All Those Weird Lincoln Kennedy Coincidences
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Published 2021-04-09
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Have a history teacher explain all those weird Abraham Lincoln-John F. Kennedy coincidences. Mr. Beat does.
Some supposed coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy:
1. Both men were elected to congress in ’46 (Lincoln in 1846, Kennedy in 1946)
2. Both men were elected to the presidency in ’60 (Lincoln in 1860, Kennedy in 1960)
3. Both men were concerned with civil rights (Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Kennedy proposed what became the Civil Rights Act)
4. Both men married in their 30s to women in their 20s
5. Both men lost a son while living in the White House
6. Both Presidents had 4 children (and both lost two before they reached their teens)
7. The doctors for Lincoln and Kennedy had the same name: Charles Taft
8. Lincoln’s private secretary was called John (John Nicolay), Kennedy’s private secretary was called Evelyn Lincoln.
9. Both men were shot on a Friday
10. Both men were shot in the head
11. Both men were shot in the presence of their wives
12. Lincoln was sitting in box number 7 of Ford’s Theatre when he was killed. Kennedy was riding in car number 7 in the cavalcade (in a Lincoln car made by the Ford Motor Company)
13. Both were assassinated by Southerners (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald)
14. The law-enforcement officer who detained John Wilkes Booth was called Lafayette Baker, as was the man who detained Lee Harvey Oswald was Marrion L. Baker.
15. Both their presidential successors were named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson)
16. Both men were succeeded by Southerners.
17. Both successors were born in ’08 (Andrew Johnson in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in 1908)
18. Both assassins are known by three names (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald)
19. Both assassins’ names have 15 letters
20. Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre
21. Both assassins were themselves assassinated before their trials.
22. John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both originally thought to be lone-gunman but it was later discovered that they were part of a conspiracy.
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www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/06/f…
www.hcs.harvard.edu/~demon/issues/nov_20_1999/linc… (funny)
www.researchgate.net/publication/261835314_Abraham…
www.snopes.com/fact-check/linkin-kennedy/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Kennedy_coin… www.near-death.com/reincarnation/cases/lincoln-and…
kenrahn.com/JFK/Misc._documents/Kennedy_and_Lincol…
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All Comments (21)
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Which Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences do you find most shocking? Get Honey for FREE by going to on www.joinhoney.com/beat%E2%80%8B. Also, um....I forgot to mention..... ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAD TWO SECRETARIES NAMED JOHN. HOLY MOLY.
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For me, the freakiest presidential coincidence is the fact that Jefferson and Adams both died on July 4, 1826- the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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#31 — Both Lincoln and Kennedy died after they were assassinated... COINCIDENCE?!
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"Both Lincoln and Kennedy died at nearby locations from where they were shot" Yes. As is what tends to happen when someone is shot in the head. They die, usually pretty quickly.
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Lincoln was raised in a log cabin with his father. JFK once spilled Log Cabin syrup in his father's Lincoln.
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The weirdest connection, they were both presidents, like we only have had 45
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The guy who wins the 2060 election: “On second thought, I’ll pass.”
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"They both died near the locations they were shot" Amazing.
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One you didn’t mention(which I understand you weren’t going over all of them) that I found impressive was that both their predecessors were the last ones born in the previous century. Buchanan was born in 1791, and Eisenhower was born in 1890.
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I feel like the "successors names were johnson" deserves more hype because they're the only two president Johnson's we ever had
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I like how many of these coincidences happened exactly one hundred years apart. It's almost like the two presidents were born about 100 years apart
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Lincoln did not have a secretary named Kennedy but part of his SECURITY detail was a police officer named John Kennedy. The following one I discerned by myself. Andrew Johnson had once been a tailor, his wife had once been a schoolteacher; Lyndon Johnson had once been a schoolteacher, his wife had once been a "Taylor!'
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I also think that it’s fairly obvious two people would have a lot of similarities if they ended up taking similar paths in life (like two presidents or two dictators) like of course they’re gonna be similar in some meaningful way
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The coincidence that both of their assassins were know by 3 names is true, but the Central Intelligence Agency has 25 letters and John Wilkes Booth has 15 letters.
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There is also one fact that I know, Both Lincoln and Kennedy had 4 children, But only one of each survived to old age.
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Great comparisons, Mr. Beat...and I love the lighthearted glaze of humor overall...I enjoyed researching Abraham Lincoln (and some aspects of JFK) for my suspense novel, THE LINCOLN CLONE by C.C. Goodfellow. I was honored to have it under Glenn Kirschner's sacrosanct Lincoln statue during his February 4th Team Justice video.
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Currently binging your channel. Love your videos! The way you present makes it so interesting. Keep it up! :)
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Coincidences between Mr. Beat and Mr. Beast: 1) both have at least six identical letters in their names 2) both have a sponsorship from Honey
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All assassins and criminals have to been known by their full names. This is to prevent the wrong person from being arrested.
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The chances they were both killed on a Friday is actually closer to 1/49, because they each had a one in 7 chance of being killed on a Friday, but the chances they were BOTH killed on a Friday is exponentially less likely, leading to a 1/49 chance
