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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky
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When Lincoln was 21 years old, him and his family relocated to Illinois
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Abraham Lincoln first began his political career by running for the Illinois General Assembly
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On November 4, 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd
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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president on November 6, 1860
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On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia
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On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address
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On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.