John Wilkes Booth

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John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer best known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor
assassin
human
stage actor
activeIn 19th-century American theatre
allegiance Confederate States of America (sympathizer)
burialPlace Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
capturedAt Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
committedCrime conspiracy against the United States government
murder of Abraham Lincoln
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfAssassination 1865-04-14
dateOfBirth 1838-05-10
dateOfDeath 1865-04-26
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Booth
father Junius Brutus Booth
fledFrom Ford's Theatre after shooting Abraham Lincoln
fullName John Wilkes Booth
gender male
givenName John
historicalPeriod American Civil War era
killedBy Boston Corbett
languagesSpoken English
mannerOfDeath gunshot wound
memberOf Booth theatrical family
mother Mary Ann Holmes Booth
nationality American
notableEvent assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 1865-04-14
notableFor assassination of Abraham Lincoln
notableWork performances in Shakespearean plays
occupation stage actor
theatre actor
performedIn Shakespearean tragedies
theatres across the United States
perpetrated assassination of Abraham Lincoln
placeOfAssassination Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfBirth Bel Air, Maryland, United States
placeOfDeath Near Port Royal, Virginia, United States
planned kidnapping plot against Abraham Lincoln
politicalAlignment Confederate sympathizer
religion Protestantism
sibling Edwin Booth
Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
targetOfAssassination Abraham Lincoln
usedWeapon Derringer pistol


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