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Abraham Licoln
Born on the 12th of February -
1834-1839
Member of Illinois state legislature (Whig).1847 - Representative from Illinois (Whig) -
1837-1865
Held private law practice in Springfield, Illinois -
School
Lincoln didn't go to college. One of his early jobs was postmaster. He taught himself the law and became a lawyer. -
The Family
the family of lincoln he was married to Mary Todd LincolnOn this day in 1842 -
1854 - 1856
Kansas-Nebraska Act of candidate for Republican vice-presidential nomination. Publicly argued against 1854 -
1858
Unsuccessfully seeking election to Senate, engaged incumbent Stephen Douglas in series of debates (Lincoln-Douglas debates), accepting slavery in states where already practiced but criticizing Douglas' willingness to extend slavery into territories -
The effect
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, the leader who successfully prosecuted the Civil War to preserve the nation. He played in key role in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in America. As the war was ending, Lincoln became the first U.S. president to be assassinated. Prior to his election as president in 1860, he had successful careers as a lawyer and politician in Illinois, serving several terms in the state legislature and one in the U. -
1861-1865
16th president of US (1st Republican president). Oversaw Union during Civil War. Signed Homestead Act 1862 (granting public land to squatters after five years of settlement). Issued Emancipation Proclamation. As symbolic gesture, freed all slaves in secessionist states and regions). After battle of Gettysburg, delivered Gettysburg Address (dedicating Gettysburg battleground as monument to troops killed there) -
his term
March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 -
political party
The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election, held during the Civil War. -
1865
Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. Perennially ranked as one of the two or three greatest presidents
