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Lincoln was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Whig party
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Lincoln helps organize the Republican party and organizes it's first meeting.
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Even though everyone thought he looked unintelligent, he became a frontrunner for the Presidency after his speech about slavery
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Lincoln elected as the 16th president and the first Republican
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Lincoln convenes congress and calls the militia into action in reaction to 11 states seceding from the union
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The first true act that frees the slaves is issued.
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Signs a bill that admits West Virginia into the union.
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Proclaims the last Thursday of November shall be a day of thanks and peace for all Americans, no matter where they are in the world.
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Gives amnesty to those involved in the civil war in an order established to recreate unity throughout the country.
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President Lincoln is voted in to his second Presidential term
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Jon Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in the head during a play. He died the next morning and never awoke in between these two events.
