U.S. presidential assassinations and attempts

The office of the U.S. President, symbolising great power and influence,
has tragically been a target for violence throughout history

U.S. PRESIDENTS INJURED OR KILLED IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS

Fatal

Non-fatal

1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020

Abraham Lincoln
Apr 14, 1865
Shot by John Wilkes
Booth at FordŐs Theatre
in Washington DC.

Died Apr 15
James A. Garfield
Jul 2, 1881
Shot by Charles
Guiteau at train
station in Washington.
Died Sep 19

William McKinley
Sep 6, 1901
Shot by Leon
Czolgosz at Temple
of Music in Buffalo, NY.
Died Sep 14

Theodore Roosevelt
Oct 14, 1912
Shot by John Schrank while
campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Survived with bullet lodged in his chest

John F. Kennedy
Nov 22, 1963
Fatally shot by Lee
Harvey Oswald
during motorcade
in Dallas, Texas

Ronald Reagan
Mar 30, 1981
Shot and wounded
by John Hinckley Jr.
at Washington Hilton

Donald Trump
Jul 13, 2024
Shot by Thomas
 Matthew Crooks in
Butler, PA. Survived
with minor ear injury

Source: Statista
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