All Those Weird Lincoln Kennedy Coincidences

Get Honey for FREE by going to on Thanks to Honey for sponsoring this video! Have a history teacher explain all those weird Abraham Lincoln-John F. Kennedy coincidences. Mr. Beat does. Some supposed coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy: 1. Both men were elected to congress in ’46 (Lincoln in 1846, Kennedy in 1946) 2. Both men were elected to the presidency in ’60 (Lincoln in 1860, Kennedy in 1960) 3. Both men were concerned with civil rights (Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Kennedy proposed what became the Civil Rights Act) 4. Both men married in their 30s to women in their 20s 5. Both men lost a son while living in the White House 6. Both Presidents had 4 children (and both lost two before they reached their teens) 7. The doctors for Lincoln and Kennedy had the same name: Charles Taft 8. Lincoln’s private secretary was called John (John Nicolay), Kennedy’s private se