WHAT A COINCIDENCE: KENNEDY AND LINCOLN

Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker

This article was shown to me last week and it was written by Anne Landers years ago. Sent to her by a friend, I was very interested in it and wanted to have you guys read it too.

How much of this is true and how much is coincidence? These comparisons deal with Presidents John Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln.

First of all both were concerned with Civil rights

John Kennedy was elected in 1960 and Lincoln was elected in 1860

Both presidents were assassinated on a Friday and in the presence of their wives

Both men were shot from behind and in the head

Both of their successors were named Johnson and both were Southern Democrats in the Senate

Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in1908

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 and Lee Harvey Oswald in 1939

Both Presidents’ wives lost a child from death while in the White House

Lincoln’s secretary whose name was Kennedy advised him not to go to the theater 

Kennedy’s secretary whose name was Lincoln advised him not to go to Dallas 

Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and ran to a warehouse

Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theater

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain 7 letters

The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each have 13 letters

The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald contain 15 letters

Both of these assassins were killed before trial

Both Johnson’s were opposed for reelection by men whose names started with G

I never took time to verify all of these facts but they sure are interesting. I never realized the coincidences of these two presidents, but hats off to those who did. I hope you find this column on these two presidents interesting.  

If you find anymore facts about these presidents let me know and I’ll give you a Penny For Your Thoughts.