Liam Neeson was pegged as Abe Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's 2009 movie version of the great Doris Kearns Goodwin biography/history lesson, 'Team of Rivals'. Now there are rumors that Harrison Ford will join the project as Lincoln's less successful successor, Andrew Johnson.
It is not generally remembered, but the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was part of a larger conspiracy. Not only was Booth set to kill Lincoln, a couple co-conspirators were sent to kill the Vice President, Andrew Johnson, and the Sec. of State, William Seward.