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Birth
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th in Kentucky. -
Carrer
Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer on September 9, 1836. -
Abraham Lincoln gets married
Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd Lincoln in 1842 and they had 4 children. -
Politic career
In 1847, Lincoln takes seat in U.S. House of Representatives. -
Presidency
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th president of the United States. -
Freeing slaves
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
on January 1, 1863 freeing slaves in the United States. -
Re-elected
In 1864, Lincoln is elected president of the United States for the second time. -
Death
On April 14, John Wilkes assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s theatre in Washington, D.C.