John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was the American actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. He was a member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and a well-known actor in his own right.[1] He was also a Confederatesympathizer, vehement in his denunciation of Lincoln and strongly opposed to the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Category:Last Name Booth
Category:Born 1838
Category:Died 1865