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Saturday’s attempted attack in Washington, D.C., is the third major assassination attempt President Donald Trump has faced in just two years. But he is not the only U.S. president to come under threat.Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was also shot and killed while on the campaign trail in June 1968. The first recorded presidential assassination attempt was on Jan. 30, 1835, when Richard Lawrence attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson while he attended a funeral at the U.S. Capitol. Lawrence’s pistols misfired, and Jackson defended himself by beating Lawrence with his cane.A Get the Facts Data Team analysis of data from the Violence Prevention Project determined that there have been 18 presidential assassination attempts in which the perpetrator got close enough to their target to be a physical threat. Cases like the 1974 plane hijacking assassination attempt on Richard Nixon, therefore, are not included in the timeline below. That February, Samuel Byck attempted to hijack a plane at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to crash it into the White House. He killed two people and injured a third in the attack, but authorities subdued him before he could leave the tarmac.Additionally, incidents like the May 2023 attack, when a man from Missouri crashed a U-Haul near the White House and threatened to kill then-President Joe Biden, are not included. The suspect in that case did not actually get on White House grounds and was never close enough to Biden to cause real harm.Attacks on former presidents and presidential candidates were included in the data. Hotel was site of another assassination attempt 45 years agoThe hotel that hosted Saturday’s press gala is the same site where President Ronald Reagan was shot about 45 years ago. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Reagan as he exited the hotel after speaking at a conference. Press secretary James Brady and two others were also hit with bullets. Brady died in 2014 as a result of his injuries.Washington, D.C., has been the site of eight presidential assassinations or attempts. Here’s where other attacks have taken placeAt a 1912 campaign stop for his third term in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot. Despite the bullet lodged in his chest, Roosevelt continued to give his speech. A glasses case and a manuscript of his speech, which were stuffed in Roosevelt’s coat, are credited with slowing the bullet.In Sacramento, California, and then two weeks later in San Francisco, California, Gerald Ford was the target of two separate assassination attempts. Ford was uninjured both times, but a bystander was wounded in the San Francisco attack.Four bystanders have been killed in presidential assassination attempts, including most recently Corey Comperatore in Butler, Pennsylvania. Comperatore was killed while attending a rally for then-former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election bid. Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet in the attack.About 30 other victims have been injured in attacks on U.S. presidents and presidential candidates.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
Saturday’s attempted attack in Washington, D.C., is the third major assassination attempt President Donald Trump has faced in just two years. But he is not the only U.S. president to come under threat.
Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.
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Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was also shot and killed while on the campaign trail in June 1968.
The first recorded presidential assassination attempt was on Jan. 30, 1835, when Richard Lawrence attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson while he attended a funeral at the U.S. Capitol. Lawrence’s pistols misfired, and Jackson defended himself by beating Lawrence with his cane.
A Get the Facts Data Team analysis of data from the Violence Prevention Project determined that there have been 18 presidential assassination attempts in which the perpetrator got close enough to their target to be a physical threat.
Cases like the 1974 plane hijacking assassination attempt on Richard Nixon, therefore, are not included in the timeline below. That February, Samuel Byck attempted to hijack a plane at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to crash it into the White House. He killed two people and injured a third in the attack, but authorities subdued him before he could leave the tarmac.
Additionally, incidents like the May 2023 attack, when a man from Missouri crashed a U-Haul near the White House and threatened to kill then-President Joe Biden, are not included. The suspect in that case did not actually get on White House grounds and was never close enough to Biden to cause real harm.
Attacks on former presidents and presidential candidates were included in the data.
Hotel was site of another assassination attempt 45 years ago
The hotel that hosted Saturday’s press gala is the same site where President Ronald Reagan was shot about 45 years ago.
On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Reagan as he exited the hotel after speaking at a conference. Press secretary James Brady and two others were also hit with bullets. Brady died in 2014 as a result of his injuries.
Washington, D.C., has been the site of eight presidential assassinations or attempts.
Here’s where other attacks have taken place
At a 1912 campaign stop for his third term in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot. Despite the bullet lodged in his chest, Roosevelt continued to give his speech. A glasses case and a manuscript of his speech, which were stuffed in Roosevelt’s coat, are credited with slowing the bullet.
In Sacramento, California, and then two weeks later in San Francisco, California, Gerald Ford was the target of two separate assassination attempts. Ford was uninjured both times, but a bystander was wounded in the San Francisco attack.
Four bystanders have been killed in presidential assassination attempts, including most recently Corey Comperatore in Butler, Pennsylvania. Comperatore was killed while attending a rally for then-former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election bid. Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet in the attack.
About 30 other victims have been injured in attacks on U.S. presidents and presidential candidates.
