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The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his assassination and death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln was the first member of the recently established Republican Party elected to the presidency.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring farm, south of Hodgenville in Hardin County, Kentucky. His siblings were Sarah Lincoln Grigsby and Thomas Lincoln, Jr. After a land title dispute forced the family to leave in 1811, they relocated to Knob Creek farm, eight miles to the north.
The Gettysburg Address. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1863. On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner referred to the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called the Gettysburg Address a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note, nor ...
Knowing the Presidents: Abraham Lincoln. 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 ...
Abraham Lincoln - War Leader, Union Army, Emancipation Proclamation: As a war leader, Lincoln employed the style that had served him as a politician—a description of himself, incidentally, that he was not ashamed to accept. He preferred to react to problems and to the circumstances that others had created rather than to originate policies and lay out long-range designs. In candor he would ...
Abraham Lincoln. Date of Birth - Death February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865. Abraham Lincoln, decimosexto presidente de los Estados Unidos, nació cerca de Hodgenville, Kentucky, el 12 de febrero de 1809. Su familia se mudó a Indiana cuando él tenía siete años, y creció en el límite de la frontera. Tuvo muy poca educación formal, pero ...
Abraham Lincoln. (Hodgenville, Estados Unidos, 1809 - Washington, 1865) Abogado y político estadounidense que fue el decimosexto presidente de los Estados Unidos (1861-1865). Siempre evocado como el presidente que abolió la esclavitud, Abraham Lincoln es una de las figuras más admiradas de la historia estadounidense; la honestidad, la ...
