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Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865) · United States · Politicians · Died at 56

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The president who held a fracturing country together through its bloodiest war, then signed the order that ended slavery - and was shot five days after victory.

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1939Young Mr. LincolnBiopic about his life30 May 1939, 1939 film by John FordIMDb1930Abraham LincolnBiopic about his life, 1930 film by D. W. GriffithIMDb1922Lincoln MemorialTribute30 May 1922, memorial in Washington, D.C., United States1911Seated LincolnTribute, sculpture by Gutzon Borglum1865Died15 April 18651861President of the United StatesOffice1861-18651860President-elect of the United StatesOffice1860-18611847United States representativeOffice1847-18491839“Broken by it, I, too, may be; bow to it I never will.”In their wordsSpeech of the Sub-Treasury (1839), Collected Works 1:178-9

1838“At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?”In their words27 January 1838The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions : Lincoln's address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (27 January 1838)

1837“Whatever Spiteful fools may Say - Each jealous, ranting yelper - No woman ever played the whore Unless She had a man to help her.”In their wordsA stanza of Lincoln's "On Seduction" (1837-39) as conveyed by James H. Matheny (1865 or 1866)

“They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States.”In their wordsProtest entered, pages 817-818 of the House Journal, March 3, by Lincoln with Dan Stone, another representative of Sangomon, briefly

1834Member of the Illinois House of RepresentativesOffice1834-18421824“Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen he will be good but God knows When”In their wordsManuscript poem, as a teenager (ca. 1824-1826), in "Lincoln as Poet" at Library of Congress : Presidents as Poets also in The Collected

“Abraham Lincoln is my name And with my pen I wrote the same I wrote in both hast and speed and left it here for fools to read”In their wordsManuscript poem, as a teenager (ca. 1824-1826), in "Lincoln as Poet" at Library of Congress : Presidents as Poets, as published in The

1809Born12 February 1809

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Mary Todd Lincoln with Willie and TadMary Todd Lincoln with Willie and TadLincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, where he resided from 1844 until becoming president in 1861Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, where he resided from 1844 until becoming president in 1861A daguerreotype of Lincoln, taken around 1847, the earliest known photograph of him[66]A daguerreotype of Lincoln, taken around 1847, the earliest known photograph of him[66]Lincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slaveryLincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slaveryAbraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City.Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City.The Rail Candidate, a critical Currier and Ives illustration, which depicted Lincoln's platform in the 1860 presidential campaign as being held up by a slave and Horace GreeleyThe Rail Candidate, a critical Currier and Ives illustration, which depicted Lincoln's platform in the 1860 presidential campaign as being held up by a slave and Horace Greeley

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  1. Broken by it, I, too, may be; bow to it I never will.

    1839, Speech of the Sub-Treasury (1839), Collected Works 1:178-9, Own words

  2. I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

    Apr 1, 1838, Letter to Mrs. Orville H. Browning (1 April 1838), Collected Works, vol. 1. p. 119, Own words

  3. At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?

    Jan 27, 1838, The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions : Lincoln's address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (27 January 1838), Own words

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Born in a Kentucky log cabin in 1809, Lincoln clawed his way through frontier poverty to become a self-taught lawyer and Illinois legislator. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which threatened to spread slavery into new territories, pulled him into the Republican Party; by 1858 his debates with Stephen A. Douglas had made him a national voice. His 1860 presidential win triggered immediate secession by slave states and the formation of the Confederacy. A month into his presidency, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. Lincoln spent four years managing a fractious coalition, suspending habeas corpus, defusing a near-war with Britain over the Trent Affair, and personally steering Union strategy and generals. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation; that November he delivered the Gettysburg Address. After re-election in 1864, he pushed through the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery and began planning to rebuild the South. On April 14, 1865, five days after Appomattox, John Wilkes Booth shot him at Ford's Theatre.

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Lived 1809 to 1865 · aged 56

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