And that’s only counting assassinations of presidents, if you count other political figures, other acts of violence politically driven, and assassination attempts it’s even higher.
My favorite had to be Squeaky Fromme’s attempt on Gerald Ford:
“He spoke for 50 minutes before completing his speech and accepting medical attention. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose.””
But if you widen it to other figures, you get local officials like Harvey Milk:
And that’s only counting assassinations of presidents, if you count other political figures, other acts of violence politically driven, and assassination attempts it’s even higher.
My favorite had to be Squeaky Fromme’s attempt on Gerald Ford:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Gerald_Ford_in_Sacramento
Following that, there was a 2nd attempt on Ford:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Gerald_Ford_in_San_Francisco
Reagan of course:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan
Famously there was the attempt on Teddy Roosevelt where he was shot then gave his speech anyway(!):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Theodore_Roosevelt
“He spoke for 50 minutes before completing his speech and accepting medical attention. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose.””
But if you widen it to other figures, you get local officials like Harvey Milk:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassinations_of_George_Moscone_and_Harvey_Milk
Of course there’s a wiki on this…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians