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Lincoln Kennedy coincidences
Popular myth relates a number of [[coincidence|coincidences]] having to do with [[United States of America|US]] [[Presidents of the United States of America|Presidents]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[John F Kennedy]]. Some are true but inconsequential; others are fabrications or simply wrong.
While finding obscure correlations between famous people as well as their 'debunking' is an entertaining pastime for some, often the practice is taken too seriously.  

== Family ==
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** Andrew, [[1808]]
** Lyndon, [[1908]]
* Both wanted to switch running mates in their '64 re-election. Lincoln replaced [[Hannibal Hamlin]] with [[Andrew Johnson]] on the 1864 presidential ticket. Kennedy was rumored to have wanted to replace [[Lyndon Johnson]] with another running mate in the 1964 election.
* Both Johnsons either signed or [[veto]]ed a [[civil rights bill]].
* Lincoln had a secretary called [[David Kennedy
|David Kennedy (Lincoln secretary)|David Kennedy]] -- Kennedy had a secretary by the name of [[Evelyn Lincoln]].
* Both were Northern politicians who were assassinated by Southern sympathizers and succeeded by Southerner politicians.

== Assassination ==
* Both were assassinated with a gunshot to the head. 
* Both were sitting next to their wives when they were shot.
* In each assassination, they were with another couple and the man of that couple was also wounded.
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* Booth was part of a conspiracy while Oswald was found to have acted alone

== External link ==
* [http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm Snopes article about this subject]


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