John Frederick Parker

He is known to have, at first, stayed at his assigned post, but he later told family members that he was then released by Lincoln until the end of the play.

During the intermission, Parker went to a nearby tavern with Lincoln's valet and coachman, got drunk and fell asleep.

[7] It is unclear whether Parker ever returned to the theater, but he was not at his post when John Wilkes Booth shot the President.

Despite leaving his post the night Lincoln was shot, Parker was still assigned to work security at the White House.

Before Mary Todd Lincoln moved out of the White House following her husband's death, Parker was assigned as her bodyguard.

Mrs. Lincoln told Parker that she would always think he was responsible for the President's death and angrily dismissed him from the room.