Both Were Elected to Congress in a “46” Year

• Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
  → Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Lincoln

• John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946
  → Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Kennedy

Both Were Elected President in a “60” Year

• Lincoln in 1860, Kennedy in 1960
  → U.S. National Archives – Historical Electoral College Results

Both Lost a Child While Living in the White House

• Lincoln’s son Willie died in 1862
  → White House Historical Association – The Death of Willie Lincoln

• Kennedy’s infant son Patrick died in 1963
  → JFK Library – John F. Kennedy & His Family

Both Sons’ Names Contain 21 Letters (7–7–7)

• William Wallace Lincoln → 7 letters each
  → Library of Congress – Lincoln Family Papers

• Patrick Bouvier Kennedy → 7 letters each
  → JFK Library – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

Both Were Strongly Associated With Major Civil Rights Milestones

• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  → National Archives – Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln championed the 13th Amendment
  → National Archives – 13th Amendment

• Kennedy called for the legislation that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  → JFK Library – Civil Rights Address (1963)

Both Last Names Contain Seven Letters

• Lincoln

• Kennedy
  → White House – Presidents

Both Were Shot on a Friday While Seated Beside Their Wives

• Lincoln: Friday, April 14, 1865
  → Ford’s Theatre – Lincoln’s Assassination

• Kennedy: Friday, November 22, 1963
  → Warren Commission Report – Timeline

Both Were Shot in the Head

• Lincoln
  → Ford’s Theatre – Assassination Details

• Kennedy
  → Warren Commission Report

Both Assassins Are Known by Their Full Three Names (15 Letters Each)

• John Wilkes Booth (15 letters)
  → National Park Service – Booth Biography

• Lee Harvey Oswald (15 letters)
  → FBI Vault – Oswald File

Both Assassins Were Killed Before Trial

• Booth died after refusing to surrender
  → National Park Service – Booth Biography

• Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby
  → Warren Commission – Oswald/Ruby Findings

Both Were Succeeded by Southern Democrats Named Johnson

• Andrew Johnson (Lincoln’s successor), born 1808
  → White House Historical Association – Andrew Johnson

• Lyndon B. Johnson (Kennedy’s successor), born 1908
  → LBJ Presidential Library – Biography

Both Successors Had Six Letters in Their First Names

• Andrew

• Lyndon
  → White House – Presidents

Both Successors Served in the U.S. Senate

• Andrew Johnson
  → U.S. Senate Historical Office

• Lyndon B. Johnson
  → U.S. Senate Historical Office

Lincoln Was Shot in Ford’s Theatre, Kennedy in a Lincoln Automobile by Ford

• Lincoln’s assassination site
  → Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site

• Kennedy’s 1961 Lincoln Continental X-100
  → The Henry Ford Museum – Kennedy Limousine

Incorrect or Misleading “Similarities” (Debunked)

Myth: Lincoln Had a Secretary Named Kennedy, and Kennedy Had a Secretary Named Lincoln

• Lincoln’s secretaries were John G. Nicolay and John Hay
  → Library of Congress – Lincoln Papers

• Kennedy did have a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln, but no evidence shows she warned him not to go to Dallas
  → JFK Library – Evelyn Lincoln Papers

Myth: Booth Was Born in 1839 and Oswald in 1939

• Booth was born in 1838
  → National Park Service – Booth Biography

• Oswald was born in 1939
  → FBI Vault – Oswald

Myth: Booth Ran From a Theatre to a Warehouse; Oswald From a Warehouse to a Theatre

• Booth was killed in a tobacco barn, not a warehouse
  → National Park Service – Booth Details

• Oswald fled the Texas School Book Depository and was captured in a movie theater
  → Warren Commission Report

Myth: Marilyn Monroe Was Involved a Month Before Kennedy’s Death

• Marilyn Monroe died August 1962, over a year before JFK’s assassination
  → CNN – Monroe Death Documents

Myth: Both Presidents Had “Premonitions” About Their Deaths

• No credible historical evidence supports this
  → FactCheck.org – Lincoln–Kennedy Myths

Conclusion

Of the dozens of “similarities” that get repeated online, around 20 are factually true, but only a dozen are genuinely remarkable.
Several others are misleading or entirely fabricated.

Still, the real coincidences - the elections 100 years apart, the matching details of their assassinations, the mirrored names of their successors - remain genuinely intriguing. They show how easily humans search for patterns, especially when trying to make sense of national tragedy.

Lincoln and Kennedy lived a century apart, yet the cultural impact of their lives and deaths links them far more powerfully than any coincidence list ever could.