Jul 22, 2004 19:20
President Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1847 - President Kennedy in 1947. Lincoln competed for vice-presidential nominations in 1856 and Kennedy in 1956. Both men were in their 30s when they married 24 year old brunettes who lost children while in the White House and who spoke fluent French. Both men were assassinated on a Friday; both were shot dead while they sat next to their wives. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln. Kennedy advised Lincoln not to go to the theatre and Lincoln advised Kennedy not to go to Dallas. Kennedy was killed while riding in a Ford Lincoln car. Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and fled into a warehouse; Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theatre. Booth was born in 1839/Oswald 1939.