#Political-Violence
Events indexed under #Political-Violence — 23 entries in the record.
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Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Maryland Man Arrested on Attempted Murder Charges After Appearing at OMB Director Vought's Home Russell Vought · Colin Demarco · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-10 | Charlie Kirk Assassinated at Utah Valley University During Turning Point USA Event Charlie Kirk · Tyler Robinson · Donald Trump · JD Vance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-14 | Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Husband Assassinated, Senator John Hoffman and Wife Wounded Melissa Hortman (victim, killed) · Mark Hortman (victim, killed) · John Hoffman (victim, wounded) · Yvette Hoffman (victim, wounded) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's Mansion Set on Fire, Family Forced to Flee Josh Shapiro (Governor, victim) · Unknown arsonist | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | FBI launches task force investigating violent attacks on Tesla Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Issues Blanket Pardons and Commutations for ~1,500 January 6 Defendants Donald Trump · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Issues Mass Pardons to 1,500 January 6 Defendants Including Violent Offenders Donald Trump · Enrique Tarrio · Joe Biggs · Proud Boys · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-01 | ISIS-Inspired New Orleans Attack Kills 14 People on New Year's Day ISIS-inspired attacker · 14 victims | confirmed | |
| 2023-05-04 | Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for January 6 Proud Boys · Oath Keepers · Enrique Tarrio · Stewart Rhodes · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-22 | Trump Adopts 'Invasion' Rhetoric Mainstreaming Great Replacement Theory Before Midterms Donald Trump · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2000-11-22 | Brooks Brothers Riot: Republican Operatives Physically Stop Miami-Dade Recount Roger Stone · John Sweeney · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1968-06-05 | Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated in Los Angeles After California Primary Victory Robert F. Kennedy · Sirhan Sirhan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · LAPD | confirmed | |
| 1881-07-02 | Charles Guiteau Shoots President Garfield Over Patronage Denial James A. Garfield · Charles J. Guiteau · Chester A. Arthur · James Blaine | confirmed | |
| 1874-12-07 | Vicksburg Massacre: White League Kills 150-300 Black Citizens, Overthrows Sheriff White League · Peter Crosby · Andrew J. Gilmer · Ulysses S. Grant | confirmed | |
| 1874-09-14 | Battle of Liberty Place: White League Stages Armed Coup Against Louisiana Government White League · James Longstreet · William Pitt Kellogg · Ulysses S. Grant · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1874-08-30 | Coushatta Massacre: White League Assassinates Entire Republican Parish Government White League · Dick Coleman · Thomas Floyd · Marshall Twitchell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1865-12-24 | Ku Klux Klan Founded as Terrorist Organization to Restore White Supremacy Nathan Bedford Forrest · Confederate Veterans · Calvin E. Jones · John B. Kennedy · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1865-04-14 | John Wilkes Booth Assassinates Lincoln in Coordinated Conspiracy to Decapitate Union Government After Confederate Defeat John Wilkes Booth · Abraham Lincoln · Lewis Powell · George Atzerodt · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1859-10-16 | John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid Exposes Slave Power's Armed Defense of Institutional Capture John Brown · Robert E. Lee · James Buchanan · U.S. Marines · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1856-05-24 | Pottawatomie Massacre Escalates Bleeding Kansas Violence, 29 Dead in Three Months John Brown · Pottawatomie Rifles · Pro-slavery settlers · Free-State settlers | confirmed | |
| 1856-05-22 | Preston Brooks Beats Charles Sumner on Senate Floor, Southern Elite Celebrates Violence Preston Brooks · Charles Sumner · Andrew Butler · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1855-03-30 | Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence David Rice Atchison · Border Ruffians · Franklin Pierce · Kansas Territorial Government | confirmed | |
| 1804-07-11 | Hamilton-Burr Duel Demonstrates Elite Violence and Honor Culture Replacing Law Aaron Burr · Alexander Hamilton · Federalist Party · Democratic-Republican Party | confirmed |