American presidential politics has been punctuated by violence from its early days, from the infamous duel between then-Vice President Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy, and attempts on a number of other presidents.
Trump joins Roosevelt, Bush as former presidents who faced assassination attempts
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