Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've Got a Secret game show. Mr. Seymour (March 28, 1860 – April 12, 1956) was actually 95 years of age at the time of this appearance instead of 96.

Host: Garry Moore
Panelists from left to right: Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, Lucile Ball

I realize that clips from this show are available elsewhere on YouTube, but I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to put it on my channel and share it with those of you who may not have already seen it. I have also added an excerpt of the article mentioned to the end of the video which sheds a little more light on Mr. Seymour's horrifying experience.

Public domain footage.

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[CTS]

Hearing someone say they were born in 1860 is insane

[jmiller]

So he lived through 4 depressions, 2 World Wars, witnessed the invention of the light bulb, the automobile, invention of aircraft, and last saw Lincoln alive. Someone needs his life story in a book.

[kiplangatbett]

The fact he fell and injured his head and still chose to show up to the interview for me to watch it 77years later I have mad respect for him.

[MrLeeStories]

I know he is no longer with us, but could you imagine being able to say you are the last person alive that witnessed Abe’s assassination? Man. History right there.

[decam]

When a 96 year-old wants to go on TV.
You let him.

[liambrooks]

The fact that this guy even saw Lincoln is incredible.

[kydost]

Dude fell down the stairs and gave himself a black eye at 95 years old, and still went on this game show to tell that he was the last & only witness to Lincoln's assassination. LEGEND.

[errans_luxx]

"Was this man President?" "Yes, I think he was once." Sharp as a tack at 96.

[PirateRadioDude]

This man was born 162 years ago. He lived through two world wars, the Great Depression, and was an eyewitness to the Lincoln assassination. He went on TV which wasnt a thing when he was in his youth to tell his story, and that story is still being seen now in 2022. Mind blowing.

[astatauri]

The $80 dollars he was given from the show is equivalent to about $766 dollars today

[mulletsrule]

This man saw the civil war, Two world wars, the spanish flu, the invention of the car, the radio, the television, and the phone. What a wild life

[daehr]

Thank you, Mr. Seymour, for insisting to come onto the show. I sit here, 70 years later, watching you on TV. The information passed on from you to us today is priceless. Thank you for coming on even though you had a shiner!!!

[diogodavid]

This is so crazy. Here I am, in 2018, watching a TV show from 1956 that had as a guest someone who witnessed a 1865 event.

[camo]

Just think for a second, this man’s grandparents could have lived through the American revolution, that’s amazing.

[DeanCole]

That is absolutely amazing that someone who witnessed Lincoln getting shot was on a TV game show in the 1950s.

[tommyl.dayandtherunaways]

There were multiple living Revolutionary War veterans in 1865, the last one, John Gray, lived until 1868. A baby born in 1956 would be about 67 years old today. This man could have met someone who was there at the founding of the nation, and a person still alive now in the present day.

[TheJiggs]

This man lived through the Civil War, WW1 and WW2...what a life.

[GAPSYOO]

This dude fell down the stairs and still wanted to go onto the show

[co]

Imagine witnessing the death of Abraham Lincoln and later going on a game show about it. It seems almost as it's time travel. That's insane.

[komi-origami]

It’s crazy the amount of historical events this gentleman lived