How many US government officials have been assassinated?

Answer 1

• Elijah P. Lovejoy, (1837), editor of an abolitionist newspaper, the "Alton Observer", by a mob of pro-slavery advocates.
• James Strang, (1856), Michigan State Representative and leader of the Strangite Mormon Church.
• Abraham Lincoln, (1865), 16th President of the United States.
• Tazewell Tyler, (1874), One of John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States's 15 children.
• James A. Garfield, (1881), 20th president of the United States.
• David Hennessy, (1890), Police Chief of New Orleans.
• William Goebel, (1900), governor of Kentucky.
• William McKinley, (1901), 25th President of the United States.
• Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime.
• Walter Liggett, (1935), Minnesota newspaper editor.
• Carlo Tresca, (1943), anarchist organizer.
• Curtis Chillingworth, (1955), a Florida judge.
• John F. Kennedy, (1963), 35th President of the United States.
• Medgar Evers, (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist.[1]
• Malcolm X, (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech.
• George Lincoln Rockwell, (1967), founder of the American Nazi Party.
• Martin Luther King, Jr., (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist.[1]
• Robert F. Kennedy, (1968), leading presidential candidate in the 1968 presidential election, in which he would have succeeded his brother's, John F. Kennedy's, presidential term.
• Fred Hampton, (1969), Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
• Dan Mitrione, (1970), FBI agent and torture expert, killed by the guerrilla movement Tupamaros.
• Marcus Foster, (1973), School District Superintendent in Oakland CA, killed by members of theSymbionese Liberation Army.
• Don Bolles, (1976), Investigative reporter for Arizona Republic, killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties.
• Orlando Letelier, (1976), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende.
• John Lennon, (1980 December 8), British musician, member of The Beatles, shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
• Alan Berg, (1984), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis.
• Henry Liu, (1984), Taiwanese-American writer, allegedly killed by Kuomintang agents.
• Alex Odeh, (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb exploded in his Santa Ana, California office.
• Alejandro González Malavé, (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
• Meir Kahane Founder JDL
• Ioan P. Culianu, (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, professor at the University of Chicago, assassinated there in Swift Hall, apparently for his political writings.
• Chauncey Bailey, (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist.
• George Tiller, (2009), Controversial late-term abortion doctor.