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Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1865. Sixteenth President, 1861–1865. Personal Information. In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky and grew up in Indiana.
For the full article, see assassination of Abraham Lincoln . assassination of Abraham Lincoln, (April 14, 1865) Murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the U.S., at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. The assassination occurred only days after the surrender at Appomattox Court ...
Facts. Also Known As. The Rail-splitter • The Great Emancipator • Honest Abe. Born. February 12, 1809 • near Hodgenville • Kentucky. Died. April 15, 1865 (aged 56) • Washington, D.C. • United States. Title / Office. presidency of the United States of America (1861-1865), United States • House of Representatives (1847-1849), United ...
President Lincoln dies at 7:22 a.m. At his bedside, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton remarks, "Now he belongs to the ages." Having broken his right fibula while jumping to the stage at Ford's Theatre, Booth stops at the house of Dr. Samuel Mudd near Bryantown, Maryland, to have his leg splinted and bandaged.
亚伯拉罕·林肯 （英語： Abraham Lincoln ， / ˈlɪŋkən / LINK-ən ；1809年2月12日—1865年4月15日），美国政治人物、军事家、律师，是 第16任美国总统 （1861－1865年）。. 作为总统，林肯领导了美国经历其历史上最为惨烈的战争和最为严重的道德、宪政和政治危机 ...
Within days of his death, his life was being compared to Jesus Christ. Lincoln was portrayed to a worshipping public as a self-made man, the liberator of the slaves, and the savior of the Union who had given his life so that others could be free. President Lincoln became Father Abraham, a near mythological hero, "lawgiver" to African Americans ...
Always a Westerner. Born in Hodgensville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809, Lincoln was considered a Westerner, and a Washington outsider when he was elected president. Prior to the Civil War, he served four terms in the Illinois state legislature and his most notable political accomplishment had been his failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 1858.
