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 concerned with civil rights
Both had wives who lost children while in the White House
Both were assassinated on a Friday
Both were shot in the head
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln
Both were shot by southerners
Both were succeeded by southerners
Both their successors were named Johnson
Lincoln's assassin was born in 1839
Kennedy's assassin was born in 1939
Lincoln was shot in a theatre called Kennedy
Kennedy was shot on a Lincoln limousine
John Wilkes Booth ran away from a theatre and was caught in a warehouse
Lee Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre
A week before his death Lincoln was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy's death he was with Marylyn Monroe
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