What I learned in government class

Today in government class, we were discussing the powers of the executive branch, when the teacher asked us who has seen the comparisons made of Kennedy and Lincoln. Of course, the one person who knows everything about anything having to do with government (or so he says) was the only one who had. Here are some freaky coincidences...

Their work, families, and other randomness:

• Both worked with the Civil Rights movement.
• Both ordered the treasury to print its own money.
• Both were loved by the common people and hated by the establishment.
• Their wives both "tastefully and expensively" redecorated the White House.
• Both loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart.
• Both had young children while living in the White House.
• Both lost a child while president.
• Both let their children run and play in the oval office.
• Both were famous for their wit and telling stories and anecdotes.
• Both went to war shortly after their inaugurations.

• Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
• Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946

• Lincoln was elected to the presidency in 1860
• Kennedy was elected to the presidency in 1960

• Lincoln had a secratery named Kennedy
• Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln

• Lincoln's name has seven letters, and are ordered consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant,vowel, consonant, consonant,
• Kenedy's name has seven letters and are ordered consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant,vowel, consonant, consonant,

• Lincoln's son was the Ambassador to England at the Court of Saint James
• Kennedy's father was the Ambassador to England at the Court of Saint James

• Lincoln's sons rode their ponies on the White House grounds
• Kennedy's daughter rode her pony on the White House grounds

• Lincoln had two sons named Robert and Edward. Edward died young and Robert lived on.
• Kennedy had two brothers named Robert and Edward. Robert died young and Edward lived on.

Assassinations:

• Both were shot on a Friday
• Both wives held their heads in their laps after being shot
• Both presidents' bodyguards were away from their posts when the presidents were shot
• Both assassins had a three-word name, each with 15 letters (John Wilkes Botth, Lee Harvey Oswald)
  
• Neither died immediately after being shot
• Both assassins were shot and killed before going to trial
• Abraham was the first name of the man who filmed Kennedy's assassination
• Both seats they were sitting in when shot are in Ford's museum
• Both were sitting beside their wives when shot

• Lincoln was shot in a theater named Ford
• Kennedy was shot in a car named Lincoln BY Ford

• Lincoln was shot in a theater, and the assassin ran into a warehouse
• Kennedy was shot from a warehouse, and the assassin ran to a theater

• John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839
• Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939

• Lincoln died in Peterson's House (PH)
• Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital (PH)

• Days before it happened, Lincoln told his wife and friends about a dream he'd had about being assassinated.
• Hours before it happened, Kennedy told his wife that it would be easy to be shot from a crowd.

• Shortly after Lincoln was shot, the telegraph system went down.
• Shortly after Kennedy was shot, the telephone system went down.

• Rathbone, who was with Lincoln when he was shot, was injured.
• Connally, who was with Kennedy when he was shot, was injured.

• Connally and Rathbone both have 8 letters

Successors:

• Both were succeeded by Vice President Johnson (Andrew and Lyndon)
• Both Johnsons have the same number of letters in their first and last names
• Both Johnsons were heavy drinkers with crude behavior
  

• Andrew Johnson was born in 1808
• Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908

• There were conspiracy theories that Andrew Johnson knew something about Lincoln's assassination.
• There were conspiracy theories that Lyndon Johnson knew something about Kennedy's assassination.