In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawrence_(failed_assassin)" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)">Richard Lawrence</a> attempts to shoot president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.