How and why does the Henry Ford Museum have Lincoln’s assassination chair?

Posted on December 28, 2009 by admin

I live right by the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn MI and I have always wondered how we received Abraham Lincoln’s assassination chair (the chair he was sitting in when she was killed). Does anyone know how the museum inherited this chair. Also, is this the 100% actual chair that he was killed in? Thanks in advance!

i thought that pres lincoln was assassinated at the ford theater. maybe they turned it into a museum. he was sitting on the top balcony.

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2 Responses to How and why does the Henry Ford Museum have Lincoln’s assassination chair?

  1. karlito says:
    December 28, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    I think that Ford might have bought it straight up. I’ve always liked their presidential limousines! I believe that it has been reupholstered.
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  2. Queen Bee says:
    December 28, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    i thought that pres lincoln was assassinated at the ford theater. maybe they turned it into a museum. he was sitting on the top balcony.
    References :