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Abraham Lincoln Timeline
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1809
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky -
1830
When Lincoln was 21 years old, him and his family relocated to Illinois -
1832
Abraham Lincoln first began his political career by running for the Illinois General Assembly -
1842
On November 4, 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd -
1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president on November 6, 1860 -
1862
On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia -
1863
On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address -
1865
On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.