History of Failed Assassination Attempts on US Presidents: From Jackson to Trump, From Washington to Georgia
Since the founding of the United States, four sitting presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln in 1865, James A. Garfield in 1881, William McKinley in 1901, and John F. Kennedy in 1963.
TL;DR
- Four US presidents have been assassinated: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy.
- Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a 2024 rally in Pennsylvania, where the attacker was killed, and another attempt when a man with a rifle was found near his Florida golf course.
- George W. Bush survived a grenade attack in Georgia in 2005 and had a shoe thrown at him in Baghdad in 2008.
- Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt in 1981, an event that led him to advocate for stricter gun control measures.
- Gerald Ford survived two assassination attempts in 1975 by Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme and Sara Jane Moore.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in 1933 in Miami, though the attack killed the Mayor of Chicago.
- Theodore Roosevelt was shot during a 1912 campaign speech but continued his address after determining the bullet was slowed by his speech manuscript.
- Andrew Jackson survived an assassination attempt in 1835 when both of the assailant's pistols misfired.