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Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy: Shocking Similarities

Lincoln	Kennedy
Elected as president in 1860	Elected as president in 1960
He was replaced by a man named Johnson	He was replaced by a man named Johnson
Andrew Johnson was born in 1808	Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908
He was assassinated by a man born in 1839	He was assassinated by a man born in 1939
Lincoln's secretary, whose last name was Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theater, where he was assasinated	Kenedy's secretary, whose last name was Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas, where he was assasinated
A man named Booth shot Lincoln at a theater and ran to a warehouse	A man named Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theater
Both men were civil rights advocates Both men were shot in the presence of their wives Both men were shot from behind, in the head Both men were shot on friday The names kennedy and lincoln both contain 7 letters The names john wilkes booth and lee harvey oswald both contain 15 letters The names lyndon johnson and andrew johnson both contain 13 letters

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