was born in Hardin (now Larue) County, Ky., on Feb. 12, 1809. His family moved to Indiana and then to Illinois, and Lincoln gained what education he could along the way. While reading law, he worked in a store, managed a mill, surveyed, and split rails. In 1834, he went to the Illinois legislature as a Whig and became the party's floor leader. For the next 20 years he practiced law in Springfield, except for a single term (1847–49) in Congress, where he denounced the Mexican War. In 1855, he was a candidate for senator and the next year he joined the new Republican Party.
A leading but unsuccessful candidate for the vice-presidential nomination with Frémont, Lincoln gained national attention in 1858 when, as Republican candidate for senator from Illinois, he engaged in a series of debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the Democratic candidate. He lost the election, but continued to prepare the way for the 1860 Republican convention and was rewarded with the presidential nomination on the third ballot. He won the election over three opponents.
From the start, Lincoln made clear that, unlike Buchanan, he believed the national government had the power to crush the rebellion. Not an abolitionist, he held the slavery issue subordinate to that of preserving the Union, but soon perceived that the war could not be brought to a successful conclusion without freeing the slaves. His administration was hampered by the incompetence of many Union generals, the inexperience of the troops, and the harassing political tactics both of the Republican Radicals, who favored a hard policy toward the South, and the Democratic Copperheads, who desired a negotiated peace. The Gettysburg Address of Nov. 19, 1863, marks the high point in the record of American eloquence. Lincoln's long search for a winning combination finally brought generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman to the top; and their series of victories in 1864 dispelled the mutterings from both Radicals and Peace Democrats that at one time seemed to threaten Lincoln's reelection. He was reelected in 1864, defeating Gen. George B. McClellan, the Democratic candidate. His inaugural address urged leniency toward the South: “With malice toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds . . .” This policy aroused growing opposition on the part of the Republican Radicals, but before the matter could be put to the test, Lincoln was shot by the actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, Washington, on April 14, 1865. He died the next morning.
Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd in 1842 was often unhappy and turbulent, in part because of his wife's pronounced instability.
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Life span: Born: February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Died: April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C., the victim of an assassin.
Presidential term: March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865.
Lincoln was in the second month of his second term when he was assassinated.
Accomplishments: Lincoln was the greatest president of the 19th century, and perhaps of all American history. His greatest accomplishment, of course, was that he held the nation together during the Civil War while also bringing an end to the great divisive issue of the 19th century, slavery in America .
Supported by: Lincoln ran for president as the candidate of the Republican Party in 1860, and was strongly supported by those who opposed the extension of slavery into new states and territories.
The most devoted Lincoln supporters had organized themselves into marching societies, called Wide-Awake Clubs . And Lincoln received support from a broad base of Americans, from factory workers to farmers to New England intellectuals who opposed the institution of slavery.
Opposed by: In the election of 1860 , Lincoln had three opponents, the most prominent of whom was Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Lincoln had run for the senate seat held by Douglas two years previously, and that election campaign featured the seven Lincoln-Douglas Debates .
In the election of 1864 Lincoln was opposed by General George McClellan, whom Lincoln had removed from command of the Army of the Potomac in late 1862. McClellan’s platform was essentially a call to bring an end to the Civil War.
Presidential campaigns: Lincoln ran for president in 1860 and 1864, in an era when candidates did not do much campaigning. In 1860 Lincoln only made one appearance at a rally, in his own hometown, Springfield, Illinois.
Spouse and family: Lincoln was married to Mary Todd Lincoln . Their marriage was often rumored to be troubled, and there were many rumors focusing on her alleged mental illness .
The Lincolns had four sons, only one of whom, Robert Todd Lincoln , lived to adulthood. Their son Eddie died in Illinois. Willie Lincoln died in the White House in 1862, after becoming ill, probably from unhealthy drinking water. Tad Lincoln lived in the White House with his parents and returned to Illinois after his father's death. He died in 1871, at the age of 18.
Education: Lincoln only attended school as a child for a few months, and was essentially self-educated. However, he read widely, and many stories about his youth concern him striving to borrow books and reading even while working in the fields.
Early career: Lincoln practiced law in Illinois, and became a well-respected litigator. He handled all sorts of cases, and his legal practice, often with frontier characters for clients, provided many stories he would tell as president.
Later career: Lincoln died while in office. It is a loss to history that he was never able to write a memoir.
Nickname: Lincoln was often called "Honest Abe." In the 1860 campaign, his history of having worked with an ax prompted him to be called the “Rail Candidate” and “The Rail Splitter.”
Unusual facts: The only president to have received a patent, Lincoln designed a boat that could, with inflatable devices, clear sandbars in a river. The inspiration for the invention was his observation that riverboats on the Ohio or even the Mississippi River could get stuck trying to cross the shifting obstacles of silt that would build up in the river.
Lincoln's fascination with technology extended to the telegraph. He relied on telegraphic messages while living in Illinois in the 1850s. And in 1860 he learned about his nomination as the Republican candidate via a telegraph message. On Election Day that November, he spent much of the day at a local telegraph office until word flashed over the wire that he had won.
As president, Lincoln used the telegraph extensively to communicate with generals in the field during the Civil War.
Quotes: These ten verified and significant Lincoln quotes are only a fraction of the many quotes attributed to him.
Death and funeral: Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre on the evening of April 14, 1865. He died early the next morning.
Lincoln’s funeral train traveled from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, stopping for observances in major cities of the North. He was buried in Springfield, and his body was eventually placed in a large tomb.
Legacy: Lincoln’s legacy is enormous. For his role in guiding the country during the Civil War and his actions that made enslavement illegal, he will always be remembered as one of the great American presidents.
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16th president of the United States
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809, to parents who could neither read nor write. He went to school on and off for a total of about a year, but he educated himself by reading borrowed books. When Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died. His father—a carpenter and farmer—remarried and moved his family farther west, eventually settling in Illinois .
As a young adult, Lincoln worked as a flatboat navigator, storekeeper, soldier, surveyor, and postmaster. At age 25 he was elected to the local government in Springfield, Illinois. Once there, he taught himself law, opened a law practice, and earned the nickname "Honest Abe."
He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives but lost two U.S. Senate races. But the debates he had about the enslavement of people with his 1858 senatorial opponent, Stephen Douglas, helped him win the presidential nomination two years later. (Lincoln opposed the spread of slavery in the United States .) In the four-way presidential race of 1860, Lincoln got more votes than any other candidate.
When Lincoln first took office in 1861, the United States was not truly united. The nation had been arguing for years about enslaving people and each state’s right to allow it. Now Northerners and Southerners were close to war. When he became president, Lincoln allowed the enslavement of people to continue in southern states but he outlawed its spread to other existing states and states that might later join the Union.
Southern leaders didn’t agree with this plan and decided to secede, or withdraw, from the nation. Eventually, 11 southern states formed the Confederate States of America to oppose the 23 northern states that remained in the Union. The Civil War officially began on April 12, 1861, at Fort Sumter, South Carolina , when troops from the Confederacy attacked the U.S. fort.
Lincoln’s primary goal as president was to hold the country together. For a long time, it didn’t look as if he would succeed. During the early years, the South was winning the war. It wasn’t until the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania during July 1863 that the war turned in favor of the Union.
Through speeches such as the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln encouraged Northerners to keep fighting. In this famous dedication of the battlefield cemetery, he urged citizens to ensure "that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Earlier that same year Lincoln called for the end of the enslavement of people in his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
When the war was nearly over, Lincoln was re-elected in 1864. Civil War victory came on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Some 750,000 soldiers had died during the four-year conflict.
Seeing the Union successfully through the Civil War was Lincoln’s greatest responsibility, but it wasn’t his only triumph during his presidential years. Together with Congress, he established the Department of Agriculture; supported the development of a transcontinental railroad; enacted the Homestead Act, which opened up land to settlers; and crafted the 13th Amendment, which ended the enslavement of people.
Less than a week after people celebrated the end the Civil War, the country was mourning yet again. Lincoln became the first president to be assassinated when he was shot on April 14, 1865.
The night he was shot, he and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, were watching a play in Washington, D.C. The entrance to their box seats was poorly guarded, allowing actor John Wilkes Booth to enter. Booth hoped to revive the Confederate cause by killing Lincoln. He shot Lincoln in the back of the head, then fled the theater. He wasn’t caught until two weeks later. He was shot during his eventual capture and died from his wounds.
The wounded and unconscious president was carried to a boardinghouse across the street, where he died the next morning, April 15, 1865. Lincoln’s presidency was tragically cut short, but his contributions to the United States ensured that he would be remembered as one of its most influential presidents.
• The Lincoln family ate at the White House dinner table with their cat.
• Lincoln sometimes kept important documents under the tall black hats he wore.
• Lincoln was taller (at six feet four inches) than any other president.
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In office | Mar. 4, 1861 – Apr. 15, 1865 |
V. President | Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson |
Political Party | Republican |
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Born | Feb. 12, 1809 |
Died | Apr. 15, 1865 (at age 56) |
Religion | Private |
School | Self-Educated |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Wife | Mary Todd Lincoln |
Children | Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Tad Lincoln |
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What makes a good leader? Is it the way he leads the nation and ensures his people that the country is gearing towards positive changes? Is it the way he is able to handle stress in times of economic turmoil and threats to the nation’s development? Is it his honesty and genuine soul that just makes the people respect him as a leader and as a person? A good president must not only possess one positive trait. He must possess all of them.
Over the years, leaders have come and gone. Some remain in our hearts with joyful memories, while others are remembered with bitterness and irritation. And when you try to recall those names written on the good list, the first name that would be remembered would be no other than Honest Abe.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States of America, was known for his honesty and his soft heart, especially to those who are less fortunate. It has been said that he would walk distances just to return money if he made innocent mistakes with purchases.
He became famous all throughout the globe for his Emancipation Proclamation , which helped in the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, eventually terminating slavery in the United States. He was also known for being the brave leader who headed the nation through the American Civil War.
Despite his many achievements and contributions to the society, he still had several detractors from the Confederate army. In fact, John Wilkes Booth , his infamous assassin, was known to be an acquaintance of the Confederate secret service.
Before Abraham Lincoln became the man he’s known in history to be, he lived a life that was simple. He was born on February 12, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln at their humble residence at Sinking Spring Farm in LaRue County in Kentucky. Although Thomas was a wealthy landowner during the time of Abraham’s birth, everything was sequestered in 1816 when they lost court cases.
With such an unfortunate event happening to their family, Abraham struggled and took over the responsibilities which his father failed to accomplish. Being the other male member of the family, he worked hard to earn money for the household until he was 21. But it was through these hardships that he became the responsible and hard-working man that we came to know.
His love for books and reading became beneficial for him. Growing up in a place where he had limited access to books and other references, Abraham managed to acquire knowledge through regular schooling. Although he received formal education for only about 18 months, he was able to master the basics of reading, writing and simple arithmetic with the help of his mother.
Early on in his youth, Lincoln already showed signs of his inclination in reading, writing and verbal communication. It has been said that he would be so charismatic in delivering his written speeches that it was so influential, and people would actually pause to listen to it. Most of his orations were leaning on the side of politics, revealing the child’s interest in the affairs of the state at an early age.
Prior to entering into his political career, he served as a captain during the Black Hawk War. It was after his gamble with the world of business that Black Hawk, chief of the mistreated and maltreated Sac Indians, stirred a war between their local governments.
Abraham Lincoln had his fair share in terms of family life. On November 4, 1842, at age 33, he married Marry Todd Lincoln. They were blessed with four sons, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln and Thomas Lincoln. Unfortunately, only their eldest son, Robert, lived past the age of 18. His brothers all died because of health problems; Edward of tuberculosis, William of fever, and Thomas of heart failure.
These unfortunate events caused Lincoln to suffer from clinical depression.
With his knack for crafting informative and attractive oratorical pieces, people would actually take a moment to listen to him. According to some of the folks in the locality, he would be seen joining groups, effortlessly mingling with them and eventually winning their votes by showing them what he can do for them in terms of physical strength and mental ability.
But with devoting only ten days to campaigning, he did not win his first attempt at politics. This was due to the fact that there were areas where he was still a stranger to. Perhaps, if they had known the capabilities of Honest Abe, they probably would have rooted for him to be in office, too; like how almost everyone from a precinct where he was known trusted him with their votes.
Abraham clearly wanted change. Regardless of losing his first political experience, he still ran for office two years after, in 1834. This time, he ran for legislature and had more time for campaign. Through his diligence, the results turned out to be in his favor. He won without much of a surprise, considering his great skill in public speaking and a captivating personality that could easily win any crowd.
Following his first win as a legislature, Abe showed his desire to help people by announcing re-elections after another wherein he served in office for eight years. The highlight of his legislative career would be his opposition to pro-slavery movements made by a majority of the legislating body.
Even if protesting against the slavery movements set by the body would be considered political suicide, he firmly stood on his ground and openly expressed his objection towards the subject. The act of braveness he demonstrated gave courage to those who also believed that slavery is wrong; he gave them the strength and confidence to fight with him in this cause.
Knowing what he can do at a bigger scope, he then decided to run for Congress in 1842. Unfortunately, like his first attempt at politics, he lost to his friend but opponent to the seat, Colonel Baker. But, also like before, he never gave up on his dream of obtaining a seat in Congress. Four years later in 1846, he renewed his candidacy. This time, votes were already in favor of him.
Starting from the early part of his political career, Lincoln finally had settled into a profession that included law and politics, believing that both law and politics must work hand-in-hand in order to produce powerful results. Most of his knowledge in law was self-taught by reading books and pondering on its policies for years. In 1837, he was admitted into the bar. After, he practiced his profession more as a lawyer more than as a politician.
Coming from the slave state of Kentucky and seeing slavery firsthand from his trips down the Mississippi River, he strongly deemed the total abolishment of slavery. This stand of his was the reason he ran for Senate, and eventually for Presidency. In fact, this act of activism against the pro-slavery movement paved the way for the birth of the Republican Party, which he ran for Senate under in 1858. Unfortunately, he lost to his biggest rival, Stephen A. Douglas.
But he was never new to losing in the game of politics, and it never stopped him from trying again. He came back to the scene in 1860, this time to run for Presidency under the same party. Winning the 1860 presidential elections made him the first Republican President in the history of the United States of America. However, his election to presidency led some of the southern states, where slavery was legal, to creating the Confederate States of America while selecting Jefferson Davis to be their provisional president.
Like most leaders, he had detractors. The creation of the Confederate States of America, although refused to be recognized by President Buchanan, Lincoln’s predecessor, and by President-elect Lincoln himself, made an impact in his presidency. It marked the beginning of the American Civil War, as secessionists saw Lincoln’s execution of the requests for provisions as an act of war.
With minimal military experience, Lincoln was still able to lead the Union through learning about war strategies from books and was able to appoint competent generals to lead the army based from their credentials and past victories.
Knowing that they had the Union to protect them, African American slaves also tried their best to escape the clutches of the Confederacy. Those who successfully fled to the Union camp were given food, shelter and were taught to read and write, much to the Confederate’s frustration. The Confederate Army, in exchange, would enslave the black Union soldiers and were shot at the infamous Fort Pillow Massacre.
The 4-year war came into a decline as Robert E. Lee, commander of the confederate army, surrendered his troops on April 9, 1865 in favor of the Union. However, the celebration didn’t last for long.
On April 11, Lincoln gave a speech showing aversion for racism, therefore giving equal rights to everyone, black or white. John Wilkes Booth, said to be in affiliation with the Confederacy, was there during his speech and did not like it. He originally planned on abducting the president in exchange of the release of confederate prisoners. However, after listening to his speech, Booth was determined to assassinate the president instead.
Even after his death, the Union still fought for the freedom of the slaves. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was one of the factors for the Senate to vote for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on December 6, 1985. It provided the complete abolishment of slavery in the country.
Abraham Lincoln is an inspiration to all of us. He taught us how diligence and courage can take you to places; that honesty will always free you from ill conscience; and that fighting for what you believe in will always be worth it, as long as you know that what you are fighting for is right and will be beneficial to majority of the populace; and that we are all created equally, black or white.
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