- Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
- Surnames Lincoln and Kennedy have seven letters.
- Lincoln was elected as President in 1860. JFK was elected as President in 1960.
- Both presidents were concerned about civil rights.
- Both wives lost a child while living in White House.
- Both presidents were shot on a Friday. Lincoln on April 14, 1865 and Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
- Both presidents were shot in the head.
- Both assassins, Booth and Oswald, was killed before they could be put on trial.
- Lincoln was shot in a theater named Ford, Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln car made by Ford.
- Both presidents married in their 30s to wives in their 20s.
- Both presidents were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson: Andrew Johnson from Tennessee and Lyndon B. Johnson from Texas.
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