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.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both their wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Both were shot in the presence of their wives.

The Secretary of each President warned them not to go to the theater and to
Dallas, respectively.

Lincoln'* Secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy'* Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

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 comprise fifteen letters.

Booth ran from the theater and was captured in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theater.

Lincoln was shot at the theatre named "Kennedy.' Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'

To cap it all off, Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

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

Interesting factoids

oooo.. leemmmee guess.. both people assassinated where US President...

I've seen those comparisons,probably 15 years ago somewhere,.....one BIG comparison that was overlooked.....Lincoln was 10 times the man Kennedy ever thought of being!
"Other than that,Mrs Lincoln,...did you enjoy the play?"

again..

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Are you asking where they were assassinated??