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Fact 1
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| Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
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John F Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946
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Fact 2
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| Abraham Lincoln won his presidential election in 1860 | John F Kennedy’s won his presidential election in 1960 |
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Fact 3
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| Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on “Friday” & was shot in the head | John F Kennedy’s was also assassinated on “Friday” & was shot in the head |
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Fact 4
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| Lincoln’s assassin was “John Wilkes Booth” and he had a 3 word name with 15 letters
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John F Kennedy’s alleged assassin was “Lee Harvey Oswald” with 3 words and 15 letters
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Fact 5
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| John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed before being indicted or tried. | Lee Harvey Oswald was also shot and killed before he could be indicted or tried. |
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Fact 6
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| Abraham Lincoln was shot in the “Ford’s Theatre”
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John F Kennedy’s was shot in a car made by “Ford Motors”
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Fact 7
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| Abraham Lincoln’s wife was with him when he was shot | John F Kennedy’s wife was also with him at the time he was shot |
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Fact 8
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| Abraham Lincoln successor was by Vice-President Johnson (Andrew Johnson)
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John F Kennedy’s successor was also named Vice-President Johnson (Lyndon B. Johnson)
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Fact 9
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| Andrew Johnson was born on Thursday December 29 1808 | Lyndon B Johnson was born on Thursday August 27 1908 |
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Fact 10
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| Abraham Lincoln’s son (Edward Barker Lincoln 1850) died while he served in the White House | John F Kennedy’s newborn son (Patrick Bouvier Kennedy 1963) died while he served in the White House |
There you have it, 10 strange facts that Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy have in common.
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