Most victims of Presidential assassinations or attempts have been Republican, Trump being the latest victim (with two democrats). Here's what I know of these assassinations:
Assassin: Richard Lawrence, Target: Andrew Jackson
Verdict: Not guilty by reason of insanity (He was British born non-partisan and claimed to be King Richard III)
Assassin: John Wilkes Booth, Target: Abraham Lincoln (R)
Booth, a Democrat and Confederate sympathizer shot and killed Lincoln and was killed himself a few days later.
Assassin: Charles Julius Guiteau, Target: James Garfield (R)
Guiteau, a self-described Republican loyalist was convinced that Garfield was going to destroy the Republican Party by scrapping the patronage system.
Assassin: Leon Czolgosz, Target: William McKinley (R)
Czolgosz, an Leftist Anarchist shot and killed McKinley and was Executed 45 days after McKinley's death by electric chair.
Assassin: John Schrank, Target: Theodore Roosevelt (R)
German born Schrank suffered from Hallucinations. He shot Roosevelt point blank and had it not been for the 5 page speech folded up in the president's spectacle case, The assassination may have been successful
Assassin: Lee Harvey Oswald, Target: John F. Kennedy (D)
Oswald, a self-described Marxist and Soviet sympathizer shot and killed Kennedy and was killed himself a two days later.
Assassin: John Hinckley Jr., Target: Ronald Reagan (R)
Hinckley, a schizophrenic shot and injured Reagan trying to impress actress Jodie Foster and was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Assassin: Thomas Matthew Crooks, Target: Donald Trump (R)
Crooks used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle that was allegedly purchased by his father to fire eight rounds from a rooftop around 400 feet north of the stage. He wounded Trump on the right ear, killed an audience member, and critically injured two others. He was killed by a Secret Service Counter Assault Team sniper immediately after the shooting. Crooks was a registered Republican, However, on January 20, 2021, at the age of 17, he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a liberal voter turnout group, through the Democratic Party donation platform ActBlue. His donation was made the same day Joe Biden was sworn into office. *
* as of this writing, this is an ongoing investigation. Information may be redacted or added as details come in.
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