Im not American but as far as I can see it doesnt really matter who wins because someone will attempt to Assassinate the winner.
Assassinations
1.1 Abraham Lincoln
1.2 James A. Garfield
1.3 William McKinley
1.4 John F. Kennedy
2 Attempted assassinations
2.1 Andrew Jackson
2.2 Theodore Roosevelt
2.3 Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.4 Harry S. Truman
2.5 John F. Kennedy
2.6 Richard M. Nixon
2.6.1 First assassination attempt
2.6.2 Second assassination attempt
2.7 Gerald R. Ford
2.7.1 First assassination attempt
2.7.2 Second assassination attempt
2.8 Jimmy Carter
2.9 Ronald Reagan
2.10 George H.W. Bush
2.11 Bill Clinton
2.11.1 First assassination attempt
2.11.2 Second assassination attempt
2.12 George W. Bush
2.12.1 First assassination attempt
2.12.2 Second assassination attempt
3 Presidential deaths rumored to be assassinations
3.1 Zachary Taylor
3.2 Warren G. Harding
4 References
[edit] Assassinations
[edit] Abraham Lincoln
Main article: Abraham Lincoln assassination
The Abraham Lincoln assassination took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 at approximately 10 p.m. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre with his wife and two guests. Lincoln died the following day—April 15, 1865—at 7:22 a.m., in the home of William Petersen.
[edit] James A. Garfield
Main article: James A. Garfield assassination
The James A. Garfield assassination took place in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 a.m. on July 2, 1881, less than four months after Garfield took office. Charles J. Guiteau was the assassin. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September 19, 1881.
[edit] William McKinley
Main article: William McKinley assassination
The assassination of William McKinley took place on September 6, 1901, at the Temple of Music, in Buffalo, New York. President William McKinley, attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, was shot twice by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. McKinley died eight days later, on September 14.
[edit] John F. Kennedy
Main article: John F. Kennedy assassination
The assassination of John F. Kennedy took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 p.m. CST (18:30 UTC). John F. Kennedy was fatally wounded by gunshots while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Although Kennedy was not formally declared dead until later that day, he effectively died instantaneously. The ten-month investigation of the Warren Commission of 1963–1964 concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository in Dealey Plaza. The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) of 1976–1979 determined that Kennedy's murder was probably the result of a conspiracy that included Oswald.
[edit] Attempted assassinations
[edit] Andrew Jackson
Illustration of Jackson's attempted assassinationJanuary 30, 1835: At the Capitol Building, a house painter named Richard Lawrence aimed two flintlock pistols at the President, but both misfired, one of them while Lawrence stood within 13 feet (4 m) of Jackson and the other at point-blank range.[1] Lawrence was apprehended after Jackson beat him with a cane. Lawrence was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to a mental institution until his death in 1861.
[edit] Theodore Roosevelt
October 13, 1912: Three and a half years after he left office, Roosevelt was running for President as a member of the Progressive Party. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John F. Schrank, a saloon-keeper from New York, shot Roosevelt once with a revolver. A 100-page speech folded over twice and the metal glasses case in Roosevelt's breast pocket slowed the bullet. Amidst the commotion, Roosevelt yelled out "Quiet! I've been shot." Roosevelt insisted on giving his speech with the bullet still lodged inside him. He later went to the hospital, but the bullet was never removed. Roosevelt, remembering that William McKinley died after operations to remove his bullet, chose to have his remain. Schrank said that McKinley's ghost had told him to avenge his assassination. Schrank was found legally insane and was institutionalized until his death in 1943.[2]
[edit] Franklin D. Roosevelt
February 15, 1933 (one month before being sworn in for his first term in office): In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara fired five shots at Roosevelt. Four people were wounded and the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, was killed. Zangara was found guilty of murder and was executed March 20, 1933. Some researchers believe Cermak, not Roosevelt, was the intended target that day, as the mayor was a staunch foe of Al Capone's Chicago mob organization.[3][4]
[edit] Harry S. Truman
Main article: Truman assassination attempt
In 1950, two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists attempted to kill Truman, result