Of the individuals mentioned above, all of these men either attempted to or actually managed to assassinate a political figure in our history. Some of these figures were better known than others, but were well known by American society at the time. A brief description on the background of each of these men will provide the base level data for our analysis. Each of them will also be characterized due to their prior history and background using models provided by those who psychoanalyzed assassins and their profiles.

John Wilkes Booth was born in a log cabin near Bel Air, Maryland on May 10, 1838. The son of Junius Brutus Booth and Mary Ann Holmes had stood in the shadow of his father, t

Of the above classifications, most of the individuals that are highlighted in this report were included in Clarke's study. John Wilkes Booth and Sirhan Sirhan were both placed in the Political category, Lee Harvey Oswald in the Egocentric, Carl Weiss and James Earl Ray were placed in the Atypical category, and the others were not classified. John Hinckley Jr. and Leon F. Czolgosz, per the background mentioned above, would fall in to the categories of Insane and Political, respectively.

Leon F. Czolgosz was born in Detroit to Polish parents in 1873. Poor, reclusive, and often unemployed, he left school after five and a half years and worked at various jobs and later drifted to Chicago and became interested in the socialist movement. Two weeks before he traveled to Buffalo, Czolgosz attended a lecture given by the nation's most notorious anarchist leader, Emma Goldman. She spoke of the struggle between the classes and why the time had come for action against government. It has been analyzed by some writers that because of the industrial revolution producing no real improvements in working conditions or rights of general workers, Czolgosz decided to take action of his own.

Of the men assassinated (or nearly assassinated), four of the seven men were presidents, two were Senators that were presidential candidates or hopeful candidates, and one was a civil rights leader. Political parties were both Democrat and Republican, which may show that both parties generate enemies equally.

„h Atypical assassins - those that do not fit in the other 4 classifications

„h Egocentric assassins - overwhelming & aggressive need for acceptance, recognition, & status

In summary, the events and individuals described above has shown that there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that an assassin is a "different breed" of person. In fact, in my endeavors to find research on these men and the facts behind the actual assassinations, it seems that everyone out there has their own story, even those considered to be reputable sources of information in this country. Statistically, there leaves no doubt that any one person could graphically show any similarities or differences they want to, but based on subjective or fictional information.

The two men that recent experiences apparently did not affect in their assassination attempt were John Hinckley Jr., whom was diagnosed early on as having mental illness, and with Sirhan Sirhan, who may have had a less than perfect childhood but had no known recent events that had contributed to the assassination.

The U.S. Secret Service recently

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