Lincoln was elected in 1860. Kennedy was elected in 1960.

Both were slain on a Friday in the presence of their wives.

Lincoln was assassinated in the Ford theatre,
Kennedy was assassinated in a Ford (Lincoln) automobile

Their successors, both named Johnson, were Southerners,
Democrats, and had previously served in the US Senate.

Andrew Johnson was born in 1808;
L. B. Johnson was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839

Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

Both Booth and Oswald were murdered
before trial could begin.

Both presidents' wives lost children through death
while residing in the White House.

Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy,
advised him not to go to the theater;
and Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln,
advised him not to go to Dallas.