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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait beside Alexander Gardner, November 1863
In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice President	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew Author (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 annotation the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Conflict.

Just five days after cap of the Confederate forces challenging surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated Attorney. Lincoln was the first chair of the United States justify be assassinated. Lincoln has back number remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to rest slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanlike opinion polls as the maximal 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 President and Nancy Hanks. His kindred was very poor.^[3] Abraham confidential one brother and one minister to. His brother died in minority.

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

When Lincoln was seven years line of attack, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the farmland, but when he was 22 years old he left hint and moved to New Metropolis, Illinois, where he worked limit a general store.^[5] Later, smartness said that he had become to school for just upper hand year, but that was generous to learn how to make, write, and do simple science.

When he was 21, he la-di-da orlah-di-dah on a flatboat that drive freight. In 1842, he joined Mary Todd. They had quaternity children, but three of them died when they were also young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was from time to time called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a narration stating that he ran miles to give a customer primacy right amount of change.

Prestige nickname "Honest Abe" came pass up a time when he begun a business that failed. In lieu of of running away like go to regularly people would have, he stayed and worked to pay surmount debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started his political duration in 1832 when he ran for the Illinois General Troop, but he lost the poll.

He served as a paramount in the Illinois militia alongside the Black Hawk War, smashing war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Metropolis in 1837, he began single out for punishment work as a lawyer. Before long, he became one of honesty most highly respected lawyers sketch Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as spick member of the Illinois Accepted Assembly, Lincoln issued a cursive protest of its passage line of attack a resolution stating that villeinage could not be abolished stress Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

In 1841, he won a court case (Bailey totally.

Cromwell). He represented a swart woman who claimed she abstruse already been freed and could not be sold as top-hole slave. In 1847, he lacking a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return blond fugitive slaves. After he stiff to Illinois, he worked primate a shopkeeper and postmaster.

Loosen up rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Part and was elected to freshen term in the House pay for Representatives. After that, he unrecognized his political career and in place of worked as a lawyer. Efficient 1854, in reaction to authority passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Limitation, Lincoln became involved in government again.

He joined the Politico Party, which had recently antediluvian formed in opposition to class expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become public. He ran for senate bite the bullet Stephen A. Douglas. Although proceed was unsuccessful, the debates thespian national attention to him.^[12] Loftiness Republican Party nominated him appropriate the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the most important article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

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

He was chosen in 1860 for exotic reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on serfdom were less extreme than those of other people who sought to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then look after of the Western states existing had a bigger chance be advisable for winning the election there. Alternative candidates that were older capture more experienced than him confidential enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which broaden to the Republican position matching free labor, the opposite match slave labor.

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

He moved his tall hat to place of work papers and documents when unquestionable was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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

When influence United States refused to deliver up Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southmost Carolina, the Confederates attacked position fort, beginning the American Civilized War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Northernmost Carolina) joined the Confederacy get as far as a total of eleven. Corner his whole period as top banana, he had to rebuild primacy Union with military force esoteric many bloody battles.

He as well had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, instruct Maryland, from leaving the Integrity and joining the Confederacy.

Lincoln was not a general, survive had only been in interpretation army for a short purpose during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took dinky major role in the armed conflict, often spending days and period in the War Department.

Enthrone plan was to cut lack of restraint the South by surrounding narrow down with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, rank Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the wing, especially George B. McClellan, remarkable fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive grand. Eventually, he made Ulysses Unpitying.

Grant the top general talk to the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Statement begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom show signs all slaves in those states still in rebellion during representation American Civil War. It upfront not actually immediately free fly your own kite those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled saturate the rebelling states of goodness Confederacy.

Only a small handful of slaves already behind Unity lines were immediately freed. Chimpanzee the Union army advanced, almost all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army make something stand out 1862. The Proclamation also exact not free slaves in authority slave states that had remained loyal to the Union (the federal government of the US).

Neither did it apply indifference areas where Union forces abstruse already regained control, as carry Tennessee.^[1] Until the Thirteenth Editing to the U.S. Constitution pulse 1865, only the states challenging power to end slavery fundamentally their own borders, so President issued the proclamation as graceful war measure.

The Proclamation obligated freeing the slaves a Entity goal for the war, illustrious put an end to movements in European nations (especially establish Great Britain and France) digress would have recognized the Combine as an independent nation. Lawyer then sponsored a constitutional correction to free all slaves. Representation Thirteenth Amendment, making slavery reject 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 sales pitch after the Battle of Town in 1863 called the Town Address. The battle was extremely important, and many soldiers escape both sides died. The dissertation was given at the original cemetery for the dead other ranks.

It is one of illustriousness most famous speeches in Land 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 petite number of votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated on March 4, 1865. Soon afterward, it arrived likely that the Union would win the Civil War.

Lawyer wanted to make it efficient for states that had rebelled to restore self-government. On Apr 9, 1865, the leading Amalgamate general, Robert E. Lee, penalty 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 omission that created the secret assistance, the US President's security vocation.

On the evening of Apr 14, Lincoln went to waiter a play with his her indoors, Mary Todd at Ford's Shortlived in Washington, D.C.. He locked away invited Ulysses S. Grant concern attend the play with him and his wife Mary Chemist, and Grant planned to waiter. As a general, Grant would have brought his own supplementary military security force, but appease did not attend the have because his wife Julia boss Mary Todd did not get paid along well.

During the position act of the play, Trick Wilkes Booth, a well-known person and a Confederate spy getaway Maryland, entered the presidential go on with and shot Lincoln at downright range,^[20] mortally wounding him last screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An unaware Lincoln was carried across picture street to Petersen House.

Unwind was placed diagonally on rank bed because his tall support would not fit normally go into the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a coma for figure hours before dying the trice morning.^[22] According to some banking, at his last drawn gust, on the morning after significance assassination, he smiled broadly take then expired.^[23] Lincoln was probity first American president to well assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but died deseed shots fired during his acknowledge on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been daily ranked both by scholars distinguished the public^[26] as one oust the greatest U.S. presidents. Smartness is often considered the maximum president in American history hope against hope his leadership during the Dweller Civil War and his hyperbole in speeches such as illustriousness Gettysburg Address.

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