Talk:List of assassinated American politicians

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Contents 1 added __NOEDITSECTION__ 2 Joseph Smith jr. 3 who are they all 4 Changes 5 MLK 6 George Lincoln Rockwell? 7 Diplomats 8 Recent events 9 Alexander Hamilton? 10 Organizagtion 11 Reported Reasons/Motives

[edit] added __NOEDITSECTION__

I turned off the edit function for individual sections because the pictures were pushing all of the edit links down to the bottom all bunched up on one line, at least in Firefox. The __NOEDITSECTION__ tag can be removed once there is enough content in each section to allow the pictures room to breathe.--Old Hoss 19:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Smith jr.

He was not a politician, but a figure in a religious movement. He does not belong on this page.

He was mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois and a presidential candidate in 1844 (Smith Family). Ben Webber 03:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] who are they all

Wouldn't it be better to have (president) or whatever after each of their names? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SpookyMulder (talk • contribs) 14:25, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Yes, this should indicate the office held by each. A table format would be nice, as well. Unschool (talk) 22:54, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, well I've changed the format to at table. I've picked a sortable table, of course, but that bears explaining a couple of things. I've listed the names in Family Name, Given Name order, so as to faciliate the alphabetical sorting that some might want to do. For much the same reason I've placed the year of death, but not the date: so that one can easily place them in chronological order. I'm certainly open to any criticism, but I think that this makes the information much easier to access than the old format. Unschool (talk) 03:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, one other thing. Normally in an article we do not keep wikilinking a word each time it is repeated, we just do it the first time. I have chosen to handle this differently. Why? Because, once the table gets resorted, what was once the first incidence of the word "Congressman" may now be somewhere else in the table. Unschool (talk) 03:50, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changes

Joseph Smiths should be taken off; he's a religious figure, not a politician?

The man killed by Byron Looper should be added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.84.220.161 (talk) 17:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MLK

Martin Luther King was certainly a political leader, no? He wasn't an elected official, obviously, but it that the only criteria? Malcolm X should probably be there too... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.127.51.82 (talk) 03:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think civil rights leaders fall into the category of 'politician'. Politically active, certainly, but not politicians. Their inclusion would change the subject of the list. Lilitou (talk) 18:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

In September 1967 about 2000 people met in Chicago as the National Conference for a New Politics and considered forming a third party with MLK as their presidential candidate. In fact, the effort did not go forward, but MLK probably would have run if it had--he addressed the meeting. Dblobaum (talk) 22:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] George Lincoln Rockwell?

Why is Rockwell in this list? How does he meet the criteria? He was the leader of a small fringe group, was never elected or appointed to any political post. Dblobaum (talk) 22:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diplomats

Would diplomat count as an appointed position? Many US diplomats have been assassinated over the years. Mikebar (talk) 10:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

diplomats are not politicians, as per the title of the article. Kransky (talk) 10:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recent events

Shouldn't this list include the officials who were victims of Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton's shooting in Kirkwood, MO on February 7th?

• Kenneth Yost, Public Works Director
• Michael H.T. Lynch, City Council Member
• Connie Karr, City Council Member

24.196.90.38 (talk) 05:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander Hamilton?

Paul Wellstone? Wut? Dirtysocks (talk) 02:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I think Alexander Hamilton's death wouldn't be considered an assassination because if I remember correctly, duels are not considered assassinations. Wellstone died in a plane crash that was in no way proved to be an assassination, se he doesn't belong on the list either. HaItsNotOver (talk) 04:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Organizagtion

The chart would be easier to put into context if it were in chronological order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.164.229.88 (talk) 17:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reported Reasons/Motives

This page would be more useful if there was an additional column that listed the reported reason(s) or motive(s) of the assasin(s). Patterns might be discerned that could indicate why assasinations occur. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoda2000 (talk • contribs) 18:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)