During which years did the target of Richard Lawrence's assassination attempt serve as President of the United States?
Richard Lawrence (failed assassin) Richard Lawrence (c. 1800 – June 13, 1861) was an American house painter who was the first known person to attempt to assassinate a sitting President of the United States. Lawrence attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson outside the United States Capitol on January 30, 1835. The attempt failed, and Jackson reputedly beat Lawrence with a cane before a crowd subdued Lawrence. Lawrence spent the remainder of his life in an insane asylum.
William Goebel William Justus Goebel (January 4, 1856 – February 3, 1900) was an American politician who served as the 34th Governor of Kentucky for four days in 1900 after having been mortally wounded by an assassin the day before he was sworn in. Goebel remains the only state governor in the United States to be assassinated while in office.