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Birth/Early life
his place of birth was Hodgenville, Kentucky -
Early Life
he moved to Indiana -
Early Life
his family moved to Macon County in southern Illinois and Lincoln got a job working on a river flatboat hauling freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. -
Adult Life
Lincoln became involved in local politics as a supporter of the Whig Party, winning election to the Illinois state legislature -
Adult Life
Lincoln moved to Springfield to work as a lawyer. -
Adult Life
He met Mary Todd, a well-to-do Kentucky belle with many suitors. they got married. -
Adult Life
Lincoln won election to the U.S. House of Representatives and began serving his term the following year. -
Adult Life
Lincoln was unpopular with many Illinois voters for his strong stance against the U.S. war with Mexico. Promising not to seek reelection, he returned to Springfield. -
Adult Life
With the Whig Party in ruins, Lincoln joined the new Republican Party–formed largely in opposition to slavery’s extension into the territories and ran for the Senate again that year -
Death of Abraham
On the night of April 14, the actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth slipped into the president’s box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and shot him point-blank in the back of the head. Lincoln was carried to a boardinghouse across the street from the theater, but he never regained consciousness, and died in the early morning hours.
