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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.
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There are many conflicting versions of the events of that night. But nobody has tried to prove the innocence of Booth.
Lincoln was shot in the president's box of Ford's Theatre in Washington DC, by John Wilkes Booth. he died because he was getting rid of slavery that's why john Wilkes booth. killed him Wilkes was part of a group and they sent him to kill him.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The President and Mrs. Lincoln were watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC on April 14, 1865 when he was shot by Booth. President Lincoln was taken across the street to the Pederson House where he died the following day.
Sic semper tyrannisThus always to tyrants
Booth blamed the president for the Civil War and all of the South's problems.
United States President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:20 am on April 15, 1865.He had been shot in the head on April 14, 1865, in Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., by actor John Wilkes Booth.Note: john Wilkes booth was not an actor he was merely an assasin who was there to kill a.l.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Yes John Wilkes Booth assinated Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1865
United States President Abraham Lincoln.
Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the US.
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln with a .44 caliber Derringer.
They remained un-named, but all were southern sympathizers.
He carried out the act itself alone, but was involved with a larger plot to assassinate other high-ranking government officials.