Timeline: Assassination attempts against US presidents, candidates
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Timeline: Assassination attempts against US presidents, candidates

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Four US presidents and one candidate have been assassinated since the founding of the US. McKinley was expected to make a recovery, but gangrene set around the bullet wounds and he died eight days later. 1968, Robert F Kennedy – The younger brother of John F Kennedy was campaigning for the Democratic nomination and had just won the 1968 California primary election. 1972, George Wallace – Wallace was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination when he was shot during a campaign stop in Maryland. 1975, Gerald Ford – Escaped two assassination attempts within 17 days, both in California and both carried out by women: Lynette Fromme and Sarah Jane Moore.

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