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Lincoln Elected
Lincoln was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Whig party -
Founds Republicans
Lincoln helps organize the Republican party and organizes it's first meeting. -
Speech At Cooper Union
Even though everyone thought he looked unintelligent, he became a frontrunner for the Presidency after his speech about slavery -
Elected
Lincoln elected as the 16th president and the first Republican -
Calls militia and Convenes congress
Lincoln convenes congress and calls the militia into action in reaction to 11 states seceding from the union -
Issues Preliminary Emancipation Proclomation
The first true act that frees the slaves is issued. -
Signs West Virginia In
Signs a bill that admits West Virginia into the union. -
Lincoln creates Thanksgiving
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. -
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
Gives amnesty to those involved in the civil war in an order established to recreate unity throughout the country. -
Lincoln Re-elected
President Lincoln is voted in to his second Presidential term -
Lincoln Shot
Jon Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in the head during a play. He died the next morning and never awoke in between these two events.
