He was one prong in a planed three prong simultaneous assassination plan. He and two other were supposed to assassinate President Lincoln, the Vice President believe it was Stewart at the time?), and the Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House would take over the Presidency in the event of the death of both the President & Vice President. The plan was that if all 3 were killed, the next in line would be more sympathetic to the South & it's beliefs. Supposedly one assassin got scared and drunk, and if I recall correctly he disclosed the plan and the second was either detained of escaped capture. Boothe knew nothing of the plans demise and was the only one to complete his task. Above info repeated to the best of my recollection from a History Channel Documentary.
no John Wilkes Booth did not kill President Lincoln. He was easily recognizable, having been a nationally renown actor and considered the handsomest man in America. The other guests in the Presidential box recognized him, the stagehand holding his horse outside knew him. (NEW RESPONDENT) I don't understand this answer. There are many conflicting versions of the events of that night. But nobody has tried to prove the innocence of Booth.
Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Holmes Booth.
John Wilkes Booth and Izola Mills Bellows were married on January 9, 1859. It was John Wilkes Booth's first marriage and Izola's second. Izola and Charles Bellows were still married but separated when she married Booth. Izola's marriage to Booth was not a legal marriage.During the last ten years of her life, again, Izola was married to two people at the same time: John Stevenson and Edwin S. Bates.Source: Izola: The story of John Wilkes Booth's wife.
wow no
John Wilkes Booth's grave is unmarked due to family request.
Abraham Lincoln
No, John Wilkes Booth was just one person. The Wilkes Part gets you thinking that it is a group.
Abraham Lincoln but later he ended up shooting and killing him.
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln in the Ford Theatre.
an actor.how did john wilkes booth actJohn Wilkes Booth was an actor
Yes, one of the original plans was to kidnap Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth was an actor.
how did john wilkes booth act
Samuel Arnold, his original assignment from John Wilkes Booth was to help kidnap President Lincoln and exchange Lincoln for Confederate prisoners being held in Virginia.
John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth
Why yes John Wilkes booth is mean