1. Assassinations and the U.S.
Secret Service

2. objective
• identify the role of the Secret Service and
discuss intelligently the various
assassinations/assassins in America’s
history.

3. successful assassinations
• Abraham Lincoln
– John Wilkes Booth
• James A. Garfield
– Charles J. Guiteau
• William McKinley
– Leon Czolgosz
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy
– Lee Harvey Oswald

5. attempted assassinations
• Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln,
Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Harry Truman,
JFK, Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter,
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill
Clinton, George W. Bush

6. the role of the secret service
• Two roles:
– Investigating counterfeiting of U.S.
currency and treasury bonds &
investigation of major fraud.
– Protective roles, ensuring the safety
of national VIPs.

7. history of the Secret Service
• formed in 1865.
• did not begin protecting presidents until
after McKinley assassination (third
presidential assassination)