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US President assassinations – Why POTUS is one of the deadliest jobs in politics

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US President assassinations – Why POTUS is one of the deadliest jobs in politics

Being the President of the United States of America comes with great responsibility, and is one of the most deadliest jobs on the planets – numerous presidents have been killed in office and others injured

Being president, or former president, is dangerous business(Getty Images)

Statistically, being America’s president is one of the State’s most dangerous and deadliest jobs.

Of the 45 men who have occupied the Oval Office, eight have died in office, while those vying to occupy the White House have long been the target of assassination attempts. Four US presidents have been killed, including Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Three more, which now include Trump, have been injured in attacks.




On Saturday night the former US President was roughly six minutes into a speech in Butler when he suddenly reached for the side of his face as gunfire rang out. He then crouched and ran for cover before being rushed off the stage surrounded by Secret Service agents. Blood could be seen on his face and ear.

The 78-year-old was immediately taken from the rally in a motorcade while law enforcement cleared the area. The gunman, who is suspected to be a 20-year-old lone wolf identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot dead by law enforcement agents and his body was later seen on top of a nearby roof.

Donald Trump survived his assassination attempt while making a speech at a rally(Getty Images)

Successful assassinations

‌Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s assassination in a booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC on April 14, 1865, is one of the most famous stories in US political history. He was killed by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and supporter of the Confederacy, who was angered by the then-president’s suggestion that voting rights should be extended to black Americans.

James A Garfield

Garfield had been president for just four months when he was shot at the train station in Washington, DC, on July 2, 1881. Charles Guiteau said he opened fire on the president because he was angry not to have been made Ambassador to France. Garfield suffered agonising injuries from two bullets that struck him in the shoulder and back and died 11 weeks later from an infection.

William McKinley

McKinley was shot in the abdomen at a fair in upstate New York state on September 6, 1901, by anarchist Leon Czolgosz, who was later sentenced to death. McKinley died eight days later from gangrene.

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