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Season Five Research Files
Episode One
7:00am - 8:00am
The only former President to have an attempt on his life is Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt left office in 1909 but was shot in 1912 while making another bid for the Presidency. Although he recovered right before the vote, Roosevelt lost the election to Woodrow Wilson.
Four American presidents have died from assassins’ bullets. In 1865 John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln. James Garfield was shot in 1881, and William McKinley was shot in 1901. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
Sitting Presidents have also survived attempts on their lives, including Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt (as president-elect), Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford (twice) and Ronald Reagan.
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