Marcus Parks

Murdering Abraham Lincoln was actually a fairly popular view during and even before the Civil War. But while today we're totally used to the idea that there's at least one guy trying to kill the president at all times, no matter who the president is. Something you can set your watch to. The concept of presidential assassination was fairly new to America in the 19th century.

Murdering Abraham Lincoln was actually a fairly popular view during and even before the Civil War. But while today we're totally used to the idea that there's at least one guy trying to kill the president at all times, no matter who the president is. Something you can set your watch to. The concept of presidential assassination was fairly new to America in the 19th century.

See, before Lincoln, the only threat against a sitting president had occurred 25 years previously, again with Andrew Jackson, when a mentally ill house painter had tried shooting Jackson with a pair of pistols. What happened? Apparently, the assassin had been on a long downward slide with his mental health, and on the day of the attempt...

See, before Lincoln, the only threat against a sitting president had occurred 25 years previously, again with Andrew Jackson, when a mentally ill house painter had tried shooting Jackson with a pair of pistols. What happened? Apparently, the assassin had been on a long downward slide with his mental health, and on the day of the attempt...

See, before Lincoln, the only threat against a sitting president had occurred 25 years previously, again with Andrew Jackson, when a mentally ill house painter had tried shooting Jackson with a pair of pistols. What happened? Apparently, the assassin had been on a long downward slide with his mental health, and on the day of the attempt...

On the day of the attempt, the house painter had been sitting in his paint shop with a book in his hand laughing when out of nowhere he exclaimed, quote, I'll be damned if I don't do it. The painter then left the shop and easily found the president leaving a funeral where he tried shooting Jackson in the back. but both pistols misfired due to damp weather.

On the day of the attempt, the house painter had been sitting in his paint shop with a book in his hand laughing when out of nowhere he exclaimed, quote, I'll be damned if I don't do it. The painter then left the shop and easily found the president leaving a funeral where he tried shooting Jackson in the back. but both pistols misfired due to damp weather.

On the day of the attempt, the house painter had been sitting in his paint shop with a book in his hand laughing when out of nowhere he exclaimed, quote, I'll be damned if I don't do it. The painter then left the shop and easily found the president leaving a funeral where he tried shooting Jackson in the back. but both pistols misfired due to damp weather.

So President Jackson beat the guy half to death with his cane, and the would-be assassin was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to an asylum for life.

So President Jackson beat the guy half to death with his cane, and the would-be assassin was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to an asylum for life.

So President Jackson beat the guy half to death with his cane, and the would-be assassin was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to an asylum for life.

But by the time of Abraham Lincoln, the tenor of the country had changed considerably. Lincoln began receiving death threats at the Illinois State House before he was even elected president, along with a continual stream of packages containing garbage and poisoned food, as well as what I'm sure was a fair amount of feces.

But by the time of Abraham Lincoln, the tenor of the country had changed considerably. Lincoln began receiving death threats at the Illinois State House before he was even elected president, along with a continual stream of packages containing garbage and poisoned food, as well as what I'm sure was a fair amount of feces.

But by the time of Abraham Lincoln, the tenor of the country had changed considerably. Lincoln began receiving death threats at the Illinois State House before he was even elected president, along with a continual stream of packages containing garbage and poisoned food, as well as what I'm sure was a fair amount of feces.

Lincoln, however, kept his quote-unquote favorite death threats throughout the years in a special folder, although he never told anyone his specific reasons for saving these letters.

Lincoln, however, kept his quote-unquote favorite death threats throughout the years in a special folder, although he never told anyone his specific reasons for saving these letters.

Lincoln, however, kept his quote-unquote favorite death threats throughout the years in a special folder, although he never told anyone his specific reasons for saving these letters.

In my opinion, I think Lincoln, he might have had like a sense of humor about the whole thing, but he also may have just been resigned to the fact that people were going to want to kill any president who threatened the institution of slavery.

In my opinion, I think Lincoln, he might have had like a sense of humor about the whole thing, but he also may have just been resigned to the fact that people were going to want to kill any president who threatened the institution of slavery.

In my opinion, I think Lincoln, he might have had like a sense of humor about the whole thing, but he also may have just been resigned to the fact that people were going to want to kill any president who threatened the institution of slavery.