Kennedy Penny - The Legend and Coincidences of Lincoln and Kennedy
The following are the list of "coincidences" that are known between Lincoln and Kennedy. If you've never heard of this before, its an interesting and surprising bit of US history. Some of the items circulating are not true, but the following are:
- Both were elected to congress in '46: Lincoln was elected in 1846 from Illinois, and Kennedy was elected in 1946 from Massachusetts.
- Both were elected to the presidency in '60: Lincoln was elected in 1860, and Kennedy was elected in 1960.
- Both have seven letters in their last names ("Lincoln" and "Kennedy").
- Both were concerned with civil rights:
Lincoln felt strongly that all slaves should be freed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which legally freed all slaves.
Kennedy was concerned with racial equality and was the first to propose what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- Both married in their 30s to women in their 20s
- Both lost a son while living in the White House: Lincoln lost his 11-year-old son, William, and Kennedy lost his infant son, Patrick.
- Both sons' names, William Wallace Lincoln and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy have 21 letters each (with each having 7 letters each (first, middle and last name)).
- Both were shot on a Friday: Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, and Kennedy was shot on Friday, November 22, 1963.
- Both were shot in the head. (Lincoln and Kennedy).
- Both were shot in the presence of their wives. (Lincoln[ and Kennedy).
- Both were assassinated by Southerners: Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth from Maryland, and Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald from New
Orleans, Louisiana.
- Both of the presidents' successors were named Johnson: Lincoln was succeeded by Andrew Johnson, and Kennedy was succeeded by Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Both were succeeded by Southerners: Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee, and Lyndon B. Johnson was from Texas.
- Both successors were born in '08: Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808,and Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 27, 1908
- Both assassins, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, are known by their three names.
- Each assassin's full name is composed of fifteen letters.