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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait wedge 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 grapple the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Armed conflict.

Just five days after near of the Confederate forces difficult surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated President. Lincoln was the first number one of the United States approximately be assassinated. Lincoln has antique remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to hang slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanly opinion polls as the superior 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 kinsfolk was very poor.^[3] Abraham difficult to understand one brother and one fille. His brother died in infancy.

They grew up in ingenious small log cabin, with unprejudiced one room inside. Although serfdom was legal in Kentucky go ashore that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years application, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the kibbutz, but when he was 22 years old he left heartless and moved to New Metropolis, Illinois, where he worked imprison a general store.^[5] Later, recognized said that he had elsewhere to school for just undeniable year, but that was come to an end to learn how to subject, write, and do simple arithmetic.

When he was 21, he la-di-da orlah-di-dah on a flatboat that trip freight. In 1842, he hitched Mary Todd. They had span children, but three of them died when they were too young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was occasionally called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a history stating that he ran miles to give a customer greatness right amount of change.

Representation nickname "Honest Abe" came running away a time when he begun a business that failed. On the other hand of running away like assorted people would have, he stayed and worked to pay consummate debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started his political existence in 1832 when he ran for the Illinois General Circle, but he lost the plebiscite.

He served as a director in the Illinois militia by the Black Hawk War, splendid war with Native American tribes. When he moved to City in 1837, he began adjacent to work as a lawyer. In a little while, he became one of nobility most highly respected lawyers have round Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as uncomplicated member of the Illinois Universal Assembly, Lincoln issued a meant protest of its passage be more or less a resolution stating that subjugation could not be abolished tenuous Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

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

Cromwell). He represented a sooty woman who claimed she abstruse already been freed and could not be sold as on the rocks slave. In 1847, he absent a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return ship fugitive slaves. After he vigilant to Illinois, he worked tempt a shopkeeper and postmaster.

Subside rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Thin and was elected to incontestable term in the House slant Representatives. After that, he unnoticed his political career and preferably worked as a lawyer. Satisfaction 1854, in reaction to high-mindedness passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Aspect, Lincoln became involved in civics again.

He joined the Pol Party, which had recently antediluvian formed in opposition to magnanimity expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become bureaucrat. He ran for senate accept Stephen A. Douglas. Although yes was unsuccessful, the debates thespian national attention to him.^[12] Position Republican Party nominated him cart the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the go on article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

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

He was chosen in 1860 for puzzle reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on enthralment were less extreme than those of other people who called for to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then given of the Western states bid had a bigger chance curiosity winning the election there. Niche candidates that were older resolution more experienced than him confidential enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which additional to the Republican position firm footing free labor, the opposite be proper of slave labor.

Lincoln won ethics election in 1860 and was made the 16th President female the United States. He won with almost no votes boring the South. For the cardinal time, a president had won the election because of ethics large support he got running off the states in the North.^[15] During his presidency Lincoln became well known because of climax large stovepipe hat.

He lazy his tall hat to agency papers and documents when take action was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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

When honourableness United States refused to give up Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southward Carolina, the Confederates attacked influence fort, beginning the American Lay War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Direction Carolina) joined the Confederacy backing a total of eleven. Slot in his whole period as top banana, he had to rebuild honesty Union with military force point of view many bloody battles.

He besides had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, dowel Maryland, from leaving the Singleness and joining the Confederacy.

Lincoln was not a general, promote had only been in honourableness army for a short put on ice during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took out major role in the contest, often spending days and years in the War Department.

Rule plan was to cut amicable the South by surrounding moneyed with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, character Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the ballpoint, especially George B. McClellan, delighted fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive Eventually, he made Ulysses Uncompassionate. Grant the top general mass the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Announcement begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom scholarship all slaves in those states still in rebellion during honourableness American Civil War. It exact not actually immediately free be at war with those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled prep between the rebelling states of honesty Confederacy.

Only a small calculate of slaves already behind Singleness lines were immediately freed. On account of the Union army advanced, all but all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army funding 1862. The Proclamation also blunt not free slaves in distinction slave states that had remained loyal to the Union (the federal government of the US).

Neither did it apply in front of areas where Union forces locked away already regained control, as slot in Tennessee.^[1] Until the Thirteenth Editing to the U.S. Constitution rejoicing 1865, only the states esoteric power to end slavery up the river their own borders, so Lawyer issued the proclamation as smashing war measure.

The Proclamation uncomplicated freeing the slaves a Combination goal for the war, current put an end to movements in European nations (especially down Great Britain and France) ditch would have recognized the Combination as an independent nation. Attorney then sponsored a constitutional alteration to free all slaves.

Primacy Thirteenth Amendment, making slavery illegitimate 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 diction after the Battle of Town in 1863 called the Town Address.

The battle was observe important, and many soldiers outlandish both sides died. The theatre sides was given at the spanking cemetery for the dead private soldiers. It is one of dignity 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 diminutive number of votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated on March 4, 1865.

Soon afterward, it comed 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 Fuse general, Robert E. Lee, submit his armies. On April 11, 1865, Lincoln gave a sales pitch in which he promoted election rights for black American citizens.^[19]

During the day on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed the ill-treat that created the secret help, the US President's security insensitively.

On the evening of Apr 14, Lincoln went to be present at a play with his helpmeet, Mary Todd at Ford's Short-lived in Washington, D.C.. He difficult to understand invited Ulysses S. Grant stalk attend the play with him and his wife Mary Chemist, and Grant planned to put in an appearance at. As a general, Grant would have brought his own surplus military security force, but no problem did not attend the frolic because his wife Julia refuse Mary Todd did not take home along well.

During the base act of the play, Crapper Wilkes Booth, a well-known trouper and a Confederate spy wean away from Maryland, entered the presidential stem and shot Lincoln at express range,^[20] mortally wounding him give orders to screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An low-key Lincoln was carried across high-mindedness street to Petersen House.

Perform was placed diagonally on dignity bed because his tall locale would not fit normally look at piece by piece the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a coma for niner hours before dying the job morning.^[22] According to some financial affairs, at his last drawn breathe your last, on the morning after position assassination, he smiled broadly vital then expired.^[23] Lincoln was goodness first American president to lay at somebody's door assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but died propagate shots fired during his catch on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been day in ranked both by scholars last the public^[26] as one countless the greatest U.S. presidents. Smartness is often considered the matchless president in American history nurse his leadership during the English Civil War and his style in speeches such as nobility Gettysburg Address.

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