| M
Politician
|
|
M |
Year assassinated |
Office held when assassinated |
Site of assassination |
Method of assassination |
Name of assassin |
Ref |
| Bent, CharlesCharles Bent |
|
- |
1847 |
Governor of New Mexico Territory |
Taos, New Mexico |
Arrows and scalping |
Pueblo Indians and New Mexican rebels, Tomás Romero, Pablo Montoya |
[1] |
| Romero, TomásTomás Romero |
|
- |
1848 |
Alcalde of Taos Pueblo |
Taos, New Mexico |
handgun |
John Fitzgerald |
[2] |
| Brown, DerwinDerwin Brown |
|
- |
2000 |
Sheriff-elect of DeKalb County, Georgia |
Dekalb County, Georgia |
gunshots |
Patrick Cuffy, on orders by Sidney Dorsey, the incumbent sheriff of DeKalb County |
[3] |
| Burks, TommyTommy Burks |
|
- |
1998 |
Tennessee State Senator |
Cumberland County, Tennessee |
gunshot to face |
Looper, Byron |
[citation needed] |
| Cermak, AntonAnton Cermak |
|
 |
1933 |
Mayor of Chicago |
Miami, Florida |
gunshot to lung |
Zangara, Giuseppe |
[4] |
| Chaves, José FranciscoJosé Francisco Chaves |
|
 |
1904 |
Delegate (former) to the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory |
Pinoswells, New Mexico |
gunshots through window |
Unknown assailant |
[citation needed] |
| Clayton, John M.John M. Clayton |
|
 |
1889 |
Congressman-elect from Arkansas |
Plumerville, Arkansas (at a boardinghouse) |
gunshots through window |
Unknown assailant |
[5] |
| Davis, James E.James E. Davis |
|
- |
2003 |
New York City Councilman |
New York City, New York City Hall |
gunshots to chest |
Askew, Othniel |
[citation needed] |
| Garfield, James A.James A. Garfield |
|
 |
1881 |
President of the United States |
Washington, D.C. (at railway station) |
gunshot to spine (death took three months) |
Guiteau, Charles J. |
[citation needed] |
| Goebel, WilliamWilliam Goebel |
|
 |
1900 |
Governor of Kentucky |
Frankfort, Kentucky (outside the Old State Capitol) |
gunshot to the chest |
Uncertain; political opponents |
[citation needed] |
| Gwatney, BillBill Gwatney |
|
- |
2008 |
Chairman of Arkansas Democratic Party |
Democratic Party Headquarters, Little Rock |
gunshots |
Johnson, Tim |
[citation needed] |
| Harrison, Sr., CarterCarter Harrison, Sr. |
|
 |
1893 |
Mayor of Chicago |
Chicago, Illinois (in his home) |
gunshot |
Prendergast, Patrick Eugene |
[citation needed] |
| Hindman, Thomas C.Thomas C. Hindman |
|
 |
1868 |
Congressman (former) from Arkansas |
Helena, Arkansas (at his home) |
gunshots, hit in jaw and throat by shots through a window |
Unknown assailants |
[citation needed] |
| Hinds, James M.James M. Hinds |
|
- |
1868 |
Congressman from Arkansas |
|
Gunshot |
Ku Klux Klan member George A. Clark |
[citation needed] |
| Holbrook, Edward DexterEdward Dexter Holbrook |
|
- |
1870 |
Delegate (former) to the United States House of Representatives from Idaho Territory |
Idaho City, Idaho |
gunshot |
Douglas, Charles H. |
[citation needed] |
| Kennedy, John F.John F. Kennedy |
|
 |
1963 |
President of the United States |
Dallas, Texas (while motorcading) |
gunshots to the neck/throat and head |
Oswald, Lee Harvey (Charged but not Convicted) (murdered while awaiting trial) |
[citation needed] |
| Kennedy, Robert F.Robert F. Kennedy |
|
 |
1968 |
United States Senator and leading presidential candidate from New York |
Los Angeles, California (in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel) |
gunshot to head |
Sirhan Sirhan |
[citation needed] |
| King, EdEd King |
|
- |
1986 |
Mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa |
Mount Pleasant, Iowa at a city council meeting[6] |
gunshot |
Davis, Ralph |
[citation needed] |
| Lincoln, AbrahamAbraham Lincoln |
|
 |
1865 |
President of the United States |
Washington, DC. (Ford's Theatre) |
gunshot, pistol shot to the back of the skull |
Booth, John Wilkes , a famous actor at the time of the assassination |
[citation needed] |
| Lloyd, Sr., Russell G.Russell G. Lloyd, Sr. |
|
- |
1980 |
Mayor (former) of Evansville, Indiana |
|
gunshot |
van Orden, Julia |
[citation needed] |
| Long, HueyHuey Long |
|
 |
1935 |
United States Senator from Louisiana |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (inside the State Capitol) |
gunshots |
Weiss, Carl |
[citation needed] |
| Lowenstein, Allard K.Allard K. Lowenstein |
|
 |
1980 |
Congressman (former) from New York |
New York City, New York (in his Manhattan office) |
gunshots |
Sweeney, Dennis |
[citation needed] |
| McKinley, WilliamWilliam McKinley |
|
 |
1901 |
President of the United States |
Buffalo, New York (at Pan-American Exposition) |
gunshot to the abdomen |
Czolgosz, Leon |
[citation needed] |
| Milk, HarveyHarvey Milk |
|
 |
1978 |
San Francisco City Supervisor |
San Francisco, California (in his City Hall office) |
gunshots to chest and head |
White, Dan |
[citation needed] |
| Moscone, GeorgeGeorge Moscone |
|
 |
1978 |
Mayor of San Francisco |
San Francisco, California (in his City Hall office) |
gunshots to abdomen and head |
White, Dan |
[citation needed] |
| Patterson, AlbertAlbert Patterson |
|
- |
1954 |
Alabama Attorney General-elect |
Phenix City, Alabama (outside his office) |
gunshots |
|
[citation needed] |
| Ramsay, DavidDavid Ramsay |
|
 |
1815 |
South Carolina State Senator and former Continental Congressman |
Charleston, South Carolina |
"Horseman's" Pistol, gunshots to back and hip/groin |
William Linnen, whom Dr. Ramsay had reported to be insane in a criminal court inquiry |
[7] |
| Rockwell, George LincolnGeorge Lincoln Rockwell |
|
 |
1967 |
Fringe candidate for Governor of Virginia and founder of the American Nazi Party |
Arlington, Virginia (outside a laundromat) |
gunshot to aorta |
Patler, John |
[citation needed] |
| Ryan, LeoLeo Ryan |
|
 |
1978 |
Congressman from California |
Jonestown, Guyana (on airport tarmac) |
gunshots to body and face |
Members of the People's Temple |
[citation needed] |
| Slough, John P.John P. Slough |
|
 |
1867 |
Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court |
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
gunshot |
Rynerson, William D. |
[8] |
| Sharp, Solomon P.Solomon P. Sharp |
|
 |
1825 |
Kentucky Attorney General, Kentucky State Senator-elect |
Home in Frankfort, Kentucky |
Stabbed in front of his home |
Beauchamp, Jereboam O. |
[citation needed] |
| Smith Jr., JosephJoseph Smith Jr. |
|
- |
1844 |
Mayor of Nauvoo IL. Presidential Candidate |
Carthage, Illinois |
Mob attack and Gun Shots |
The Carthage Greys |
[9] |
| Steunenberg, FrankFrank Steunenberg |
|
 |
1905 |
Governor (former) of Idaho |
Caldwell, Idaho (outside his home) |
Bomb, set at front gate of his home |
Orchard, Harry, possibly others |
[citation needed] |
| Strang, JamesJames Strang |
|
 |
1856 |
Michigan State Representative |
Beaver Island, Michigan |
gunshot |
Bedford, Thomas |
[citation needed] |
| Thornton, JohnJohn Thornton |
|
- |
2010 |
Mayor of Washington Park, IL |
Washington Park, Illinois (in his car) |
gunshot to the chest |
Jackson, Aaron (alleged, awaiting trial) |
[10]
[11]
|
| Wood, Samuel NewittSamuel Newitt Wood |
|
 |
1891 |
Kansas Territorial Legislator, Kansas State Senator |
Hugoton, Kansas |
gunshots to back and head |
Brennan, James |
[12] |