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John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
Jun 17, 2024 · John Wilkes Booth, member of one of the United States’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century and the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
Oct 27, 2009 · John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., in April 1865.
Apr 8, 2015 · Conger wanted Booth alive so they could bring him back to Washington. But it was obvious that John Wilkes Booth was not going back alive. Who had fired that shot? Conger demanded to know.
Nov 6, 2020 · In his decade as a professional actor, 26-year-old John Wilkes Booth played some of the most prestigious theaters in the United States. But the assassin of Abraham Lincoln delivered his final,...
Jul 27, 2018 · On the night of April 14, 1865, well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth slipped into the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and shot President Abraham Lincoln in the...
John Wilkes Booth will always be attached to the name of the president he assassinated. As an actor, he knew his way around a theater, but, on the night of April 14, 1865, Booth jumped on stage for a different reason.
Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865.
John Wilkes Booth, (born May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Md., U.S.—died April 26, 1865, near Port Royal, Va.), U.S. actor and assassin of Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Born into a family of famous actors, he achieved success in Shakespearean roles but resented the greater acclaim enjoyed by his brother, Edwin Booth .
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
