Four Presidents have been assassinated in US History and there have been more attempted assassinations. These assassination attempts have happened in every part of the country - and in the case of George W. Bush, outside of the US as well. So, here is today's question, off of Pocket Trivia: US History: Which of these cities never saw a Presidential assassination attempt? Was it Boston, San Fransisco, Sacramento or Buffalo?
California was a bad state for Gerald Ford - within three weeks, he was the victim of two attempted assassination attempts. In Sacramento, Squeaky Fromme attempted to fire on President Ford while he was walking to the California Capitol Building to give a speech, but a Secret Service agent was able to stop Fromme from firing. Three weeks later, in San Fransisco, Sara Jane Moore was able to actually fire at Ford, but a former Marine, Oliver Sipple, was able to deflect Moore's arm and the shot hit six inches above and to the right of Ford's head.
Buffalo was actually the site of a Presidential assassination, not just an attempt - in 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition, President William McKinley was assassination by Leon Czolgosz.
Thus, the answer is Boston. Despite being home to the Kennedy family, no President has ever seen an attempt on their life in the city.
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