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4 days ago · 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 States. Lincoln and his cabinet.
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4 days ago · All this time, Lincoln had been reading and talking to people and listening to their concerns. He taught himself mathematics. He read great books. All of these things put him in good stead for another run for political office, and he did just that in 1834, winning a seat in the Illinois General Assembly, as a member of the relatively new Whig ...
14 hours ago · Abraham Lincoln ( / ˈlɪŋkən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
- April 15, 1865 (aged 56), Washington, D.C., U.S.
- James Buchanan
- February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm, Kentucky, U.S.
- Andrew Johnson
3 days ago · In the 1840s and 1850s, Lincoln studied the leading theorists of his day, including Henry Carey and John Stuart Mill, whose ideas informed Lincoln’s thinking about the legitimate objects of government, one of which was “protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it.”
3 days ago · Perfect for readers of Lincoln on the Verge and TheField of Blood, Wide Awake bears witness to the power of protest, the fight for majority rule, and the defense of free speech. At its core, Wide Awake illuminates a question American democracy keeps posing, about the precarious relationship between violent speech and violent actions.
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4 days ago · ISBN: 9780780808232. Contains primary source selections including essays, proclamations, letters, eulogies, poems, and songs to illustrate Abraham Lincoln's life, presidency, and legacy. The Assassination of President Lincoln: A Sermon by Nathan Henry Chamberlain. Call Number: Online - free - Internet Archive.
3 days ago · Since the Civil War, Americans have remembered Lincoln's presidential humor as ‘wholly positive and benign’, but during his lifetime that was far from true (p. 122). In the president, Democrats perceived not a wit, but a witless. One of the joys of reading the book is proximity to Lincoln.
