<P> Assassination attempts and plots on the President of the United States have been numerous , ranging from the early 1800s to the 2010s . More than 30 attempts to kill an incumbent or former president , or a president - elect have been made since the early 1800s . Four sitting presidents have been killed , all of them by gunshot : Abraham Lincoln ( 1865 ) , James A. Garfield ( 1881 ) , William McKinley ( 1901 ) and John F. Kennedy ( 1963 ) . Additionally , two presidents have been injured in attempted assassinations , also by gunshot : Theodore Roosevelt ( 1912 ; former president at the time ) and Ronald Reagan ( 1981 ) . </P>
<P> Assassination attempts and plots on the President of the United States have been numerous , ranging from the early 1800s to the 2010s . More than 30 attempts to kill an incumbent or former president , or a president - elect have been made since the early 1800s . Four sitting presidents have been killed , all of them by gunshot : Abraham Lincoln ( 1865 ) , James A. Garfield ( 1881 ) , William McKinley ( 1901 ) and John F. Kennedy ( 1963 ) . Additionally , two presidents have been injured in attempted assassinations , also by gunshot : Theodore Roosevelt ( 1912 ; former president at the time ) and Ronald Reagan ( 1981 ) . </P>
who were the united states presidents that were assassinated
who were the united states presidents that were assassinated
Abraham Lincoln James A. Garfield William McKinley John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln James A. Garfield William McKinley John F. Kennedy