The Lincoln and Kennedy Connection

The lives of President Kennedy and President Lincoln had so many commonalities to them that, in my opinion, they are circumstantial evidence suggesting reincarnation. These commonalities cannot be dismissed as pure coincidence in my view. These commonalities may show that President Kennedy was the reincarnation of President Lincoln. I will present the circumstantial evidence and you decide for yourself.

In life, both were named after their grandfathers. Both were born second children. Both lost a sister to death before becoming President. Both married while in their thirties. Both married dark-haired, twenty-four year old women. Both wives had been previously engaged to someone else. Both wives were from socially prominent families. Both wives were fluent in French. Both wives were known for their high fashion in clothes. Each had four children, two of whom died before becoming a teen. Lincoln had sons named Robert and Edward. Kennedy had brothers named Robert and Edward. 

Both presidents were related to senators. Both presidents were related to attorney generals who graduated from Harvard University. Both presidents were related to ambassadors to the Court of St. James'. Both presidents were friends with Illinois Democrats named Adlai E. Stevenson.  Both had a doctor named Charles Taft. Both had a friend and advisor named Billy Graham. 

Both were known for their quick wit. Both liked to quote the Bible and Shakespeare. Both could express themselves very well. Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize and many of Lincoln's works are considered classics. Both seemed to have lazy eye muscles which would sometimes cause one to deviate. Both suffered from genetic diseases. Both served in the military. Both were boat captains. Neither were known to carry money and they constantly borrowed funds from friends.

Both were elected to Congress in ‘46. Both were runners-up for their party's nomination for vice-president in ' 56. Both were elected President in ‘ 60. Both were elected on November 8th for the term in which they was assassinated. Both had the legality of their elections contested. Both were directly involved with black civil rights and made their views known in ' 63. In 1964, the book entitled Mr. Lincoln and the Negroes was published. In the same year, the book entitled Mr. Kennedy and the Negroes was published. Both lost a son while serving as President. Both Presidents were killed while serving as President. Both had no fear of their mortality and disdained bodyguards. Both often stated how easy it would be to shoot a President. 

Both wives renovated the White House after many years of neglect.  Both the Lincoln and Kennedy children rode ponies on the White House lawn.

A Lincoln staffer, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theater. Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.

Both were shot on a Friday before a holiday. Both were shot in the head from behind. Both were shot in the presence of their wives.  Both were shot while sitting with another couple. Both wives were uninjured. Both wives held the bullet-torn heads of their husbands. Lincoln sat in Box 7 at Ford's Theater. Kennedy rode in car 7 in the Dallas motorcade. Both received closed chest massage. Both presidents died in a place with the initials P and H. Lincoln died in the Peterson House and Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital. Both autopsies were performed by military personnel. 

Both were shot with another member of their entourage being injured, but not fatally. Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater. Kennedy was shot in a Ford Lincoln.

Both assassins struck in their mid-twenties. Booth was born in 1838 and Oswald was born in 1939. Each assassin lacked a strong father figure in his life. Each assassin had two brothers whose careers he coveted.  Both assassins were privates in the military. Both assassins were known sympathizers to enemies of the United States. Both assassins were fond of writing down their thoughts in a journal. Both assassins often used aliases. Both assassins knew of their victims' whereabouts by reading of it in the newspapers. Both assassins planned their deed well.  Both were Southerners favoring extremist views. Both are known by their first, middle and last names. Booth ran from the theater and was captured in a warehouse. Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theater. The Ford Theater concession operator's last name was Burroughs. The Texas Theater concession operator's last name was Burroughs. Booth was aided in his escape from Washington by a man named Oswald. Booth was also aided by a man named Paine. Oswald got his job at the School-book Depository through the aid of Mrs. Paine, his landlady. Each assassin was detained by an officer named Baker. Both assassins envisioned their deeds as a way to glory and fame. Both assassins were killed with a single shot from a Colt revolver. Both were killed before their trials.

Both President’s successors were Southern Democrats. Both successors had the last name of Johnson. Both successors were Vice-Presidents.  Both successors were born in ‘ 08. Both successors were former senators. Both were officers in a war. Both entered the presidency in their mid-fifties. Both chose not to run for reelection in ' 68.  Both were large men with two daughters.

Both President’s caskets were carried in death on the same caisson.  Both were buried in mahogany caskets. Mrs. Kennedy insisted that her husband's funeral mirror Lincoln's as closely as possible. Shortly after Lincoln was assassinated, his family moved to Georgetown at 3014 N Street. Shortly after Kennedy was assassinated, his family moved to Georgetown at 3017 N Street. Investigations for conspiracy were conducted for both presidential assassinations.

Another strange karmic connection having to do with President Lincoln is the fact that Edwin Booth (John Wilke's brother) once saved the life of Robert Lincoln (the President's son) on a train platform in Jersey City at the beginning of the Civil War. Because of this, Edwin Booth was invited to give a command performance in the White House and forever after was a Lincoln sympathizer, even though he had been raised in the South.

All these facts add up to more than mere coincidence to me. It appears that history does indeed repeat itself. Perhaps it is the same cast of characters playing the same roles over and over again until they are played right. Perhaps William Shakespeare was right all along:  All the world is a stage and we are but the players.