Help me with my list of political figures who have been shot
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Bud Dwyer?
He was a Pa. Rep., Pa. Senator, and Pa. Treasurer. Ate a .357 magnum during a live press conference.
I don't know if you can include Larry Flynt, creator of Hustler magazine, but he DID have a short run for President against Reagan and was a candidate for Governer of California after the Grey Davis recall.
He was a Pa. Rep., Pa. Senator, and Pa. Treasurer. Ate a .357 magnum during a live press conference.
I don't know if you can include Larry Flynt, creator of Hustler magazine, but he DID have a short run for President against Reagan and was a candidate for Governer of California after the Grey Davis recall.
MaterDei
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Vince Foster
-terry
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I've always thought that more liberals get assassinated by conservatives than the other way around. Wonder what this list shows.
ReadyontheRight
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Anton Cermak - Mayor of Chicago shot by Giuseppe Zangara in 1933 while he was riding in a car with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
As much as FDR did a lot of things I don't agree with, he had his car STOP after the shooting, he pulled Cermak on board and also talked the crown out of beating Zangra to death.
I guess that kind of leadership ended with Reagan walking himself into the hospital doors - out of the view of cameras - and then collapsing after being shot.
As much as FDR did a lot of things I don't agree with, he had his car STOP after the shooting, he pulled Cermak on board and also talked the crown out of beating Zangra to death.
I guess that kind of leadership ended with Reagan walking himself into the hospital doors - out of the view of cameras - and then collapsing after being shot.
ReadyontheRight
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His speech notes slowed down the .32 caliber bullet. He even delivered part of his speech after the shooting.
Joe Gunns
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Malcolm X.
ambidextrous1
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George Lincoln Rockwell - sometime in the 1960s - a big decade for killing of politically prominent persons.
RoadkingLarry
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I'm guessing a "wish list" would not be high road...
Just kidding.
Just kidding.
Educated Hillbilly
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[edit] Assassination of Governor William Goebel
The election of William S. Taylor as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the Republican Party ticket in 1899 was an unexpected turn of events. To date, this is the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky history. Supporters of William Goebel, his Democratic Party opponent, contested the election.
The Kentucky Senate formed a special Committee of Inquiry packed with Democratic members. As it became apparent to Taylor's supporters that the committee would decide in favor of Goebel, they raised an armed force. On January 19, 1900, more than 1,500 armed civilians took possession of the Capitol. For more than two weeks, the United States watched as the Commonwealth of Kentucky slid towards civil war. The presiding governor declared martial law and activated the official Kentucky militia.
On January 30, 1900, Goebel, accompanied by two bodyguards, was shot by a sniper as he approached the Capitol. Though mortally wounded, Goebel was sworn in as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky the next day. Goebel died from his wounds on February 3, 1900.
For nearly four months after Governor Goebel's death, Kentucky had two officials functioning as the commonwealth's chief executive: Taylor, who insisted he was the governor, and J. C. W. Beckham, running mate of Governor Goebel, who was sworn in when the latter died.
Governor Beckham requested federal aid to determine Kentucky's chief executive. The U.S. Supreme Court finally reached a decision on May 26, 1900, upholding the Commission's ruling that Goebel was in fact Kentucky's governor. Since his Lieutenant Governor (Beckham) had followed Kentucky's line of succession, Beckham was now Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Immediately following the court's decision, Taylor fled to Indiana. He was later indicted as one of the conspirators in the assassination of Governor Goebel. Attempts to extradite him failed, and Taylor remained in Indiana until he died.
The election of William S. Taylor as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the Republican Party ticket in 1899 was an unexpected turn of events. To date, this is the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky history. Supporters of William Goebel, his Democratic Party opponent, contested the election.
The Kentucky Senate formed a special Committee of Inquiry packed with Democratic members. As it became apparent to Taylor's supporters that the committee would decide in favor of Goebel, they raised an armed force. On January 19, 1900, more than 1,500 armed civilians took possession of the Capitol. For more than two weeks, the United States watched as the Commonwealth of Kentucky slid towards civil war. The presiding governor declared martial law and activated the official Kentucky militia.
On January 30, 1900, Goebel, accompanied by two bodyguards, was shot by a sniper as he approached the Capitol. Though mortally wounded, Goebel was sworn in as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky the next day. Goebel died from his wounds on February 3, 1900.
For nearly four months after Governor Goebel's death, Kentucky had two officials functioning as the commonwealth's chief executive: Taylor, who insisted he was the governor, and J. C. W. Beckham, running mate of Governor Goebel, who was sworn in when the latter died.
Governor Beckham requested federal aid to determine Kentucky's chief executive. The U.S. Supreme Court finally reached a decision on May 26, 1900, upholding the Commission's ruling that Goebel was in fact Kentucky's governor. Since his Lieutenant Governor (Beckham) had followed Kentucky's line of succession, Beckham was now Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Immediately following the court's decision, Taylor fled to Indiana. He was later indicted as one of the conspirators in the assassination of Governor Goebel. Attempts to extradite him failed, and Taylor remained in Indiana until he died.
Claude Clay
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brady.......thats 'bill' to you all
suprised no one got him earlier
suprised no one got him earlier
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Scorpiusdeus
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Care to explain?
Thernlund
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Double Naught Spy said:
Double Naught Spy said:
Double Naught Spy said:
What's your problem?
-T.
ambidextrous1
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Let's chill, guys - let it go. 
jnyork
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Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico.
This web page has an online copy of the book written about of the Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. I found it a very interesting story. Teddy was tough!
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21261
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21261
max popenker
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Sergey Kirov (a No.2 person to Stalin; shot by some looser in 1935 for cheating with looser's wife); his assassination started a whole wave of Stalin's terror against top-ranking Bolshevik party leaders.
LaEscopeta
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I believe he was shot by a Hindu extremist, who was opposed to Gandhi treating Muslims fairly.
Also, if this is a “list of political figures who have been shot” not just killed, shot in any circumstances (not just assassinations) and since today is Memorial Day, you can add the following (long but not complete):
Sen. Bob Dole (WWII Army, took three or four 8mm machine rounds.)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (WWII Army, lost an arm in WWII (from artillery fire? Does this count as being shot?))
Sen. Sam Ervin (WWI Army, resign (or loses) his officer’s commission due to poor performance, as an enlisted man goes on to earn the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts.)
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (Vietnam Marines)
Sen. Chuck Hagel (Vietnam Army)
Sen. Howell Heflin (WWII Marine)
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert (WWI Army)
Rep. Sam Johnson (Vietnam Air Force, POW)
Gov. Joseph Kernan (Vietnam Navy)
Sen. John Kerry (Vietnam Navy)
Rep. William M. Ketchum (WWII & Korea Army)
Rep. Jim Marshall (Vietnam Army)
Sen. Spark Matsunaga (WWII Army)
Sen. John McCain (Vietnam Navy)
Rep. Pete McCloskey (WWII Navy & Korea Marine)
Gov. Evan Mecham (WWII Army)
Rep. Robert H. Michel (WWII Army)
Gov. William G. Milliken (WWII Army Air Corps)
Rep. Parren J. Mitchell (WWII Army)
Gov. Arch A. Moore, Jr. (WWII Army)
Rep. Jack Murtha (Korea & Vietnam Marines)
Rep. William F. Nichols (WWII Army)
Rep. Steven B. Derounian (WWII Army)
Sen. Daniel Brewster (WWII Marine)
Rep. Duke Cunningham (Vietnam Navy)
(Not all of the above lived up the high standards of their service when holding elected office.)
Sources:
http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/purple-heart.html
http://www.nndb.com/honors/279/000043150/
Galen
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It may. If all of your contact is in private, then no I would not consider you a political figure. However, James Brady, and Martin Luther King Jr both were public figures that influenced politics. So I would consider them as political figures.
I don't know much about John Lennon, so I can't say.
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John Lennon was a peace activist and a major thorn in the side of the Nixon Administration due to his anti-war stance.
There were huge numbers of potential new voters influenced by John.
The possibility of taking votes away from Nixon got him deported (temporarily).
There is much more surrounding John Lennon's political maneuvers...too much to list here.
I think his killing counts as a political murder...considering the circumstances and his "base"
There were huge numbers of potential new voters influenced by John.
The possibility of taking votes away from Nixon got him deported (temporarily).
There is much more surrounding John Lennon's political maneuvers...too much to list here.
I think his killing counts as a political murder...considering the circumstances and his "base"
Gunnerpalace
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You guys forgot:
William I, Prince of Orange, of The Netherlands,
He was the first modern leader assassinated by a firearm.
William I, Prince of Orange, of The Netherlands,
He was the first modern leader assassinated by a firearm.
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