Assassinations

∫ Abraham Lincoln: Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865, death by hand firearm

∫ James A. Garfield: Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, death by hand firearm

∫ William McKinley: Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1901, death by hand firearm

∫ John F. Kennedy: Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963, death by rifle

Attempts and plots

∫ Andrew Jackson: Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 1835, hand-held firearm misfired

∫ William Howard Taft: El Paso, Texas, Oct. 16, 1909, a security detail prevented hand-held firearm shooting

∫ Theodore Roosevelt: Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 14, 1912, hand-held firearm, bullet remained lodged in his body

∫ Herbert Hoover: Argentina, Nov. 18, 1928, train bombing thwarted

∫ Franklin D. Roosevelt: Miami, Fla., Feb. 15, 1933, hand-held firearm missed him

∫ Harry S. Truman: Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 1950, hand-held firearm missed him

∫ Richard Nixon: Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 1974, attempt to crash hijacked airplane into the White House

∫ Gerald Ford: Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 5, 1975, hand-held firearm missed him; and San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 22, 1975, hand firearm missed him

∫ Jimmy Carter: Los Angeles, Calif., May 5, 1979, hand-held starter pistol found, no shots fired

∫ Ronald Reagan: Washington, D.C., March 30, 1981, survivied shot from hand-held firearm

∫ George H.W. Bush: Kuwait City, Kuwait, April 13, 1983, attempted car-bombing

∫ Bill Clinton: Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 1994, attempt to hit the White House with a stolen airplane; and Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, 1994, multiple rifle shots fired at the White House; and Manila, Philippines, November 1996, diversion of motorcade from a bomb-laden bridge

∫ George W. Bush: Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2001, shot fired at the White House

∫ Barack Obama: Istanbul, Turkey, April 2009, foiled knife attack; and Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2011, a rifle fired at White House; and April 2013, letter directed to the prresident laced with ricin

Sources: The Los Angeles Times, U.S. Library of Congress