Term: John Wilkes Booth (scroll down for definition)

Definition: John Wilkes Booth

Assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 as part of a larger conspiracy to target members of government. He shot Lincoln at Ford's Theater during a production of Our American Cousin. He waited for the part of the show with the loudest laughter, pulled the trigger, and then leaped to the stage. Andrew Johnson became President when Lincoln died the next day.

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