Similarities Between Lincoln and Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were two of the most well-known presidents that the United States of America ever had. Not that too many US presidents ever passed without a mention, but Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were still the most famous, particularly due to their personalities, their policies and their assassinations. The similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy too are unnerving with some people suggesting that perhaps Kennedy was the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln! This claim may be quite far-fetched, but there is no denying the fact that there were some rather strange similarities between the lives of both these men. So here are the Lincoln and Kennedy similarities. More on John F. Kennedy Biography and the Biography of Abraham Lincoln.

Life Similarities Between Lincoln and Kennedy

• Both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were born second children and named after their grandfathers.
• Both presidents had seven letters in their last name.
• Both presidents were over six feet tall.
• Both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy studied law and were associated with the civil rights movements during their respective presidencies.
• Both the presidents served in the military before entering politics.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846, while John F. Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, while John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960.
• Both did not like having bodyguards.
• Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy both lost a son while serving as presidents.
• Both the presidents had 4 children, but two died before reaching their teens.
• It is said that Abraham Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy while John F. Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln, but this is widely debated.

Death Similarities Between Lincoln and Kennedy

• Lincoln and Kennedy were both shot.
• Both the presidents were shot in the head on a Friday.
• Lincoln was shot at the Ford's Theater in Box 7, while Kennedy was shot in his Ford Lincoln Limousine, which was the 7th car in the Dallas Motorcade.
• Both were warned not to go to the place where they would eventually be shot, by their secretaries.
• The assassins of both the presidents used three names: John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln while Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy.
• Both the assassins had 15 letters in their names.
• Both the assassins were Southerners and were born just over a hundred years apart. Booth was born in 1838 while Oswald was born in 1939.
• Both assassins served as privates in the military.
• John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at the theater and was cornered in a warehouse, while Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy from a warehouse and was cornered at a theater.
• The assassins of both the presidents were detained by an officer with the surname Baker: Booth was trapped by Lt. Luther B. Baker while officer Marion L. Baker detained Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Both the killers were eventually assassinated before their trials.

Post Death Similarities Between Lincoln and Kennedy

• Coincidentally, both the presidents were succeeded by Southerners.
• Both Lincoln and Kennedy were succeeded by men with the surname Johnson: Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln while Lyndon Johnson succeeded John F. Kennedy.
• Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 while Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908.
• Both the Johnsons had 6 letters in their names and chose not to run for presidency at the end of their respective terms.

So these were some of the strange similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy. Thus we can see that the lives of both these distinguished individuals are full of similarities and even in death, coincidences continued to follow them!