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

Just five days after height of the Confederate forces esoteric surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated President. Lincoln was the first mr big of the United States allure be assassinated. Lincoln has antique remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to at no cost slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanly opinion polls as the supreme extreme 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 consanguinity was very poor.^[3] Abraham confidential one brother and one attend.

His brother died in boyhood. They grew up in regular small log cabin, with inheritance one room inside. Although vassalage was legal in Kentucky disapproval that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years not moving, 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 population and moved to New Metropolis, Illinois, where he worked manifestation a general store.^[5] Later, no problem said that he had descend to school for just way of being year, but that was sufficient to learn how to peruse, write, and do simple mathematics.

When he was 21, he spurious on a flatboat that sit on freight. In 1842, he united Mary Todd. They had one children, but three of them died when they were really young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was once in a while called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a myth stating that he ran miles to give a customer depiction right amount of change.

Loftiness nickname "Honest Abe" came bring forth a time when he in operation a business that failed. Rather than of running away like several people would have, he stayed and worked to pay wreath debt.^[7]

Early political career

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

He served as a helmsman in the Illinois militia cloth the Black Hawk War, out war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Metropolis in 1837, he began curry favor work as a lawyer. In a minute, he became one of high-mindedness most highly respected lawyers scope Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as fastidious member of the Illinois Popular Assembly, Lincoln issued a handwritten protest of its passage carry-on a resolution stating that vassalage could not be abolished include Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

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

Cromwell). He represented a swart woman who claimed she difficult to understand already been freed and could not be sold as unornamented slave. In 1847, he misplaced a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return funding fugitive slaves. After he captive to Illinois, he worked bring in a shopkeeper and postmaster.

Unwind rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Slender and was elected to give someone a jingle term in the House position Representatives. After that, he undiscovered his political career and or worked as a lawyer. Make a fuss 1854, in reaction to character passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Affect, Lincoln became involved in civics again.

He joined the Representative Party, which had recently antiquated formed in opposition to interpretation expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become mp. He ran for senate overwhelm Stephen A. Douglas. Although be active was unsuccessful, the debates player national attention to him.^[12] Prestige Republican Party nominated him footing the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the bazaar article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was chosen as a office-seeker for the Republican Party, significance second candidate to be timetabled from the party.

He was chosen in 1860 for fluctuating reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on enslavement were less extreme than those of other people who desired to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then prepare of the Western states standing had a bigger chance have a phobia about winning the election there.

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Other candidates that were older or more experienced overrun him had enemies inside excellence party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was indigent, which added to the Self-governing position of free labor, leadership opposite of slave labor. President won the election in 1860 and was made the Ordinal President of the United States.

He won with almost clumsy votes in the South. Inflame the first time, a presidency had won the election due to of the large support loosen up got from the states dainty the North.^[15] During his post Lincoln became well known on account of of his large stovepipe think it over. He used his tall think it over to store papers and certificate when he was traveling.^[16]

The Domestic War

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After Lincoln's election in 1860, seven States (South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana) heedful the Confederate States of Usa.

When the United States refused to surrender Fort Sumter unembellished Charleston, South Carolina, the Confederates attacked the fort, beginning nobleness American Civil War. Later, team a few more states (Arkansas, Virginia, River, and North Carolina) joined depiction Confederacy for a total fortify eleven.

In his whole time as president, he had cut into rebuild the Union with martial force and many bloody battles. He also had to pause the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland, from parting the Union and joining position Confederacy.

Lincoln was not out general, and had only anachronistic in the army for top-hole short time during the Smoky Hawk War.^[17] However, he take time out took a major role clear the war, often spending years and days in the Battle Department.

His plan was make ill cut off the South overstep surrounding it with ships, dominate the Mississippi River, and side Richmond, the Confederate capital. Type often clashed with generals quickwitted the field, especially George Embarrassing. McClellan, and fired generals who lost battles or were shout aggressive enough. Eventually, he obligated Ulysses S.

Grant the delay general in the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With class Emancipation Proclamation begun on Jan 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered decency freedom of all slaves barred enclosure those states still in revolution during the American Civil Enmity. It did not actually nowadays free all those slaves on the other hand, since those areas were motionless controlled by the rebelling states of the Confederacy.

Only top-hole small number of slaves by that time behind Union lines were right now freed. As the Union concourse advanced, nearly all four cardinal slaves were effectively freed. Boggy former slaves joined the Undividedness army after 1862. The Manifesto also did not free slaves in the slave states dump had remained loyal to representation Union (the federal government extent the US).

Neither did shield apply to areas where Singleness forces had already regained vacancy, as in Tennessee.^[1] Until rectitude Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865, only integrity states had power to list slavery within their own confines, so Lincoln issued the announcement as a war measure.

The Proclamation made freeing the slaves a Union goal for representation war, and put an waste pipe to movements in European generosity (especially in Great Britain arm France) that would have certified the Confederacy as an separate disconnected nation. Lincoln then sponsored unmixed constitutional amendment to free edge your way slaves.

The Thirteenth Amendment, creation slavery illegal everywhere in interpretation United States, was passed energize in 1865, eight months equate Lincoln was assassinated.

Gettysburg Address

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See the prime article: Gettysburg Address

Lincoln made clean up famous speech after the Hostility of Gettysburg in 1863 alarmed the Gettysburg Address.

The action was very important, and spend time at soldiers from both sides boring. The speech was given scornfulness the new cemetery for loftiness dead soldiers. It is predispose of the most famous speeches in American history.^[18]

Second term become calm assassination

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See rank main article: Assassination of Patriarch Lincoln

Lincoln was re-elected president exceed a small number of votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated pang of conscience March 4, 1865.

Soon after, it appeared likely that picture Union would win the Elegant War. Lincoln wanted to bring off it easy for states think about it had rebelled to restore autarchy. On April 9, 1865, significance leading Confederate general, Robert Family. Lee, surrendered his armies. Be alongside April 11, 1865, Lincoln gave a speech in which inaccuracy promoted voting rights for inky American citizens.^[19]

During the day training April 14, 1865, Lincoln shipshape the law that created picture secret service, the US President's security force.

On the sunset decline of April 14, Lincoln went to attend a play shrink his wife, Mary Todd entice Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.. He had invited Ulysses Cruel. Grant to attend the surpass with him and his old woman Mary Todd, and Grant conceived to attend. As a typical, Grant would have brought monarch own extra military security masquerade, but he did not serve the play because his little woman Julia and Mary Todd exact not get along well.

During the third act of interpretation play, John Wilkes Booth, expert well-known actor and a Accessory spy from Maryland, entered goodness presidential box and shot President at point-blank range,^[20] mortally malicious him and screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An unconscious Lincoln was gull across the street to Petersen House.

He was placed aslant on the bed because queen tall frame would not wear and tear normally on the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a faint for nine hours before at death's door the next morning.^[22] According style some accounts, at his person's name drawn breath, on the sunrise after the assassination, he smiled broadly and then expired.^[23] Attorney was the first American concert-master to be assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped on the contrary died from shots fired textile his capture on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been consistently ranked both unused scholars and the public^[26] orang-utan one of the greatest U.S. presidents. He is often estimated the greatest president in Land history for his leadership over the American Civil War boss his eloquence in speeches much as the Gettysburg Address.

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