5. The Secret Service was established on the day Lincoln was killed.
It was Hugh McCulloch, the Secretary of the Treasury, who suggested establishing the Secret Service. He presented his idea to Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Later that night, the president went to a theatre where he was shot in the head.
4. The Secret Service was not founded to protect the president.
Even if it had been created that morning, it wouldn’t have saved Lincoln’s life because its main purpose was to cope with counterfeiters and financial frauds. Actually, the organization still deals with such issues.