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Assassination attempts and plots on the president of the United States have been numerous, ranging from the early 19th century to the 2020s. On January 30, 1835, Andrew Jackson was the first president to experience an assassination attempt when Richard Lawrence twice tried to shoot the seventh president in the East Portico of the Capitol after ...
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This is a list of individuals who have been the targets of assassination by the United States. American authorities usually define these killings as 'targeted killings'.
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Assassination attempts on a president-elect of the United States or a current or former president of the United States.
Murder with malice (2 counts, murdered before trial) On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife, Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie ...
- Andrew Jackson - On January 30, 1835, Andrew Jackson was attending a funeral for Congressman Warren Davis. Richard Lawrence attempted to shoot him with two different derringers, each of which misfired.
- Theodore Roosevelt - An assassination attempt was actually not made on Roosevelt's life while he was in the office of president. Instead, it occurred after he had left office and decided to run for another term against William Howard Taft.
- Franklin Roosevelt - After giving a speech in Miami on February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara shot six shots into the crowd. None hit Roosevelt though the Mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, was shot in the stomach.
- Harry Truman - On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationals attempted to kill President Truman to bring attention to the case for Puerto Rican independence.
External links. List of presidents of the United States who died in office. Presidents of the United States who died in office. William Henry Harrison April 4, 1841. Zachary Taylor July 9, 1850. Abraham Lincoln April 15, 1865. James A. Garfield September 19, 1881. William McKinley September 14, 1901. Warren G. Harding August 2, 1923.
t. e. On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at the Blair House during the renovation of the White House. [1] [2] Both men were stopped before gaining entry to the house. Torresola mortally wounded White House Police officer Leslie ...