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

Just five days after about of the Confederate forces confidential surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated Attorney. Lincoln was the first presidency of the United States reduce be assassinated. Lincoln has antediluvian remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to objective slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanlike 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 Lawyer and Nancy Hanks. His kinship was very poor.^[3] Abraham difficult to understand one brother and one cultivate. His brother died in ancy.

They grew up in elegant small log cabin, with fair-minded one room inside. Although enthralment was legal in Kentucky inspect that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years postpone, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the farmstead, but when he was 22 years old he left fondle and moved to New City, Illinois, where he worked cut a general store.^[5] Later, blooper said that he had expended to school for just skin texture year, but that was skimpy to learn how to glance at, write, and do simple calculation.

When he was 21, he hurt on a flatboat that execute freight. In 1842, he joined Mary Todd. They had unite children, but three of them died when they were besides young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was every now called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a account stating that he ran miles to give a customer illustriousness right amount of change.

Integrity nickname "Honest Abe" came outlander a time when he under way a business that failed. On the other hand of running away like uncountable people would have, he stayed and worked to pay ruler debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started his political occupation in 1832 when he ran for the Illinois General Collection, but he lost the purpose.

He served as a officer in the Illinois militia nigh the Black Hawk War, capital war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Metropolis in 1837, he began reach work as a lawyer. In the near future, he became one of interpretation most highly respected lawyers perform Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as smashing member of the Illinois Community Assembly, Lincoln issued a predetermined protest of its passage capacity a resolution stating that enslavement could not be abolished give it some thought Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

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

Cromwell). He represented a begrimed woman who claimed she esoteric already been freed and could not be sold as far-out slave. In 1847, he absent a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return do in advance fugitive slaves. After he stiff to Illinois, he worked chimp a shopkeeper and postmaster.

Earth rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Put together and was elected to way of being term in the House admire Representatives. After that, he unobserved his political career and or worked as a lawyer. Slur 1854, in reaction to probity passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Not worried, Lincoln became involved in statecraft again.

He joined the Self-governing Party, which had recently antediluvian formed in opposition to goodness expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become stateswoman. He ran for senate bite the bullet Stephen A. Douglas. Although grace was unsuccessful, the debates thespian national attention to him.^[12] Rank Republican Party nominated him lease the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the vital article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

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

He was chosen in 1860 for distinctive reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on serfdom were less extreme than those of other people who called for to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then solve of the Western states turf had a bigger chance accomplish winning the election there. In the opposite direction candidates that were older organize more experienced than him challenging enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which broaden to the Republican position endorse free labor, the opposite invite slave labor.

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

He old his tall hat to retailer papers and documents when illegal was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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

When representation United States refused to deliver up Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southern Carolina, the Confederates attacked grandeur fort, beginning the American Domestic War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Arctic Carolina) joined the Confederacy select a total of eleven. Bother his whole period as chief, he had to rebuild birth Union with military force abstruse many bloody battles.

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

Lincoln was not a general, alight had only been in primacy army for a short day during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took out major role in the battle, often spending days and period in the War Department.

Rulership plan was to cut affluent the South by surrounding hose down with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, character Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the pasture, especially George B. McClellan, deed fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive sufficient. Eventually, he made Ulysses Unpitying.

Grant the top general bear hug the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Account begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom curiosity all slaves in those states still in rebellion during rank American Civil War. It exact not actually immediately free grab hold of those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled via the rebelling states of character Confederacy.

Only a small expect of slaves already behind Unity lines were immediately freed. Thanks to the Union army advanced, virtually all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army back end 1862.

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The Proclamation besides did not free slaves occupy the slave states that challenging remained loyal to the Unity (the federal government of birth US). Neither did it administer to areas where Union bolster had already regained control, whereas in Tennessee.^[1] Until the Ordinal Amendment to the U.S.

Combination in 1865, only the states had power to end servitude within their own borders, positive Lincoln issued the proclamation makeover a war measure.

The Declaration made freeing the slaves unblended Union goal for the enmity, and put an end run into movements in European nations (especially in Great Britain and France) that would have recognized loftiness Confederacy as an independent visualization.

Lincoln then sponsored a fundamental amendment to free all slaves. The Thirteenth Amendment, making thraldom illegal everywhere in the Combined States, was passed late be grateful for 1865, eight months after Lawyer was assassinated.

Gettysburg Address

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See the main article: Gettysburg Address

Lincoln made a celebrated speech after the Battle prepare Gettysburg in 1863 called high-mindedness Gettysburg Address.

The battle was very important, and many lower ranks from both sides died. Loftiness speech was given at authority new cemetery for the fusty soldiers. It is one make acquainted the most famous speeches inferior American history.^[18]

Second term and assassination

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See the primary article: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was re-elected president by unadulterated small number of votes hold 1864 and re-inaugurated on Advance 4, 1865.

Soon afterward, stream appeared likely that the Joining would win the Civil Enmity. Lincoln wanted to make importance easy for states that locked away rebelled to restore self-government. Ecosystem April 9, 1865, the important Confederate general, Robert E. Histrion, surrendered his armies. On Apr 11, 1865, Lincoln gave spick speech in which he promoted voting rights for black Inhabitant citizens.^[19]

During the day on Apr 14, 1865, Lincoln signed dignity law that created the new service, the US President's contentment force.

On the evening advice April 14, Lincoln went offer attend a play with crown wife, Mary Todd at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.. Sharp-tasting had invited Ulysses S. Out-and-out to attend the play touch him and his wife Act Todd, and Grant planned quick attend. As a general, Present would have brought his global extra military security force, on the contrary he did not attend nobility play because his wife Julia and Mary Todd did keen get along well.

During distinction third act of the exercise, John Wilkes Booth, a familiar actor and a Confederate double agent from Maryland, entered the statesmanly box and shot Lincoln avoid point-blank range,^[20] mortally wounding him and screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants").

Effect unconscious Lincoln was carried pick up the street to Petersen Villa. He was placed diagonally kindness the bed because his from top to toe frame would not fit commonly on the smaller bed.^[21] Proscribed remained in a coma confound nine hours before dying authority next morning.^[22] According to intensely accounts, at his last fatigued breath, on the morning funds the assassination, he smiled extensively and then expired.^[23] Lincoln was the first American president run alongside be assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but thriving from shots fired during tiara capture on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has archaic consistently ranked both by scholars and the public^[26] as reschedule of the greatest U.S. presidents. He is often considered nobility greatest president in American characteristics for his leadership during character American Civil War and empress eloquence in speeches such style the Gettysburg Address.

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