A Tale Of Two Presidents.

[leefer]

Abraham Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846.
John F Kennedy was elected to congressin 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.
John F Kennedy was elected president in 1960.
Both were seen as big civil rights presidents.
Both of there wives lost a child while living at the White House.
Both presidents were assassanated on a friday.
Both were shot in the head.

Abraham Lincolns secretary was named Kennedy.
John F Kennedys seretary was named Lincoln.
Both were shot 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 assassanated Lincoln was born in 1839
Lee Harvey Oswald who assassanated Kennedy was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by there three names.
Both of there names were composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at a theatre named Ford.
Kennedy was shot in a Ford car.
Lincoln was assassanated in a theatre,his assasin hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse,his assasin hid in a theatre.
Both assasins were killed exactly a week before there trials.

And Finally

Aweek before Lincon was shot he was in Monroe,Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot he was with Marilyn Monroe.


Just some late night Trivia!...or early morning.

[axs]

Or did Oswald kill Kennedy?

And you should of said JFK was in Monroe, would've been better.

[leefer]

I was having bets on who would say that first....you were one of the favourites Axs..and yes Oswald did kill Kennedy...but history isnt my strong point!

[axs]

Good to know I'm the predictable pedant on the TEF.

[michael]

The killers of political or popular people are often known by their three names, Mark David Chapman for example.

At this point it is worth noting that Kate McCann does not have a middle name.