JFK vs Lincoln

NOTE: This is true and it is more interesting than funny, but worthwhile, nonetheless....

- Lincoln and Kennedy were 2 of the greatest presidents of the nation

- The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. - In Lincoln's & Kennedy's names the vowels & consonants fall in exactly the same place; in the order c, v, c, c, v, c, c

- Abe Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
- JFK was elected to Congress in 1946.

- Abe was elected President in 1860.
- JFK was elected President in 1960.

- War was thrust upon both almost immediately after their inauguration

- Both ordered the Treasury to print their own money

- Both were loved by the common people and hated by the establishment

- Both loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart

- Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

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

- Both were famous for his wit and for telling hilarious stories and anecdotes

- Both were succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson

- Both were succeeded by Southern Democrats
- Both successors had held seats in the US Senate. Both Johnsons were opposed for re-election by men whose names start with "G".

- Andrew Johnson was born in 1808
- Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908

- Andrew Johnson's name has 13 letters
- Lyndon Johnson's name has 13 letters

- Both Johnson were a heavy drinker with crude behaviour

- Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

- Both were shot in the head.

- Both were shot with one bullet.

- Both were shot from behind.

- Days before it happened Lincoln told his wife and friends about a dream he'd had of being shot by an assassin

- Hours before it happened Kennedy told his wife and friends it would be easy for an assassin to shoot him from a crowd

-Both were in the presence of their wives.

- Shortly after Lincoln was shot the telegraph system went down

- Shortly after Kennedy was shot the telephone system went down

- After their assassination, the nation experienced an emotional convulsion

- Abraham was the first name of the man who filmed Kennedy's murder in the Lincoln

- The man running alongside Kennedy's car snapping pictures with his 35mm camera was a salesman of Lincoln cars

- Lincoln and Kennedy died in places beginning with the initials P and H

- Lincoln died in Petersen's house
- Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital

- Lincoln's Secretary was named Kennedy.
- Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

- Lincoln's secretary, named Kennedy, advised Lincoln against going to the Theatre

- JFK's secretary whose name was Lincoln told him not to go to Dallas

-Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater.
-Kennedy was shot in a card made by the Ford Motor Company (a Lincoln no less)

- Lincoln's assassin had a three-worded name, John Wilkes Booth
- Kennedy's alleged assassin had a three-worded name, Lee Harvey Oswald

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

- Both names have 15 letters.

- Both were southerners favoring unpopular ideas.

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

- Both assassins were shot and killed in police custody before going to trial

- The only complete filming of Kennedy's assasination was shot by Abraham Zapruder.
- The only complete account of Lincoln's assasination was written by John Zelfindorfer.

- A week before Lincoln was shot, he was with friends in Monroe, Maryland.
- A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with his friend Marilyn Monroe.

- Lincoln's last child, Tad, had his funeral held on July 16, 1871.
Later he was exhumed and moved to a different grave site.
- Kennedy's son JFK Jr. was lost at sea on July 16, 1999.
Later he was found, brought up, and then re-burried at sea. assassinated before trial.

- Jefferson Davis was the name of the president of the Confederate states while Lincoln was president of the Union states

- Jefferson Davis Tippit was the name of the police officer killed allegedly by Kennedy's alleged assassin

- Kennedy's father had been the Ambassador to England at the Court of St James

- Lincoln's son became the Ambassador to England at the Court of St James

Mystery or statistical coincidence?