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6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald Trump
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpBefore Donald Trump, six former US Presidents faced assassination attempts. Explore the history of attacks on American leaders throughout the nation's past.
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpAbraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated as he was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpAmes Garfield was targeted in an assassination plot when he headed to board a train to New England when he was fatally shot by Charles Guiteau.
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpAndrew Jackson experienced an assassination attempt on January 30, 1835, by an unemployed house painter named Richard Lawrence.
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpTheodore Roosevelt wasn't a president of the US when an assassination attempt took place. He was shot by John Flammang Schrank.
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpFranklin D Roosevelt, then president-elect was attacked by Giuseppe Zangara in 1933 in Miami, Florida.
6 former US Presidents who have been attacked before Donald TrumpHarry S Truman was staying at Blair House when two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to kill him.