In the past 50 years the following Presidents, Senators or Congressmen have been either killed or seriously injured in attempts on their life while in office:
President John F. Kennedy - Nov. 22, 1963 Murdered in Dallas, TX
Senator Robert Kennedy - Jun. 6, 1968 Murdered in Los Angeles, CA
Representative Leo Ryan - Nov. 18, 1978 Murdered in Jonestown, Guyana
President Ronald Reagan - Mar. 30, 1981 Seriously wounded in Washington D.C.
Representative Larry McDonald (see photo) - Sep. 1, 1983 Shot Down in KAL Flight 007 over the sea of Japan.
Representative Gabrielle Giffords - Jan. 8, 2011 - Seriously wounded in Tuscon, AZ.
Notes: Rep. Giffords is the only woman Congressional History to have an attempt on her life.
Representatives Ryan and McDonald are the only Congressmen to be killed outside of the United States, unless you count the death of Oregon Senator Edward Baker who was killed in the confederate State of Virginia in 1861 during the Civil War.
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