Lincoln and Kennedy

By Jessica
Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy where both presidents of the United States of America. I will be telling you about the similarities or coincidences that they have in common. What sorts of Spooky things are there? There are lots of similarities between them like President Lincoln was elected to the presidency in 1860 and he was inaugurated in 1861. Which is similar to president Kennedy who was elected to presidency in 1960 and inaugurated in 1961. But what other weird and spooky coincidences are there? Well...President Lincoln was elected House of Representatives in 1846. Meanwhile in 1946 President Kennedy was elected House of Representatives weird how all of these dates have the same last two numbers right! Both of these Presidents were runners up for the partys nomination for vice president in 56. Also Lincoln and Kennedy, both successors, were Southern Democrats named Johnson born in 08. But that is not all. The Presidents where both shot in the head. On the other hand it was at different years quite far apart and the presidents where both shot by a different person. Though both of these presidents where assassined on a Friday. Lincoln was with his wife and two friends when he got shot just as Kennedy was. However Lincoln was in a theater when he was shot and Kennedy was in a car. They where both sent straight to hospitals and died there. As Well Lincoln was shot at Ford Theater, which is similar to Kennedy because likewise he was shot in a Lincoln Limousine, which is a Ford car. So that was the same company. Is all this coincidence or is there a real connection between these two presidents? Also Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy that told Lincoln not to go to Ford Theater. Likewise Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln that warned him not to go to Dallas. Booth was the person that shot Lincoln in a theater and hid in a warehouse. As well as Oswald who was the person that shot Kennedy Oswald shot from a warehouse and hid in a theater. The assassins that killed both of these people Both of the assassins where killed before they could be put on trial. Also the presidents both have seven letters in their name. Spooky right! All of this is important because they both changed America. They were very important people and theyre lives are very well known and important to lots of people throughout the world. It is also interesting because they had differences and they have lots of similarities.

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