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Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences
12 years ago
Yig-ped!
Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
AMAZING COINCIDENCES
Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846.
Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Lincoln was elected to the presidency in 1860.
Kennedy was elected to the presidency in 1960.
Both presidents had a son die during their presidency.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.
Lincoln had a secretary named Hay, and then another named Nicolay, but never one named Kennedy. This one didn't really work.
There are 7 letters in "Lincoln" and in "Kennedy".
There are also 7 letters in "Abraham" and in "John...nnn".
"Abraham Lincoln" has five syllables.
"John Fitzgerald Ke-" has five syllables.
Lincoln's predecessor left office in his seventies and retired to Lancaster Township.
Kennedy's predecessor left office in his seventies and retired to Gettysburg.
Wait, what's the big deal about that? ...Oh right, they're both in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's a big state, big whoop.
Both presidents were succeeded by their vice presidents, but then that is the standard thing when a president dies in office.
Lincoln's successor was a Southern Democrat named Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.
Kennedy's successor was a Southern Democrat named Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908.
Wait, no, Lyndon Johnson was a Texan, not a Southerner. There's a distinction there, trust me.
There are 6 letters in "Andrew" and in "Lyndon".
There are also 6 letters in "Fitzge-" and in "Baines".
There are 0 letters in "" (Lincoln's middle name) and in "" (Andrew Johnson's middle name).
Both presidents were concerned with the problems of black Americans. That's vague enough I hope I can get away with it.
Both presidents were shot on a Friday (best day for Presidents to attend public functions, which is the best time to try to kill a President) in the presence of their wives (because Presidents tend to make public appearances with their wives).
Both presidents were shot in the head from behind (pretty much the only way to assassinate someone with a gun).
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre.
Kennedy was shot by Lincoln Harvey Theatre in a car's booth... wait, I told it wrong.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1938.
Wait, no, 1939. Shit.
Um... their full names are both 15 letters long! That's pretty cool, right?
Both assassins were known by all three names. Well, not by their friends or family or anyone; just after they became assassins, who are commonly referred to by all three names in the press, so, uh... okay, skip this one.
Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse. Well, it was really a tobacco barn, it was in Virginia, and it took him like a week to get there.
Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre. The movie kind, not the stage kind. Make of that what you will.
Both Johnsons were succeeded as President in '69 by Republicans whose mothers were named Hannah. Look, I'm kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point.
AND HERE'S THE CAPPER:
Before he was killed, Lincoln was aware of the existence of the name "Monroe" and the state of Maryland.
Before he was killed, Kennedy (probably at some point) mourned the death of...
MARILYN MONROE
(who died a year before Kennedy was assassinated. I really had to reach on this one.)
AMAZING COINCIDENCES
Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846.
Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Lincoln was elected to the presidency in 1860.
Kennedy was elected to the presidency in 1960.
Both presidents had a son die during their presidency.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.
Lincoln had a secretary named Hay, and then another named Nicolay, but never one named Kennedy. This one didn't really work.
There are 7 letters in "Lincoln" and in "Kennedy".
There are also 7 letters in "Abraham" and in "John...nnn".
"Abraham Lincoln" has five syllables.
"John Fitzgerald Ke-" has five syllables.
Lincoln's predecessor left office in his seventies and retired to Lancaster Township.
Kennedy's predecessor left office in his seventies and retired to Gettysburg.
Wait, what's the big deal about that? ...Oh right, they're both in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's a big state, big whoop.
Both presidents were succeeded by their vice presidents, but then that is the standard thing when a president dies in office.
Lincoln's successor was a Southern Democrat named Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.
Kennedy's successor was a Southern Democrat named Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908.
Wait, no, Lyndon Johnson was a Texan, not a Southerner. There's a distinction there, trust me.
There are 6 letters in "Andrew" and in "Lyndon".
There are also 6 letters in "Fitzge-" and in "Baines".
There are 0 letters in "" (Lincoln's middle name) and in "" (Andrew Johnson's middle name).
Both presidents were concerned with the problems of black Americans. That's vague enough I hope I can get away with it.
Both presidents were shot on a Friday (best day for Presidents to attend public functions, which is the best time to try to kill a President) in the presence of their wives (because Presidents tend to make public appearances with their wives).
Both presidents were shot in the head from behind (pretty much the only way to assassinate someone with a gun).
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre.
Kennedy was shot by Lincoln Harvey Theatre in a car's booth... wait, I told it wrong.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1938.
Wait, no, 1939. Shit.
Um... their full names are both 15 letters long! That's pretty cool, right?
Both assassins were known by all three names. Well, not by their friends or family or anyone; just after they became assassins, who are commonly referred to by all three names in the press, so, uh... okay, skip this one.
Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse. Well, it was really a tobacco barn, it was in Virginia, and it took him like a week to get there.
Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre. The movie kind, not the stage kind. Make of that what you will.
Both Johnsons were succeeded as President in '69 by Republicans whose mothers were named Hannah. Look, I'm kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point.
AND HERE'S THE CAPPER:
Before he was killed, Lincoln was aware of the existence of the name "Monroe" and the state of Maryland.
Before he was killed, Kennedy (probably at some point) mourned the death of...
MARILYN MONROE
(who died a year before Kennedy was assassinated. I really had to reach on this one.)
Harry S Truman: President of the US 1945-1953
Both took office after the death of their predecessor
Both were suceeded by military generals
The Hun: TH
Harry Truman: HT
Both Attila the Hun and Harry S Truman are 12 letters with two spaces
Both had a meaningless middle portion to their name (The, and S - which did not stand for anything)
-Kennedy's middle name was "Fitzgerald," while Lincoln's was "Fitzpatrick."
-Both were presidents of the same country: America.
-Both men's last words were, "G'AHHH!!"
-Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated by each other.
After Lincoln's death they found a Confederate 5 dollar banknote in his pocket.
The contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets on the evening of his assassination.
Notes
The wallet held a Confederate five-dollar bill and eight newspaper clippings.
Source: The Library of Congress, American memory.
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query.....scsmbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(scsm001049))
Anyway, this seems to be the most reliable source I could find.