He was the target of the first attempted assassination of a US president.
- John Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
Andrew Jackson. In 1835 Richard Lawrence, who thought Jackson was preventing him being King of England, attempted to shoot Jackson. Jackson beat him badly with his cane after his pistols misfired.
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