The Ghosts of Politics III: The Lincoln/Kennedy Coincidences

Seldom have there been two political figures so deeply connected by the supernatural as Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. The two assassinated presidents have been linked through time by a series of remarkable conincidences that make people wonder if they were joined by Fate to die the way they did.

Some of these coincidences invole time itself:

• Lincoln and Kennedy were elected 1oo years apart- Lincoln in 1860, and Kennedy in 1960.
• Both were succeeded by Vice Presidents that had been born exactly 100 years apart- Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson.
• Even their assassins were born exactly 100 years apart- John Wilkes Booth, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Both presidents had been killed on a Friday.

Other coincidences involved the names of people, places, and things:

• The place of Linoln's assassination was Ford's Theatre, while Kennedy was shot while riding in a Ford Lincoln convertible.
• Both of their Vice-Presidents had the last name of Johnson.
• Lincoln is rumoured to have had a secretary with the first name of John, while Kennedy had a secretary with the last name of Lincoln.
• A member of Lincoln's staff, named Miss Kennedy warned him not to go to the theatre, while a Miss Lincoln, a member of Kennedy's staff warmed him not to go to Dallas.

Some even point to numerological coincidences:

• Lincoln and Kennedy have seven letters.
• Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson have 13 letters.
• John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald not only went by three names, but had a total of 15 letters.

There are also miscellaneous coincidences too:

• Both presidents were involved with Civil Rights issues of their time, while their assassins were southerners with extremist views.
• Both Lincoln and Kennedy were shot in the presence of their wives.
• Theirs wives had each lost a child while in the White House.
• The bullets that killed them had entered in the back of the head.
• Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson were both southern Democrats, and former senators.
• Booth and Oswald were both killed before being brought to trial.
• Lincoln was killed in a theatre, and his assassin was caught in a warehouse, while Oswald fired on Kennedy from the window of a warehouse, and found in a theatre.

While many will say that given enough span of time, there would eventually be a moment where so many coincidences would come together, that it was just a coincidence, there are many who feel that these two tragic figures were linked through time, and fated to die.

Coincidence, or Fate?