be.

Cheers

jewgaffer

[Davemmm]

I've just been perusing the worlds most accurate source of knowledge (wikipedia) and found this about John Wilkes Booth-

Booth crept up behind the President and waited for what he thought would be the funniest line of the play ("You sock-dologizing old man-trap"), hoping the laughter would muffle the noise of the gunshot

I know I've had a couple of but if that was the funniest line in the play how bad would the rest of it have been.

Dave

[Camoman]

Geez is all that really true. Im too lazy to confirm it but thats all a bit freaky.

[marcel haber]

Good read mate however the last line in wrong.

It should read

"A week before Kennedy was shot he wasIN MARYLYN MONROE.

[jewgaffer]

No Marcel he was in Maryland The USS Munro was a troop carrier.

Cheers

jewgaffer

[mrsswordfisherman]

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp

mrsswordie

[pjbink]

John Wilks Booth wasn't assassinated, strickly speaking. He was shot while resisting capture by Union troops.

Edited March 1, 2009 by billfisher

[jewgaffer]

John Wilks Booth wasn't assassinated, strickly speaking. He was shot while resisting capture by Union troops.

I that's a fact maybe he was shot while speaking strictly.

Cheers

jewgaffer