Kennedy was making a journey across Dallas when he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. John F. Kennedy’s wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, didn’t normally go with her husband when it had something to do with politics, but made an exception for this trip. Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots, almost killing John F. Kennedy on the spot, and a minor flesh wound on Texas Governor John Connally. The car they were traveling came to an immediate stop when the realized what happened. People in the crowd started to cry because of the loss of their president. Moments after John F. Kennedy’s assassination Vice President Lyndon Johnson became the 36th president of the United States, while he was being announced president Jacqueline Kennedy had to stand by still wearing clothes that had her husband’s blood on them. On November 25th the U.S. recognized their fallen president. Thousands of people went out on the streets to watch John F. Kennedy’s deceased body pass by in a horse drawn …show more content…
Garfield, was assassinated by Charles Guiteau. Charles Guiteau was believed to be
Mentally disordered by his family for many years, but Charles Guiteau thought that he was sent on a mission from god to kill James A. Garfield. Charles Guiteau was 39 years of age, and had been lurking around the white house looking for the right time to assassinate James A. Garfield. When Charles Guiteau heard that James A. Garfield was going to be in Baltimore on July 2, 1881, for a break that was much needed, Charles Guiteau saw this as a chance to kill the 20th president of the U.S. When Charles Guiteau was in firing distance of James A. Garfield he fired of two shots, one just grazing James A. Garfield’s arm, and the other hitting him square in the back. The shot the James A. Garfield received in the back missed all of the main organs, which is unlikely to happen, that this an endurable injury, but when 10 doctors rushed to the site, they actually caused more damage trying to find the second bullet, the one in his back, then the bullet had done itself. Immediately after Charles Guiteau shot James A. Garfield train passengers started to shout, “Lynch him! Lynch him!” (Evans Andrews). When police showed up to arrest Charles Guiteau, he insisted that they take him to