Believe it or not...

ó Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

ó Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

ó The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

ó Both Presidents' wives lost a child while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot while seated next to their wife.  Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both were shot in the head.

ó Lincoln's personal secretary, whose name was John (Nicolay), advised him not to go to the theater.  Kennedy's personal secretary, whose name was (Evelyn) Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.

ó Both were assassinated by Southerners.  Both were succeeded by Southerners.  Both successors were named Johnson.

ó Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

ó John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.

ó Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are comprised of fifteen letters.

ó Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.  Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

ó Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre and Kennedy was shot while in a Ford Lincoln.