Timeline of American Presidential Assassinations and Assasination Attempts

In American History, four presidents have been killed in office. Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John Kennedy. Each of these killings affected history and American politics, but there have also been multiple instances of attempted assassinations of American Presidents. Examine this interactive timeline of American Presidential Assassinations and Assasination Attempts.

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