The History of Presidential Assassination Attempts, From Andrew Jackson to Teddy Roosevelt
Source: Smithsonian
Meilan Solly Associate Editor, History In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead. Despite this history of bloodshed, Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump shocked the…
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