facts
By Jeff Arthur
@jeffarthur (1)
Accra, Ghana
July 10, 2013 1:28pm CST
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860..
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960..
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
And! Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
1 response
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
11 Jul 13
Your list is missing a few bits and pieces and much of this is merely "coincidence" and false information.
Who cares that these peoples names had the same amount of letters? An apple and a baboons butt are both red. Does that make them related?
Mr. Lincoln did not have a secretary named Kennedy. His secretaries were named John Nicolay and John Hay.
These presidents were not involved with civil rights because they were interested. They didn't have a choice.Those were the issues that the U.S. was dealing with at the time.
This whole list in made up to make it seem like these men have some relation to each other, but they had very different lives and were very different personalities. Look up the facts. Preferably from a source other than a 50 year old urban myth.
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