Donald Trump, who was shot on Saturday by a gunman during a campaign speech in Pennsylvania, in an act formally described as an assassination attempt by the FBI, is not the first US leader to come under fire with the aim of killing him. In fact, he was the fourth person to survive an assassination attempt, either as president or in office. Four other presidents were not so lucky, and succumbed to their wounds from attacks. In fact, all four were murdered while performing their duties. The following is a list of previous successful or failed assassination attempts on US leaders: Assassinations Four US presidents have been assassinated while in office. Abraham Lincoln: Assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre, Washington. James Garfield: Shot in 1881 at the Washington, D.C. train station and died of his wounds two and a half months later. William McKinley: Assassinated in 1901 by an anarchist in Buffalo, Ne. […]
Source: News Beast
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