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    How many were convicted of conspiracy to kill Lincoln?Presidential Assassinations

      8. David E. Herold, George Atzerodt, Lewis Paine, and Mary Surratt were hung. Dr. Samuel Mudd (who was undoubtedly innocent), Edward Spangler (theater stage hand), and Lincoln's boyhood friends, Samuel Arnold and Michael O'Laughlin were imprisoned. O'Laughlin died in prison in 1867. President Johnson pardoned Arnold, Mudd, and Spangler in 1869.

    Who came from a family of clearly psychotic people (his father believed himself to be immortal)?Presidential Assassinations

      Guiteau.

    Who whispered, 'My wife, be careful, Cortel you, how you tell her, oh, be careful'?Presidential Assassinations

      McKinley.

    Which assassin's wife divorced him for cruelty?Presidential Assassinations

      Guiteau.

    Who arranged Kennedy's fateful trip to Dallas?Presidential Assassinations

      Lyndon Johnson.

    How many assassinated presidents are buried at Arlington National Cemetary?Presidential Assassinations

      one. only Kennedy

    Who's last words were, 'Tell mother I died for my country. I have done what I thought was for the best'?Presidential Assassinations

      Booth.

    Who lived the longest of any of the assassins after his horrible act...nine months?Presidential Assassinations

      Guiteau.

    Whose wife did not attend his funeral?Presidential Assassinations

      McKinley.

    Which president has a museum detailing his assassination called The Sixth Floor Museum?Presidential Assassinations

      Kennedy. The floor of the Texas School Book Depository where the shots were supposedly fired in Dallas.

    Who shouted, 'I am a Stalwart,' after assassinating the president and had a cab waiting to take him to jail?Presidential Assassinations

      Guiteau.

    Which president did Alexander Graham Bell try to help with an electric device?Presidential Assassinations

      Garfield. He used the device to try to locate the bullet in Garfield's back. However, Garfield probably died from the infection resulting from the doctors sticking their fingers in the wound without gloves or washing.

    Who was a self-proclaimed anarchist?Presidential Assassinations

      Czolgosz.

    Who was initially arrested for the murder of J.D. Tippit?Presidential Assassinations

      Oswald. Tippit was a police officer. The assumption is he was trying to arrest Oswald after he heard about the shooting and a description of the wanted man.

    Who first planned to kidnap the president?Presidential Assassinations

      Booth.

    Who planned to kill the president earlier, but backed down when he saw the president's wife with him?Presidential Assassinations

      Guiteau.

    Why was Oswald discharged from the Marines?Presidential Assassinations

      hardship.

    Who was described as being fair haired, slender, with a somewhat vacant expression and suffered a breakdown prior to the assassination?Presidential Assassinations

      Czolgosz.

    How many assassinations were finally ruled the result of a conspiracy?Presidential Assassinations

      two. Despite the Warren Report,in 1978, a House committee ruled Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.

    Who was a favorite of the ladies due to his dashing good looks?Presidential Assassinations

      Booth.

    How many of the assassins had facial hair?Presidential Assassinations

      two. Guiteau and Booth

    Who was a wild child and shot cats and dogs for fun?Presidential Assassinations

      Booth.

    Who died at the same hospital where the President that he killed was pronounced dead?Presidential Assassinations

      Oswald. Just a couple days later

    Whose trial became a circus with him ranting (his attorney argued he was insane, but the jury found him guilty)?Presidential Assassinations

      Guiteau.

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