For a half-century, Americans have marveled at the incredible list of similarities and coincidences between former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. While the majority of this impressive and eerie list has been circulating for years, including the dirty joke at the end, historians and fans of the two Presidents continue to add more incredible items. Read for yourself and see if you’re not completely blown away.
– Lincoln’s name has 7 letters
– Kennedy’s name has 7 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
– Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
– Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946
– Lincoln was elected president in 1860
– Kennedy was elected president in 1960
– Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln
-Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy
– War was thrust upon Lincoln almost immediately after inauguration
– War was thrust upon Kennedy almost immediately after inauguration
– Lincoln ordered the Treasury to print its own money
– Kennedy ordered the Treasury to print its own money
– International bankers may have arranged the assassinations of both Lincoln and Kennedy
– Lincoln gave black Americans freedom and legalized equality
– Kennedy enforced equality for black Americans
– Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863
– Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963
– Lincoln was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment
– Kennedy was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment
– Lincoln was succeeded, after the assassination, by vice-president Johnson
– Kennedy was succeeded, after the assassination, by vice-president Johnson
– 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
– Andrew Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair
– Lyndon Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair
– Lincoln was sitting beside his wife when he was shot
– Kennedy was sitting beside his wife when he was shot
– Rathbone, who was with Lincoln when he was shot, was injured (by being stabbed)
– Connally, who was with Kennedy when he was shot, was injured (by being shot)
– Rathbone’s name has 8 letters
– Connally’s name has 8 letters
– Lincoln’s wife held his head in her lap after he was shot
– Kennedy’s wife held his head in her lap after he was shot
– Lincoln was shot on a Friday
– Kennedy was shot on a Friday
– Lincoln was shot in a theater named Ford
– Kennedy was shot in a car named Ford
– Kennedy was shot in a car also named Lincoln
– Lincoln’s bodyguard was away from his post at the door of the President’s box at the theater
– Kennedy’s bodyguards were away from their posts on the running-boards of the President’s car
– Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran to a warehouse
– JFK was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran to a theater
– Lincoln’s assassin had a three-word name, John Wilkes Booth
– Kennedy’s assassin had a three-word name, Lee Harvey Oswald
– John Wilkes Booth has 15 letters
– Lee Harvey Oswald has 15 letters
– John Wilkes Boothe was born in 1839 (s/b 1838)
– Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939
– Lincoln didn’t die immediately after being shot
– Kennedy didn’t die immediately after being shot
– Lincoln and Kennedy died in places beginning with the initials P and H
– Lincoln died in Petersen’s house
– Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital
– Booth was shot and killed in police custody before going to trial
– Oswald was shot and killed in police custody before going to trial
– Kennedy’s funeral was modeled on Lincoln’s funeral
– Andrew Johnson was a heavy drinker with crude behavior
– Lyndon Johnson was a heavy drinker with crude behavior
– There were conspiracy theories that Johnson was knowledgeable about Lincoln’s assassination
– There were conspiracy theories that Johnson was knowledgeable about Kennedy’s assassination
– 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
– Shortly after Lincoln was shot the telegraph system went down
– Shortly after Kennedy was shot the telephone system went down
– 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
– Lincoln and Kennedy were 2 of the greatest presidents of the nation
– Lincoln’s wife tastefully and expensively re-decorated the White House
– Kennedy’s wife tastefully and expensively re-decorated the White House
– Lincoln loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart
– Kennedy loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart
– Lincoln had young children while living at the White House
– Kennedy had young children while living at the White House
– Lincoln’s sons had ponies they rode on the White House grounds
– Kennedy’s daughter had a pony she rode on the White House grounds
– Lincoln lost a child (12 year old son) to death while President
– Kennedy lost a child (newly born son) to death while President
– Lincoln had 2 sons named Robert and Edward. Edward died young and Robert lived on.
– Kennedy had 2 brothers named Robert and Edward. Robert died young and Edward lived on
– Lincoln let his children run and play in his office
– Kennedy let his children run and play in his office
– After Lincoln’s assassination the nation experienced an emotional convulsion
– After Kennedy’s assassination the nation experienced an emotional convulsion
– Lincoln’s funeral train traveled from Washington DC to New York
– Kennedy’s brother’s funeral train traveled from New York to Washington DC
– Lincoln Assassination conspiracy theories are believed all these years later
– Kennedy Assassination conspiracy theories are believed all these years later
– 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
– Jefferson Davis was the name of the President of the Confederate States while Lincoln was president of the United States
– Jefferson Davis Tippit was the name of the police officer killed by Kennedy’s assassin
– Lincoln was famous for his wit and for telling hilarious stories and anecdotes
– Kennedy was famous for his wit and for telling hilarious stories and anecdotes
– Lincoln was sitting in a rocking chair at Ford’s Theater when he was shot
– Kennedy had a special rocking chair he sat in at the White House
– Henry Ford bought the rocking chair Lincoln died in and put it in his museum in Dearborn
– Kennedy’s seat in the Lincoln he was sitting in when he was shot is in Ford’s museum
– Lincoln’s seat in the Ford he was sitting in when he was shot is in Ford’s museum
– John Kennedy is the name of a character in a 1951 movie about a detective traveling by train to thwart the assassination of President Lincoln
– John Kennedy is the name of the real-life detective who traveled in the train with President Lincoln in 1860 to thwart his assassination
– In 1863, the Tsar sent the war fleet of the Russian empire to assist President Lincoln during the American civil war
– In 1962, during the Kennedy presidency, a fleet of Russian ships transporting instruments of war were steaming towards America with less benign intent
And then there’s the final joke. This item was not included in the above list:
-A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
-A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.
