With the death of Abraham Lincoln, his vice-President Andrew Johnson took over the Presidency in 1865.
After James Garfield was was assassinated in 1881, vice-President Chestur Arthur took over.
When William McKinley was murdered in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt inherited the Presidency.
With John F. Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon Johnson was then sworn in as the 36th President.
The surname shared by two US Presidents who took office as a result of assassinations is Johnson. Andrew Johnson became President following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and Lyndon B. Johnson took office after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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Originally, the winner of the election became president, and the runner-up became vice-president.
Gerald Ford.
Gerald Ford.
Lincoln's son, Robert , had this dubious honor.
Robert Lincoln had that dubious honor.
There were several assassinations and attempted assassinations. John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Governer George Wallace, two attempts on President Gerald Ford, and President Regan.
None of the four assassinations of US Presidents occurred in the White House.
Gerald Ford became President without ever being elected either Vice President or President.
The ISBN of Between the Assassinations is 9780330450546.
There are no 'assassinations' connected to Amelia Earhart.