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He was an actor and a son of actors. He claimed to be a strong supporter of the Confederate cause but he didn't engage himself on actual actions against the Union until the the of 1864, when he thought to make something against the Union leadership. His original project was not that of killing Lincoln but that of kidnap him and move him to the south.
He determined to kidnap the President during a walking but it was not to be.
Then on Apr. 14, 1865 he decided to kill Lincoln, while his band of associates would have assassinated the Vice President Johnson and the Secretary of state Seward.
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∙ 7y agoBooth was an actor, yes, but he was NOT performing in the play when he shot Lincoln.
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Who helped John Wilkes Booth Assassinate Lincoln?
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.
Who was Edwin Booth who played Hamlet in Feb 1887 in Cincinnati Ohio?
He was an American actor who had a good reputation. He was the brother of the assassin John Wilkes Booth.
John Wilkes Booth said what after killing Abrham Lincoln?
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
What did john Wilkes booth shout when he shot Lincoln?
Sic semper tyrannisThus always to tyrants
How old was John Wilkes Booth when he shot President Abraham Lincoln?
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.
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The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln was John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865).
