The Open Door Policy in Lincoln's White House.

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(11-28-2019 03:08 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  And yet in that era of “openness” Lincoln was murdered. No president before him had been killed in office- though an attempt was made on Jackson. Maybe in the minds of people back then it was considered unthinkable even so. Potentially, if Booth wanted to easily kill Lincoln he might have done it using the open door policy. But then he would not have escaped. Lincoln did receive many death threats. I suppose he thought that if any of them were to be carried out they would have not been done by murdering him outright in his office. I’m sure he didn’t imagine being killed in a theater either.

Actually Booth wanted to do his assasination with a maximum audience around him. Going to Lincoln in the WH pretending being an applicant and be only in the Executive chamber with Lincoln, Hay, Nicolay and maybe a few others wasn't enough for his narcissistic ego. So that's why he wouldn't use the office hours.
Anyway numerous people loathed Lincoln. So it might well had happened.
Add to that that the president walked sometimes completely unattended around Washington. In fact Lincoln was very lucky. Even today there is not risk zero.