Donald Trump's Close Call: A Look at Assassination Attempts on U.S. Leaders

Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally, where he sustained a minor injury. This incident brings to light previous assassination attempts on U.S. leaders—both successful and failed. Historical examples include Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and leaders who survived like Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt.

Donald Trump was shot by a gunman during a campaign rally on Saturday, marking an attempted assassination on the former U.S. president. Trump survived the attack, appearing to have a wounded ear, according to the FBI.

Here is a look back at other assassination attempts on American leaders. Four U.S. presidents were assassinated while in office: Abraham Lincoln in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, James Garfield in 1881 at a Washington train station, William McKinley in 1901 by an anarchist in Buffalo, and John F. Kennedy in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas.

Some presidents survived assassination attempts, including Donald Trump, who was shot at a campaign speech in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Ronald Reagan survived an attack in 1981 outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington. President Gerald Ford survived two attempts in 1975, and Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest in 1912 during a campaign but survived. Other notable figures include Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated in 1968, and Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, shot in 1982 and left paralyzed.