It was an unhappy office seeker.
William McKinley
President Ronald Reagan was badly wounded by a bullet but survived.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt took over the Presidency after the assassination of William McKinley in September, 1901.
These four U.S. presidents survived actual assassination attempts while they held office: Andrew Jackson Harry S Truman Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan These presidents had plots to assassinate them stopped before any actual attempt on their life was made: Richard Nixon Jimmy Carter George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Although not in office at the time of the attempts, U.S. presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt also survived assassination attempts. The four U.S. presidents who were assassinated (successfully) in office are: Abraham Lincoln James A. Garfield William McKinley John F. Kennedy President Ronald Reagan was badly wounded by a bullet but survived.
No. John F. Kennedy was in office 1961-1963 because of his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald
They reattempt if not pick up at local post office
William Henry Harrison (illness), Zachary Taylor (illness), Abraham Lincoln (assassination), James A. Garfield (assassination), William McKinley (assassination), Warren G. Harding (illness), Franklin D. Roosevelt (stroke), John F. Kennedy (assassination).
Ronald Reagan.
Rumors of President Lincoln being a target for assassination started before he was ever sworn into office. The succession of the South started these rumors.
Because you can get injury or die
Ronald Reagan in 1981. Teddy Roosevelt was shot once and survived, but he was out of office by then.