John Wilkes Booth
(1838-1865)
American stage actor and assassin
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John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the recent abolition of slavery in the United States.
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John Wilkes Booth 10 May 1838 Bel Air, Maryland USA
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26 April 1865 (aged 26) Port Royal, Virginia USA
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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Mary Surratt · Associate · 1823-1865 · American boarding house owner convicted as a conspirator to murder
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