Direct Assaults against Presidents, Presidents-Elect, and Candidates

Abstract

Direct assaults against Presidents, Presidents-elect, and candidates have occurred on 15 separate occasions, with five resulting in death. Ten incumbents (about 24% of the 42 individuals to serve in the office), including four of the past six Presidents, have been victims or targets. Four of the ten (and one candidate) died as a result of the attacks. This report identifies these incidents and provides information about what happened, when, where, and, if known, why. A table identifies the direct assaults on Presidents, Presidents-elect, and candidates for the office of President. It specifies the date when the assault occurred, the victim, his political party affiliation, the length of his administration at the time of the attack or whether he was then a candidate or President-elect, the location of the attack, its method and result, and the name of the assailant, along with the professed or alleged reason for the attack. The report will be updated and revised if developments require.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462056

Entities

People

  • Frederick M. Kaiser

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Assassination
  • Automatic Weapons
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Congress
  • Governments
  • National Governments
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes
  • New York
  • Political Parties
  • Republic
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Victims
  • Violence

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.