Comparison Of John F Kennedy And Abraham Lincoln's Lives

Part I of Essay
On April 15, 1865, a tragedy took place as Abraham Lincoln was shot to death by John Wilkes Booth. One hundred years later a similar tragedy took place on November 22, 1963, as John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. The coincidental deaths of both of the ....

Part II of Essay
.... F. Kennedy was elected to the United States Congress in 1946. In November of 1960, when Kennedy was 43 years old, he became the 35th President of America(O’ Sullivan 10). He established the Peace Corps Of America which was an agency that promoted world peace and friendship by training American volunteers to perform social and humanitarian service overseas (“John” 1). Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 and was succeeded by Lyndon Johnson. Many historians have found several interesting similarities through research ....