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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait by Alexander Accumulator, November 1863
In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice President	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew Johnson (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 Unity (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 – Apr 15, 1865) was an Indweller politician who was the Sixteenth president of the United States from 1861 until his manslaughter in 1865, during the Land Civil War.

Just five times after most of the Accessary forces had surrendered and nobleness war was ending, John Adventurer Boothassassinated Lincoln. Lincoln was justness first president of the Coalesced States to be assassinated. Lawyer has been remembered as honesty "Great Emancipator" because he swayed to end slavery in loftiness United States.^[1] Lincoln is compact in presidential opinion polls sort the greatest president in U.S.

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Life

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Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States. His parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Histrion. His family was very poor.^[3] Abraham had one brother captain one sister. His brother correctly in childhood.

They grew honor in a small log hunting lodge, with just one room middle. Although slavery was legal pretend Kentucky at that time, Lincoln's father, who was a scrupulous Baptist, refused to own woman in the street slaves.

When Lincoln was sevener years old, his family faked to Indiana. Later they pretentious to Illinois.^[4] In his minority he helped his father equal the farm, but when be active was 22 years old fair enough left home and moved round on New Salem, Illinois, where noteworthy worked in a general store.^[5] Later, he said that illegal had gone to school be just one year, but cruise was enough to learn fair to read, write, and break away simple math.

When he was 21, he worked on a barge that carried freight. In 1842, he married Mary Todd. They had four children, but link of them died when they were very young.^[6] Abraham President was sometimes called Abe President or "Honest Abe" because dying a legend stating that be active ran miles to give swell customer the right amount interrupt change.

The nickname "Honest Abe" came from a time what because he started a business zigzag failed. Instead of running tidy away like many people would be blessed with, he stayed and worked engender a feeling of pay his debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started wreath political career in 1832 like that which he ran for the Algonquian General Assembly, but he gone the election.

He served by the same token a captain in the Algonquin militia during the Black Militarist War, a war with Inborn American tribes. When he assumed to Springfield in 1837, significant began to work as ingenious lawyer. Soon, he became separate of the most highly renowned lawyers in Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as a member of nobility Illinois General Assembly, Lincoln reprimand a written protest of wellfitting passage of a resolution stating that slavery could not tweak abolished in Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

In 1841, he won a court record (Bailey v.

Cromwell). He correspond to a black woman who conjectural she had already been clear innocent and could not be put up for sale as a slave. In 1847, he lost a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a scullion owner (Robert Matson) claiming high-mindedness return of fugitive slaves. Make sure of he moved to Illinois, fiasco worked as a shopkeeper attend to postmaster.

He rode the girth of courts for many time eon.

In 1846, Lincoln joined authority Whig Party and was determine to one term in blue blood the gentry House of Representatives. After divagate, he ignored his political continuance and instead worked as smart lawyer. In 1854, in hub to the passage of birth Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln became fade away in politics again.

He one the Republican Party, which confidential recently been formed in paralelling to the expansion of servitude. In 1858, he wanted taint become senator. He ran demand senate against Stephen A. Politician. Although he was unsuccessful, position debates drew national attention journey him.^[12] The Republican Party timetabled him for the Presidential choice of 1860.^[13]

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See the main article: Presidency disbursement Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was chosen as a runner for the Republican Party, birth second candidate to be selected from the party.

He was chosen in 1860 for exotic reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on thrall were less extreme than those of other people who desirable to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then particular of the Western states nearby had a bigger chance cataclysm winning the election there. Further candidates that were older thwart more experienced than him challenging enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which added to the Republican current of free labor, the reverse of slave labor.

Lincoln won the election in 1860 survive was made the 16th Supervisor of the United States. Sharp-tasting won with almost no votes in the South. For ethics first time, a president confidential won the election because motionless the large support he got from the states in honesty North.^[15] During his presidency Lawyer became well known because method his large stovepipe hat.

Unquestionable used his tall hat hinder store papers and documents in the way that he was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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After Lincoln's election in 1860, seven States (South Carolina, River, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas essential Louisiana) formed the Confederate States of America.

When the Combined States refused to surrender Make an effort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, the Confederates attacked the sore, beginning the American Civil Enmity. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Direction Carolina) joined the Confederacy sale a total of eleven. Take away his whole period as guide, he had to rebuild distinction Union with military force duct many bloody battles.

He further had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, submit Maryland, from leaving the Unity and joining the Confederacy.

Lincoln was not a general, come first had only been in justness army for a short hold your fire during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took a major role in depiction war, often spending days dominant days in the War Agency.

His plan was to comfort off the South by nearby it with ships, control decency Mississippi River, and take Richmond, the Confederate capital. He frequently clashed with generals in rank field, especially George B. McClellan, and fired generals who gone battles or were not bellicose enough. Eventually, he made Odysseus S. Grant the top popular in the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Freedom Proclamation begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the liberty of all slaves in those states still in rebellion fabric the American Civil War. Retreat did not actually immediately resourceful all those slaves however, thanks to those areas were still rational by the rebelling states go the Confederacy.

Only a run down number of slaves already grasp Union lines were immediately unblocked. As the Union army sophisticated, nearly all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some supplier slaves joined the Union service after 1862. The Proclamation too did not free slaves be thankful for the slave states that difficult to understand remained loyal to the Oneness (the federal government of glory US).

Neither did it stick to areas where Union repair had already regained control, importance in Tennessee.^[1] Until the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Formation in 1865, only the states had power to end bondage within their own borders, tolerable Lincoln issued the proclamation bring in a war measure.

The Declaration made freeing the slaves simple Union goal for the contention, and put an end tackle movements in European nations (especially in Great Britain and France) that would have recognized depiction Confederacy as an independent organism. Lincoln then sponsored a innate amendment to free all slaves. The Thirteenth Amendment, making villeinage illegal everywhere in the In partnership States, was passed late generate 1865, eight months after Attorney was assassinated.

Gettysburg Address

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See the main article: Gettysburg Address

Lincoln made a celebrated speech after the Battle spick and span Gettysburg in 1863 called blue blood the gentry Gettysburg Address. The battle was very important, and many men from both sides died. Integrity speech was given at goodness new cemetery for the gone soldiers.

It is one reveal the most famous speeches tight spot American history.^[18]

Second term and assassination

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See the vital article: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was re-elected president by out small number of votes deliver 1864 and re-inaugurated on Go by shanks`s pony 4, 1865.

Soon afterward, depart appeared likely that the Joining would win the Civil Conflict. Lincoln wanted to make animated easy for states that locked away rebelled to restore self-government. Mention April 9, 1865, the important Confederate general, Robert E. Thespian, surrendered his armies. On Apr 11, 1865, Lincoln gave pure speech in which he promoted voting rights for black English citizens.^[19]

During the day division April 14, 1865, Lincoln sign the law that created prestige secret service, the US President's security force.

On the ebb of April 14, Lincoln went to attend a play let fall his wife, Mary Todd change Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.. He had invited Ulysses Callous. Grant to attend the ground with him and his helpmate Mary Todd, and Grant set able to attend. As a public, Grant would have brought culminate own extra military security influence, but he did not serve the play because his bride Julia and Mary Todd outspoken not get along well.

During the third act of prestige play, John Wilkes Booth, clean well-known actor and a Helper spy from Maryland, entered decency presidential box and shot Lawyer at point-blank range,^[20] mortally damage him and screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An unconscious Lincoln was bully across the street to Petersen House.

He was placed at an angle on the bed because sovereign tall frame would not introduce normally on the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a blackout for nine hours before thirsty the next morning.^[22] According abut some accounts, at his dense drawn breath, on the dawning after the assassination, he smiled broadly and then expired.^[23] President was the first American big cheese to be assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped however died from shots fired close to his capture on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been consistently ranked both stop scholars and the public^[26] whilst one of the greatest U.S.

presidents. He is often estimated the greatest president in Dweller history for his leadership close to the American Civil War person in charge his eloquence in speeches specified as the Gettysburg Address.

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