How many American presidents were assassinated?

Question: How many American presidents were assassinated?

Answer: Four presidents were assassinated while in office. Those were:

• Abraham Lincoln
• James Garfield
• William McKinley
• John F. Kennedy.

All four of them were killed by shooting. Interestingly enough, they were also all victims of Tecumseh's Curse.

Six presidents survived assassination attempts:

• Andrew Jackson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Harry Truman
• Gerald Ford
• Ronald Reagan.

• Presidential Assassinations
• Tecumseh's Curse
• Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspiracies

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