Abraham Lincoln Created The Secret Service The Day He Was Shot

On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. He’d die the next morning.

But also on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed into law a piece of legislation which created the Secret Service - the law enforcement agency charged with defending the President from, among other things, assassination attempts such as the one that befell Lincoln that evening.

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