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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Concise Biography, History & Facts About Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President
Abraham Lincoln Lifespan: 1809 - 1865
Place of Birth - February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky
Term as President -  1861-1865 
Political Party - Republican
Vice President / Vice Presidents - Hannibal Hamlin (1861-5), Andrew Johnson (1865)
Abraham Lincoln Religion - Liberal
Abraham Lincoln, Military Experience - lead the US in the US Civil War, from 1861-1865

Name of Wife - Abraham Lincoln was married to Mary Todd Lincoln on November 4, 1842
They had 4 Children - Robert Todd (1843–1926), Edward Baker (1846–1850), William Wallace (1850–1862), Thomas “Tad” (1853–1871) 
Career of Abraham Lincoln - Politician, Statesman
Elected to Illinois State Legislature, 1834
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1847-49
Place of Death - April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after being shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, an actor
Abraham Lincoln was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Next President:
President Andrew Johnson

Major Events during his presidency

  • The Civil War that lasted from 1861-65

  • Eleven states seceded from the Union
  • Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January of 1863
  • Slavery was ended with thepassage of the 13th amendment
  • The Homestead Act was passed

Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President Abraham Lincoln

  • Description of President Abraham Lincoln - Height 6 feet 4 inches

  • Abraham Lincoln Age at Inauguration - 52 years old
  • Abraham Lincoln Nicknames - “Honest Abe” and “Illinois Rail-Splitter”
  • Born dirt-poor in a log cabin in Kentucky
  • Abraham Lincoln was largely self-educated
  • Abraham Lincoln taught himself law
  • Abraham Lincoln served for a time as a soldier in the Black Hawk War
  • Abraham Lincoln raised armed forces of nearly 3 million Northern soldiers to face a Southern army of over 2 million soldiers
  • His Gettysburg Address, delivered after the Battle of Gettysburg, is acknowledged to be among the great orations in American history
  • Abraham Lincoln Age at Death - 56 years old
  • A 60-foot (18 m) sculpture of his head is carved into Mount Rushmore
  • Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was Abraham Lincoln

President Coin or President Dollar Bill
The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and currency. Abraham Lincoln has appeared on the one cent piece or the quarter since 1909.

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