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Treasury Agent and the Officeholder Myth Incites Presidents
History shows that assassins act against the office more than the man. The piece recounts the 1933 Roosevelt shooting by Zangara in Miami and the 1950 Blair House attack on Truman by Collazo and Torresola, detailing motives, actions, outcomes, and legal consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Collazo
Harry S. Truman
White House
Mister Truman
United States
Collazo
Secret Service
Joseph J. Ellis
Washington
Miami
Bayfront Park
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
FDR
Nourmahal
Vincent Astor
Miami Pier
Italy
Giuseppe Zangara
Zangara
Hoover
Roosevelt
R. B. Gautier
George E. Hussey
Cermak
New York
Raiford
Florida
Griselio Torresola
Truman
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Torresola
Union Station
Treasury Building
Pennsylvania
State Department
Executive Offices
Donald T. Birdzell
Birdzell
Colazzo
East Booth
Joseph O. Davidson
Floyd M. Boring
Boring
Davidson
Leslie Coffelt
Coffelt
Joseph H. Downs
Stewart Stout
Downs
United States District Court