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- Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, who successfully prosecuted the Civil War to preserve the nation. He played in key role in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which officially ended slavery in America. Murdered by John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln became the first U.S. president to be assassinated.
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- February 12, 1809
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- 1830
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- 1836
- November 4, 1842
- 1846–49
- 1854
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Abraham Lincoln is born in a one-room cabin in the woods near Hodgenville, Kentucky, the son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He is one of three children, but his brother dies as an infant.
The family moves to Indiana, where Lincoln’s father builds them a cabin. The family farms, fishes, and hunts.
Lincoln’s mother dies when he is nine years old. His father remarries the next year, and Abraham gets along well with his stepmother. Neither his father nor his stepmother can read much, but his stepmother encourages him to learn. He is rarely able to attend school, but he loves reading.
At age 21 Lincoln helps his family move to Illinois by driving their team of oxen on the 200-mile (320-kilometer) trek. In the next years he works splitting rails (in other words, cutting up logs to make fences) and as a postmaster and member of a boat crew.
Lincoln runs for his first political office, in the Illinois state legislature, and loses. He wins election in his second attempt, in 1834, and then wins reelection three times thereafter.
Lincoln becomes a lawyer, taking on cases involving everything from small disputes to murder. During a murder trial a witness says that he could see Lincoln’s client commit the crime in the bright moonlight. Lincoln wins the case by proving that the Moon had set on that date and time, and therefore it was too dark for the witness to see anything.
At age 33, Lincoln marries 23-year-old Mary Todd after a long courtship and a broken engagement. They go on to have four sons, only one of whom lives to adulthood.
Lincoln wins election to the U.S. House of Representatives. During his two-year term, he introduces legislation to end slavery in the District of Columbia.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, which proposes allowing settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they will allow slavery in their territories, brings Lincoln back into politics.
Oct 29, 2009 · Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.
Key events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. (more) Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville , Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United ...
- Abraham Lincoln (16) Event Timeline. 03/04/1861-04/14/1865. 05/16/1860. The Republican National Convention convenes in Chicago. The platform condemns proposals to allow slavery in U.S. Territories and calls reopening of the African slave trade "a crime against humanity."
- 1861. 01/09/1861. Mississippi secedes followed by Alabama (1/11), Georgia (1/19), Louisiana (1/26), Texas (2/1). 02/04/1861 – 03/16/1861. First session of Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1862. 01/27/1862. War Order #1 Directs that February 22 be a day for “general movement” of forces against the insurgents. 02/14/1862. Executive Order relating to Political Prisoners directs release of prisoners suspected or accused of treason provided they agree to provide no aid or comfort to the enemies.
- 1863. 01/01/1863. Proclamation 95—Regarding the Status of Slaves in States Engaged in Rebellion Against the United States [Emancipation Proclamation]. 02/24/1863.
Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional union, defeating the insurgent Confederacy, playing a major role in the abolition of slavery, expanding the power of the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy .
