List of assassinated American politicians

This is a list of assassinated American politicians. Individuals listed were either elected or appointed to office, or were candidates for elected office.

Parties

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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
Romero, TomásTomás Romero		-	1848	Alcalde of Taos Pueblo	Taos, New Mexico	handgun	John Fitzgerald
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
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
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
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	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
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.
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
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)
Wood, Samuel NewittSamuel Newitt Wood			1891	Kansas Territorial Legislator, Kansas State Senator	Hugoton, Kansas	gunshots to back and head	Brennan, James

See also

• List of assassinated people
• List of United States federal judges killed in office
• United States Congress members killed or wounded in office

References

Other sources for this page can be found in the articles for each person.