President Abraham Lincoln established the ______ on the day he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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President Lincoln established the United States Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the day he was assassinated. At the time, their primary role was to combat the counterfeiting of US currency. It was not until the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901 that the Secret Service began protecting the President of the United States.

President Abraham Lincoln Established the ______ on the Day He