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Lincoln and Kennedy Comparison

Lincoln & Kennedy

Lincoln and Kennedy Comparison

  1.  Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
  2. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
  3. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
  4. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
  5. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
  6. Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.
  7. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
  8. Both Presidents were shot in the head.
  9. Now it gets really weird.
  10. Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
  11. Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.
  12. Both were assassinated by Southerners.
  13. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
  14. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
  15. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
  16. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
  17. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
  18. Both assassins were known by their three names.
  19. Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
  20. Lincoln was shot at the theater named “Ford.”
  21. Kennedy was shot in a car called “Lincoln” made by “Ford.”
  22. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
  23. A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
  24. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
  25. Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse…
  26. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater…

Presidents Elected in a Year with a “0” at the End

  1.  1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office)
  2. 1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)
  3. 1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)
  4. 1900: William McKinley (assassinated)
  5. 1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office)
  6. 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (died in office)
  7. 1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
  8. 1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt)

Florida State News

  • 2021 Spring AOH/LAOH State Board meeting scheduled for April 24th
  • FL AOH/LAOH Virtual State Board meeting Oct 17th 2020
  • The Big Irish American Campfire (Friday August 28th 2020)
  • Update on Malachy McAllister’s Deportation
  • 2019 Florida State Convention will be held on Oct 11th & 12th at the Rosen Centre Hotel
  • Major Degree of the Order Saturday, October 12th, 2019
  • Division NEWSLETTERS
  • Irish-American Heritage Month Proclamations: March 2015
  • Freedom For All Ireland Christmas Appeal
  • Formation of Florida’s First Major Degree Team
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