Hvem daterede John Wilkes Booth?

John Wilkes Booth (født 10. maj 1838, død 26. april 1865) var den amerikanske skuespiller, der myrdede præsident Abraham Lincoln den 14. april 1865 under forestillingen Our American Cousin i Ford's Theatre i Washington D.C.. Han råbte: "Sic semper tyrannis" – sådan går det altid tyrannerne.

Lucy Lambert Hale (January 1, 1841 – October 15, 1915) was the daughter of U.S. Senator John Parker Hale of New Hampshire, and was a noted Washington, D.C., society belle. She attracted many admirers including Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Robert Todd Lincoln; and stage actor and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth, to whom she was secretly engaged. Lucy's photograph was found in Booth's pocket after Sergeant Boston Corbett mortally wounded Booth 12 days after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

Hale later married William E. Chandler, a future United States Senator and United States Secretary of the Navy.