Presidents and Presidential Candidate assassinations and attempts, per ChatGPT:

### Presidents

1. **Andrew Jackson** - 1835: An attempt was made by Richard Lawrence, but both of his pistols misfired.

2. **Abraham Lincoln** - 1865: Successfully assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

3. **James A. Garfield** - 1881: Successfully assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau.

4. **William McKinley** - 1901: Successfully assassinated by Leon Czolgosz.

5. **Theodore Roosevelt** - 1912: Shot by John Schrank while campaigning (Roosevelt survived).

6. **Franklin D. Roosevelt** - 1933: An attempt was made by Giuseppe Zangara, but Roosevelt was not hit (Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was killed).

7. **Harry S. Truman** - 1950: An attempt was made by Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo at Blair House (Truman survived).

8. **John F. Kennedy** - 1963: Successfully assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.

9. **Richard Nixon** - 1974: An attempt was made by Samuel Byck, who intended to hijack a plane and crash it into the White House (Byck was killed before the attempt).

10. **Gerald Ford** - 1975: Two attempts were made in the same month, by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore (Ford survived both attempts).

11. **Jimmy Carter** - 1979: An attempt was made by Raymond Lee Harvey in Los Angeles, but it was thwarted.

12. **Ronald Reagan** - 1981: Shot by John Hinckley Jr. (Reagan survived).

### Presidential Candidates

1. **Theodore Roosevelt** - 1912: Shot by John Schrank while running for a third term (Roosevelt survived).

2. **Robert F. Kennedy** - 1968: Successfully assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

3. **George Wallace** - 1972: Shot by Arthur Bremer while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination (Wallace survived but was left paralyzed).

These are some of the most prominent assassination attempts, although there may have been other lesser-known or foiled attempts throughout history

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Great information 🙏

I wonder how many won after the attempts

none died after 1971 - guess why no much attempts in last 50yrs

The USA is not a shithole

The sword of damocles

Vladimir Arutyunian threw a grenade at George W. Bush in 2005. It landed short and failed to detonate.