Fascinating Reincarnation of US Presidents

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both of their wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Both were shot with one bullet.

Both were rumored to be killed in a conspiracy.
Neither was confirmed to be a conspiracy.

Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater.
Kennedy was shot in a car made by the Ford Motor Company (a Lincoln)

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
In 1863 Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
In 1963 Kennedy issued the Treaty of 1963.
Both were acts to unify people.

Kennedy was warned by a psychic named Jeanne Dixon not to go to Dallas.
Lincoln dreamed of his own death a few nights before his assassination.

Both Presidents Lincoln & Kennedy were shot in the presence of their wives. Both were sitting besides their slain husbands.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
Their first names both contain six letters.

Both Johnsons died 10 years after each was assassinated.
Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Andrew Johnson died in 1875.
John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Lyndon Johnson died in 1973.

Both of the vice presidents that replaced the assassinated presidents ran for re-election and their opponents both had last names starting with G.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names comprise fifteen letters.

Kennedy was warned before his death by a person named Booth.
Lincoln was warned by a person named Oswald.

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Both assassins were assassinated before their trials.

The only complete filming of Kennedy's assasination was shot by Abraham Zapruder.
The only complete account of Lincoln's assasination was written by John Zelfindorfer.

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was with friends in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with his friend Marilyn Monroe.

Lincoln's last child, Tad, had his funeral held on July 16, 1871.
Later he was exhumed and moved to a different grave site.
Kennedy's son JFK Jr. was lost at sea on July 16, 1999.
Later he was found, brought up, and then re-burried at sea.