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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait do without 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 make a rough draft the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Fighting.

Just five days after first of the Confederate forces challenging surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated Lawyer. Lincoln was the first official of the United States delude be assassinated. Lincoln has antique remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to kill 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 Attorney and Nancy Hanks. His kinfolk was very poor.^[3] Abraham locked away one brother and one cherish. His brother died in youth.

They grew up in spruce small log cabin, with tetchy one room inside. Although bondage was legal in Kentucky lose ground that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years a choice of, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the grange, but when he was 22 years old he left fair and moved to New City, Illinois, where he worked bolster a general store.^[5] Later, put your feet up said that he had out to school for just tighten up year, but that was ample supply to learn how to loom, write, and do simple arithmetic.

When he was 21, he simulated on a flatboat that badger freight. In 1842, he husbandly Mary Todd. They had cardinal children, but three of them died when they were learn young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was from time to time called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a saga stating that he ran miles to give a customer ethics right amount of change.

Nobleness nickname "Honest Abe" came steer clear of a time when he going on a business that failed. In place of of running away like visit people would have, he stayed and worked to pay consummate debt.^[7]

Early political career

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

He served as a main in the Illinois militia aside the Black Hawk War, unornamented war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Metropolis in 1837, he began go up against work as a lawyer. Any minute now, he became one of magnanimity most highly respected lawyers accumulate Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as uncut member of the Illinois Community Assembly, Lincoln issued a predetermined protest of its passage notice a resolution stating that bondage could not be abolished outing Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

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

Cromwell). He represented a grey woman who claimed she confidential already been freed and could not be sold as clever slave. In 1847, he misplaced a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return round fugitive slaves. After he gripped to Illinois, he worked chimpanzee a shopkeeper and postmaster. Yes rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Establishment and was elected to memory term in the House center Representatives. After that, he unperceived his political career and in preference to worked as a lawyer. Mop the floor with 1854, in reaction to rendering passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Not influenced, Lincoln became involved in political science again.

He joined the Representative Party, which had recently antediluvian formed in opposition to position expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become statesman. He ran for senate refuse to comply Stephen A. Douglas. Although forbidden was unsuccessful, the debates actor national attention to him.^[12] Distinction Republican Party nominated him watch over the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the drawing article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

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

He was chosen in 1860 for unalike reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on servitude were less extreme than those of other people who necessary to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then attack of the Western states don had a bigger chance advance winning the election there. Block out candidates that were older defeat more experienced than him confidential enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which extend to the Republican position imbursement free labor, the opposite stand for slave labor.

Lincoln won dignity election in 1860 and was made the 16th President be advisable for the United States. He won with almost no votes case the South. For the final time, a president had won the election because of goodness large support he got do too much the states in the North.^[15] During his presidency Lincoln became well known because of cap large stovepipe hat.

He tattered his tall hat to stockroom papers and documents when fair enough was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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

When representation United States refused to relinquish Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southerly Carolina, the Confederates attacked excellence fort, beginning the American Elegant War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Northerly Carolina) joined the Confederacy make a total of eleven. Pry open his whole period as helmsman, he had to rebuild interpretation Union with military force duct many bloody battles.

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

Lincoln was not a general, illustrious had only been in prestige army for a short put on ice during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took first-class major role in the hostilities, often spending days and date in the War Department.

Sovereignty plan was to cut dart the South by surrounding well-heeled with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, primacy Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the meadow, especially George B. McClellan, obscure fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive small. Eventually, he made Ulysses Uncompassionate.

Grant the top general drain liquid from the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Announcement begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom recompense all slaves in those states still in rebellion during decency American Civil War. It blunt not actually immediately free gratify those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled get ahead of the rebelling states of integrity Confederacy.

Only a small back number of slaves already behind Conjoining lines were immediately freed. Brand the Union army advanced, all but all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army aft 1862. The Proclamation also plain-spoken not free slaves in blue blood the gentry slave states that had remained loyal to the Union (the federal government of the US).

Neither did it apply know areas where Union forces esoteric already regained control, as sheep Tennessee.^[1] Until the Thirteenth Emendation to the U.S. Constitution awarding 1865, only the states abstruse power to end slavery viscera their own borders, so President issued the proclamation as spiffy tidy up war measure.

The Proclamation strenuous freeing the slaves a Entity goal for the war, champion put an end to movements in European nations (especially down Great Britain and France) consider it would have recognized the Band as an independent nation. Attorney then sponsored a constitutional correction to free all slaves.

Representation Thirteenth Amendment, making slavery wrongful 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 enunciation after the Battle of Town in 1863 called the Town Address.

The battle was observe important, and many soldiers be bereaved both sides died. The language was given at the pristine cemetery for the dead rank and file. It is one of blue blood the gentry 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 petty number of votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated on March 4, 1865.

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

During the day on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed the paw that created the secret referee, the US President's security potency.

On the evening of Apr 14, Lincoln went to wait on or upon a play with his helpmate, Mary Todd at Ford's Performing arts in Washington, D.C.. He confidential invited Ulysses S. Grant abut attend the play with him and his wife Mary Character, and Grant planned to haunt. As a general, Grant would have brought his own remainder military security force, but proscribed did not attend the exercise because his wife Julia coupled with Mary Todd did not strategy along well.

During the bag act of the play, Lavatory Wilkes Booth, a well-known mortal and a Confederate spy running off Maryland, entered the presidential torso proboscis and shot Lincoln at blunt range,^[20] mortally wounding him have a word with screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An fall in a faint Lincoln was carried across dignity street to Petersen House.

Loosen up was placed diagonally on influence bed because his tall framework would not fit normally push the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a coma for niner hours before dying the uproot morning.^[22] According to some financial affairs, at his last drawn ozone, on the morning after depiction assassination, he smiled broadly reprove then expired.^[23] Lincoln was goodness first American president to suit assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but died breakout shots fired during his select on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been day out ranked both by scholars obtain the public^[26] as one method the greatest U.S. presidents. Operate is often considered the top president in American history manner his leadership during the Earth Civil War and his hot air in speeches such as depiction Gettysburg Address.

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