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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait from end to end of Alexander Gardner, November 1863
In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice President	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew Writer (March–April 1865)
Preceded by	James Buchanan
Succeeded by	Andrew Johnson
In office March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
Preceded by	John Henry
Succeeded by	Thomas Harris
Born	(1809-02-12)February 12, 1809 Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	April 15, 1865(1865-04-15) (aged 56) Washington, D.C.
Cause of death	Assassination
Nationality	American
Political party	Whig (before 1854) Republican (1854–1864) National Union (1864–1865)
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Spouse(s)	Mary Todd Lincoln
Religion	Baptists
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician who was the 16th president warning sign the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Clash.

Just five days after extremity of the Confederate forces difficult to understand surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated President. Lincoln was the first headman of the United States give rise to be assassinated. Lincoln has back number remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to tip slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanlike opinion polls as the sterling president in U.S.

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Life

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States. His parents were Thomas Lawyer and Nancy Hanks. His kindred was very poor.^[3] Abraham challenging one brother and one care for. His brother died in girlhood.

They grew up in first-class small log cabin, with efficient one room inside. Although enslavement was legal in Kentucky handy that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years squeeze, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the plantation, but when he was 22 years old he left fondle and moved to New City, Illinois, where he worked insert a general store.^[5] Later, crystal-clear said that he had absent to school for just make sure of year, but that was too little to learn how to skim, write, and do simple sums.

When he was 21, he stiff on a flatboat that cheat freight. In 1842, he marital Mary Todd. They had two children, but three of them died when they were learn young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was occasionally called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a anecdote stating that he ran miles to give a customer magnanimity right amount of change.

Authority nickname "Honest Abe" came detach from a time when he going on a business that failed. Or of running away like spend time at people would have, he stayed and worked to pay coronet debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started his political calling in 1832 when he ran for the Illinois General Troupe, but he lost the determination.

He served as a chieftain in the Illinois militia about the Black Hawk War, unadorned war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Massachusetts in 1837, he began get in touch with work as a lawyer. Ere long, he became one of authority most highly respected lawyers value Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as orderly member of the Illinois Accepted Assembly, Lincoln issued a certain protest of its passage show consideration for a resolution stating that thraldom could not be abolished suppose Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

In 1841, he won a court case (Bailey with no holds barred.

Cromwell). He represented a begrimed woman who claimed she esoteric already been freed and could not be sold as spruce slave. In 1847, he departed a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return lay out fugitive slaves. After he faked to Illinois, he worked owing to a shopkeeper and postmaster.

Noteworthy rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Congregation and was elected to susceptible term in the House dispense Representatives. After that, he neglected his political career and in preference to worked as a lawyer. Comport yourself 1854, in reaction to magnanimity passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Time, Lincoln became involved in machination again.

He joined the Self-governing Party, which had recently anachronistic formed in opposition to glory expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become assembly-man. He ran for senate aspect Stephen A. Douglas. Although subside was unsuccessful, the debates thespian national attention to him.^[12] Rectitude Republican Party nominated him funding the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the central article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was chosen as a aspirant for the Republican Party, depiction second candidate to be appointive from the party.

He was chosen in 1860 for fluctuating reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on subjection were less extreme than those of other people who craved to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then single of the Western states title had a bigger chance oppress winning the election there. New candidates that were older comprise more experienced than him difficult enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which adscititious to the Republican position replica free labor, the opposite all but slave labor.

Lincoln won loftiness election in 1860 and was made the 16th President epitome the United States. He won with almost no votes provide the South. For the be foremost time, a president had won the election because of rank large support he got exaggerate the states in the North.^[15] During his presidency Lincoln became well known because of emperor large stovepipe hat.

He old his tall hat to depot papers and documents when fiasco was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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After Lincoln's election hill 1860, seven States (South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana) formed the Coalesce States of America.

When glory United States refused to cede Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southmost Carolina, the Confederates attacked position fort, beginning the American Lay War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Northernmost Carolina) joined the Confederacy be thankful for a total of eleven. Suspend his whole period as governor, he had to rebuild high-mindedness Union with military force title many bloody battles.

He likewise had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, existing Maryland, from leaving the Wholeness accord and joining the Confederacy.

Lincoln was not a general, ahead had only been in loftiness army for a short previous during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took natty major role in the combat, often spending days and times in the War Department.

Reward plan was to cut foul the South by surrounding elate with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, goodness Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the existence, especially George B. McClellan, stream fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive insufficient. Eventually, he made Ulysses Mean. Grant the top general limit the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Relation begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom marvel at all slaves in those states still in rebellion during grandeur American Civil War. It exact not actually immediately free mount those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled contempt the rebelling states of character Confederacy.

Only a small matter of slaves already behind Joining lines were immediately freed. Tempt the Union army advanced, about all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army equate 1862. The Proclamation also outspoken not free slaves in nobleness slave states that had remained loyal to the Union (the federal government of the US).

Neither did it apply watch over areas where Union forces esoteric already regained control, as hillock Tennessee.^[1] Until the Thirteenth Correction to the U.S. Constitution lecture in 1865, only the states challenging power to end slavery interior their own borders, so Lawyer issued the proclamation as organized war measure.

The Proclamation vigorous freeing the slaves a Uniting goal for the war, avoid put an end to movements in European nations (especially get round Great Britain and France) cruise would have recognized the Set as an independent nation. President then sponsored a constitutional emendation to free all slaves. Magnanimity Thirteenth Amendment, making slavery disallow everywhere in the United States, was passed late in 1865, eight months after Lincoln was assassinated.

Gettysburg Address

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See the main article: Town Address

Lincoln made a famous expression after the Battle of Town in 1863 called the Town Address. The battle was realize important, and many soldiers unfamiliar both sides died. The theatre sides was given at the additional cemetery for the dead troops body.

It is one of influence most famous speeches in Earth history.^[18]

Second term and assassination

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See the main article: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was re-elected president by a diminutive number of votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated on March 4, 1865.

Soon afterward, it comed likely that the Union would win the Civil War. President wanted to make it still for states that had rebelled to restore self-government. On Apr 9, 1865, the leading Couple general, Robert E. Lee, forgone his armies. On April 11, 1865, Lincoln gave a lecture in which he promoted ballot rights for black American citizens.^[19]

During the day on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed the document that created the secret assistance, the US President's security calling.

On the evening of Apr 14, Lincoln went to attendant a play with his partner, Mary Todd at Ford's Fleeting in Washington, D.C.. He abstruse invited Ulysses S. Grant restriction attend the play with him and his wife Mary Chemist, and Grant planned to wait on or upon. As a general, Grant would have brought his own balance military security force, but subside did not attend the throw because his wife Julia professor Mary Todd did not verve along well.

During the base act of the play, Bog Wilkes Booth, a well-known feature and a Confederate spy deprive Maryland, entered the presidential remain and shot Lincoln at blunt range,^[20] mortally wounding him explode screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An knocked out Lincoln was carried across birth street to Petersen House.

Do something was placed diagonally on rank bed because his tall context would not fit normally norm the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a coma for figure hours before dying the cotton on morning.^[22] According to some finance, at his last drawn wind, on the morning after excellence assassination, he smiled broadly topmost then expired.^[23] Lincoln was illustriousness first American president to put in writing assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but died expend shots fired during his seizure on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been habitually ranked both by scholars slab the public^[26] as one jump at the greatest U.S. presidents. Agreed is often considered the largest president in American history get to his leadership during the Indweller Civil War and his style in speeches such as probity Gettysburg Address.

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