Political Assassinations since the Civil War |
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Politician and Party |
Killed by |
Year |
|
Clementa C. Pinckney |
D |
White nationalist |
2015 |
Mark Hasse |
R |
Democrat ex-justice of peace |
2013 |
Mike McLelland |
R |
Democrat ex-justice of peace |
2013 |
John Roll |
D |
Registered Independent |
2011 |
Mike Swoboda |
- |
Democrat voter |
2008 |
James E Davis |
D |
Democrat challenger |
2003 |
Derwin Brown |
D |
Democrat challenger |
2000 |
Tommy Burkes |
D |
Republican challenger |
1998 |
Harvey Milk |
D |
Democrat official |
1978 |
George Moscone |
D |
Democrat official |
1978 |
Leo Ryan |
D |
Democrat religious figures |
1978 |
Robert F. Kennedy |
D |
Democrat voter |
1968 |
John F Kennedy |
D |
Communist |
1963 |
Louis F. Edwards |
D |
Organized union leaders |
1939 |
Huey Long |
D |
Democrat patronage seeker |
1935 |
William McKinley |
R |
Anarchist |
1901 |
Carter Harrison, Sr |
D |
Democrat patronage seeker |
1893 |
James Garfield |
R |
Republican patronage seeker |
1881 |
Edward D. Holbrook |
D |
Democrat party member |
1870 |
John W. Stephens |
R |
Democrat-controlled KKK |
1870 |
Thomas Haughey |
R |
Republican rival |
1869 |
James M. Hinds |
R |
Democrat-controlled KKK |
1868 |
John P. Slough |
D |
Republican rival |
1867 |
Abraham Lincoln |
R |
Democrat actor |
1865 |
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