 I am not forgetting President Ford's two experiences with assassination attempts either, even though he was not all that controversial as president, in my opinion. Even George Wallace, who was not even close to being someone I respected, paid for his run at the presidency by spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair after his run-in with a political nutcase. Oh yes, and there was Bobby Kennedy, who paid for his run at the presidency in 1968 with his life.