Ramblynn's Abe and John

The parallel of United States Presidents
Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
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Both of these great men had political platforms based on Civil Rights.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to office in the year 1860; John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960.
Both men lost children while in office.
Both were assassinated in a public place while in the company of their wives.
Both died of gunshot wounds to the head.
Both were assassinated on a Friday.
While in the White House, President Lincoln's secretary was named Miss Kennedy and President Kennedy's secretary was Miss Lincoln.
Both Vice Presidents who succeeded them in office were named Johnson, Andrew and Lyndon Baines.
Andrew Johnson was born in the year 1808 and Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in 1908.
Both Kennedy and Lincoln are seven letters long.
Both Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson are thirteen letters long.
The names of both assassin's, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, are fifteen letters long.
In numerical values where "A" = 1, "B" = 2, "C" = 3, etc., the initials of John Wilkes Booth ( J-W-B) and Lee Harvey Oswald (L-H-O) total 35.