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While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 14, 1912, Roosevelt was shot by John Schrank. Lesser-known than the Lincoln assassination is the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt. Six-and-a-half year old Teddy Roosevelt witnessed, from the window of his grandfather’s home, the somber funeral procession making its way through the streets of New York City on April 25, 1865. In several cities, including New York City, public funeral services were held. Library of Congress Roosevelt and Lincoln's Funeral TrainĪfter Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, the country mourned his death as his body made its way back to Springfield, Illinois during a 13-day, 1,654-mile train journey through seven states. The Lincoln funeral procession passing by a young Theodore Roosevelt's grandfather's home