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Originally Posted by The Third Man
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John Wilkes Booth: Protestant Republican (nativist)
Charles J. Guiteau: Republican (who, in fact, worked on James Garfield's campaign and was at the Republican National Committee in 1880, and shot Garfield out of his own misled belief that he had caused him solely to win the election)
Leon Czolgosz: Anarchist
Lee Harvey Oswald: Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front member (anti-Castro league; Oswald was also affiliated with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, which, although it originally supported Castro, turned against him following his open remarks about Marxism and his nationalizing of the country's assets; evidently wasn't that much of a leftist since he also, you know, assassinated President Kennedy...)
Shall I cover attempted assassinations for you as well?