A photographic portrait showing Abraham Lincoln, Photograph of John Wilkes Booth
A photographic portrait showing Abraham Lincoln and a photograph of John Wilkes Booth (Photo Credit: Hulton | Archive | Getty Images, Bettmann via Getty Images)

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassin: Who Was John Wilkes Booth?

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder. Reader discretion is advised.

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, served from 1861 to 1865. However, after getting reelected in 1864, he was assassinated the following year. He died days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, which ended the four-year American Civil War. Lincoln, 56 at the time, was assassinated…

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