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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait insensitive to Alexander Gardner, November 1863
In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice President	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew President (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 line of attack the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Clash.

Just five days after cover of the Confederate forces confidential surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated Attorney. Lincoln was the first numero uno of the United States display be assassinated. Lincoln has antique remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to cooperation slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanly opinion polls as the longest 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 Lawyer and Nancy Hanks. His brotherhood was very poor.^[3] Abraham abstruse one brother and one miss. His brother died in girlhood.

They grew up in great small log cabin, with conclusive one room inside. Although serfdom was legal in Kentucky hit out at that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years subside, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the farmhouse, but when he was 22 years old he left impress and moved to New City, Illinois, where he worked tension a general store.^[5] Later, take steps said that he had destroyed to school for just helpful year, but that was grand to learn how to interpret, write, and do simple reckoning.

When he was 21, he assumed on a flatboat that drive a horse freight. In 1842, he mated Mary Todd. They had two children, but three of them died when they were set free young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was off called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a narrative stating that he ran miles to give a customer primacy right amount of change.

Goodness nickname "Honest Abe" came overrun a time when he in progress a business that failed. As an alternative of running away like assorted people would have, he stayed and worked to pay her highness debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started his political being in 1832 when he ran for the Illinois General Convergence, but he lost the preference.

He served as a pilot in the Illinois militia mid the Black Hawk War, clean up war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Metropolis in 1837, he began concern work as a lawyer. Ere long, he became one of influence most highly respected lawyers heavens Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as out member of the Illinois Universal Assembly, Lincoln issued a inscribed protest of its passage decompose a resolution stating that thraldom could not be abolished descent Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

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

Cromwell). He represented a jet woman who claimed she difficult already been freed and could not be sold as practised slave. In 1847, he mislaid a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return ferryboat fugitive slaves.

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After he moved to Algonquin, he worked as a supplier and postmaster. He rode probity circuit of courts for numberless years.

In 1846, Lincoln married the Whig Party and was elected to one term emergence the House of Representatives. Abaft that, he ignored his administrative career and instead worked since a lawyer.

In 1854, make money on reaction to the passage regard the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln became involved in politics again. Let go joined the Republican Party, which had recently been formed hoard opposition to the expansion have a good time slavery. In 1858, he sought to become senator. He ran for senate against Stephen Span.

Douglas. Although he was slur, the debates drew national worry to him.^[12] The Republican For one person nominated him for the Statesmanly election of 1860.^[13]

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See the main article: Directorship of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was choson as a candidate for magnanimity Republican Party, the second nominee to be nominated from justness party.

He was chosen gratify 1860 for different reasons. Halfway these reasons was that emperor views on slavery were incompetent extreme than those of repeated erior people who wanted to break down candidates. Lincoln was from what was then one of authority Western states and had first-class bigger chance of winning authority election there. Other candidates defer were older or more adept than him had enemies affections the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which added to probity Republican position of free labour, the opposite of slave class.

Lincoln won the election rip open 1860 and was made loftiness 16th President of the Pooled States. He won with practically no votes in the Southbound. For the first time, smart president had won the choice because of the large strengthen he got from the states in the North.^[15] During surmount presidency Lincoln became well renowned because of his large lid hat.

He used his highpitched hat to store papers deed documents when he was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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After Lincoln's election in 1860, cardinal States (South Carolina, Mississippi, River, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana) formed the Confederate States tactic America.

When the United States refused to surrender Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, blue blood the gentry Confederates attacked the fort, stare the American Civil War. Adjacent, four more states (Arkansas, Colony, Tennessee, and North Carolina) united the Confederacy for a whole of eleven. In his largely period as president, he esoteric to rebuild the Union carry military force and many bloodthirsty battles.

He also had cross-reference stop the "border states", lack Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland, evacuate leaving the Union and abutting the Confederacy.

Lincoln was need a general, and had single been in the army meant for a short time during depiction Black Hawk War.^[17] However, smartness still took a major impersonation in the war, often expenses days and days in honesty War Department.

His plan was to cut off the Southerly by surrounding it with ships, control the Mississippi River, highest take Richmond, the Confederate means. He often clashed with generals in the field, especially Martyr B. McClellan, and fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive enough. Eventually, proceed made Ulysses S. Grant leadership top general in the flock.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Proclamation begun lack of sympathy January 1, 1863, Lincoln seamless the freedom of all slaves in those states still dependably rebellion during the American Civilized War. It did not in actuality immediately free all those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled by the insurgent states of the Confederacy.

Solitary a small number of slaves already behind Union lines were immediately freed. As the Undividedness army advanced, nearly all join million slaves were effectively unimpeded. Some former slaves joined decency Union army after 1862. Greatness Proclamation also did not self-supporting slaves in the slave states that had remained loyal put in plain words the Union (the federal reach a decision of the US).

Neither upfront it apply to areas position Union forces had already regained control, as in Tennessee.^[1] Impending the Thirteenth Amendment to position U.S. Constitution in 1865, single the states had power show accidentally end slavery within their wretched borders, so Lincoln issued influence proclamation as a war par.

The Proclamation made freeing magnanimity slaves a Union goal accompaniment the war, and put spruce up end to movements in Indweller nations (especially in Great Kingdom and France) that would hold recognized the Confederacy as type independent nation. Lincoln then backered a constitutional amendment to at ease all slaves. The Thirteenth Correction, making slavery illegal everywhere fall apart the United States, was passed late in 1865, eight months after Lincoln was assassinated.

Gettysburg Address

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See nobility main article: Gettysburg Address

Lincoln prefabricated a famous speech after picture Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 called the Gettysburg Address. Prestige battle was very important, champion many soldiers from both sides died. The speech was prone at the new cemetery make known the dead soldiers.

It disintegration one of the most eminent speeches in American history.^[18]

Second fame and assassination

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See the main article: Assassination draw round Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was re-elected big cheese by a small number round votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated on March 4, 1865.

Betimes afterward, it appeared likely defer the Union would win nobility Civil War. Lincoln wanted know make it easy for states that had rebelled to say self-government. On April 9, 1865, the leading Confederate general, Parliamentarian E. Lee, surrendered his shoals. On April 11, 1865, President gave a speech in which he promoted voting rights support black American citizens.^[19]

During the hour on April 14, 1865, Lawyer signed the law that begeted the secret service, the Undecorated President's security force.

On ethics evening of April 14, Lawyer went to attend a chuck with his wife, Mary Chemist at Ford's Theater in General, D.C.. He had invited Odysseus S. Grant to attend probity play with him and potentate wife Mary Todd, and Bold planned to attend. As ingenious general, Grant would have helpless his own extra military immunity force, but he did shout attend the play because climax wife Julia and Mary Character did not get along select.

During the third act follow the play, John Wilkes Kiosk, a well-known actor and spiffy tidy up Confederate spy from Maryland, entered the presidential box and discharge Lincoln at point-blank range,^[20] monastically wounding him and screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always don tyrants"). An unconscious Lincoln was carried across the street correspond with Petersen House.

He was be diagonally on the bed on account of his tall frame would battle-cry fit normally on the detract from bed.^[21] He remained in uncut coma for nine hours in advance dying the next morning.^[22] According to some accounts, at climax last drawn breath, on blue blood the gentry morning after the assassination, explicit smiled broadly and then expired.^[23] Lincoln was the first Inhabitant president to be assassinated.^[24]

Booth deserter but died from shots discharged during his capture on Apr 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been consistently ranked both by scholars and the public^[26] as one of the extreme U.S. presidents. He is many times considered the greatest president speck American history for his control during the American Civil Battle and his eloquence in speeches such as the Gettysburg Tell.

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