Assassinations

Here is a list of all the Presidential Candidates who have been assassinated or someone has attempted to assassinate them. Ms. Deckard briefly talked about this in class but she did not specify any names so I thought it would interest some of you.

Date President/Candidate Attempt's Result Assailant, Motive

Jan. 30, 1835 Andrew Jackson failed Richard Lawrence,
declared insane
Apr. 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln killed John Wilkes Booth,
Confederate loyalist
July 2, 1881 James Garfield killed Charles Guiteau,
disgruntled office-seeker
Sept. 6, 1901 William McKinley killed Leon Czolgosz,
anarchist
Oct. 14, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt
(former president, then-current candidate) wounded John Schrank,
declared insane
Feb. 15, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt
(president-elect at the time) missed Guiseppe Zangara,
anarchist
Nov. 1, 1950 Harry S Truman failed Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola,
Puerto Rican independence
Nov. 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy killed Lee Harvey Oswald,
motive unknown
June 4, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy
(candidate) killed Sirhan Sirhan,
opposed Kennedy's views toward Israel-Arab conflict
May 15, 1972 George C. Wallace
(candidate) wounded Arthur Bremer,
motive unknown
Sept. 5, 1975 Gerald Ford failed Lynette Alice Fromme,
member of "Manson family"
Sept. 22, 1975 Gerald Ford failed Sara Jane Moore,
revolutionary
Mar. 30, 1981 Ronald Reagan wounded John W. Hinckley, Jr.,
declared insane