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The year is 1835. The current president feels eerily similar to the president in this story, just less accomplished.

President Andrew Jackson exited the funeral of South Carolina Representative Warren Davis. Jackson left, leaning on his cane to support his aging, frail body. As he exited with a group of military officers and congressmen, a deranged, disgruntled English born painter named Richard Lawrence stepped forward.

Lawrence pointed a single shot pistol directly at Jackson, but it misfired. Terrified, the painter revealed a second pistol, but that also misfired.

Jackson and his supporters began their counter attack, Jackson swinging his cane at the would be assassin, landing several blows.

Congressman Davey Crocket (yes that one), and Navy Lt. Thomas Gedney tackled Lawrence to the floor and subdued him.

Jackson was rushed off to the White House. This was America’s first known assassination attempt on a U.S. president.

Lawrence was later revealed to be mild mannered, and someone who appeared to be suffering from delusions and mental health issues. The assassination attempt would begin to play out as a political drama. It prompted Jackson to believe there was a conspiracy by his political opponents, The Whig Party, specifically George Poindexter who had a strange loose connection to Lawrence. Other speculated it was Jackson’s VP who had recently switched parties and stated Jackson was a Caesar who needed his own Brutus.

It was later revealed by firearms experts that Lawrence’s weapons were loaded properly and fired properly the first time when retried. Firearms experts say the likelihood of both pistols misfiring is 125,000:1.

I may do a series of a historical based fiction (much like the Manhunt Series) that details the assassination attempt from the perspective of Richard Lawrence, let me know if you’d be interested in that!