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US President Assassination Attempts

President injury
  • No injury
  • Death
  • Gunshot wound to the chest
  • Broken rib, punctured lung, internal bleeding caused by bullet wound
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Andrew Jackson

Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Date: 1/30/1835
Assailant: Richard Lawrence
President injury: No injury

Abraham Lincoln

Washington, D.C.
Date: 8/1/1864
Assailant: Unknown
President injury: No injury

Abraham Lincoln

Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Date: 4/14/1865
Assailant: John Wilkes Booth
President injury: Death

James A. Garfield

Washington, D.C.
Date: 7/2/1881
Assailant: Charles J. Guiteau
President injury: Death

William McKinley

Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York
Date: 9/6/1901
Assailant: Leon Czolgosz
President injury: Death

Theodore Roosevelt

Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Date: 10/14/1912
Assailant: John F. Schrank
President injury: Gunshot wound to the chest

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Miami, Florida
Date: 2/15/1933
Assailant: Giuseppe Zangara
President injury: No injury
Others injured: Four others wounded. Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was killed.

Harry S. Truman

Washington, D.C.
Date: Summer 1947
Assailant: Stern Gang
President injury: No injury

Harry S. Truman

Blair House, Washington, D.C.
Date: 11/1/1950
Assailant: Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola
President injury: No injury
Others injured: One police officer killed and one wounded.

John F. Kennedy

Dallas, Texas
Date: 11/22/1963
Assailant: Lee Harvey Oswald
President injury: Death

Richard Nixon

Washington, D.C.
Date: 2/22/74
Assailant: Samuel Byck
President injury: No injury
Others injured: Two airline pilots killed.

Gerald Ford

California State Capitol, Sacramento, CA
Date: 9/5/75
Assailant: Lynette Fromme
President injury: No injury

Gerald Ford

San Francisco, California
Date: 9/22/75
Assailant: Sara Jane Moore
President injury: No injury

Ronald Reagan

Hilton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Date: 3/30/81
Assailant: John Hinckley, Jr.
President injury: Broken rib, punctured lung, internal bleeding caused by bullet wound
Others injured: Three others wounded, including Press Secretary James Brady

Bill Clinton

The White House, Washington, D.C.
Date: 9/12/94
Assailant: Frank Eugene Corder
President injury: No injury

Bill Clinton

The White House, Washington, D.C.
Date: 10/29/94
Assailant: Francisco Martin Duran
President injury: No injury

George W. Bush

Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia
Date: 5/10/05
Assailant: Vladimir Arutyunian
President injury: No injury

Barack Obama

The White House, Washington, D.C.
Date: 11/1/11
Assailant: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez
President injury: No injury

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