AbrahamLincoln

AbeLincolnwasthe16thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,andduringhispresidency,theU.S.wasgoingthroughthe

worstcrisissincetheRevolutionaryWar.

HonestAbe

AbrahamLincolnhadseveralnicknames,rangingfromHonestAbe,toThe

GreatEmancipator

February12,1809

AbrahamLincolnwasbornonFebruary12,anddied56yearslateronApril14thby

assassination.

MaryToddLincoln

AbrahamLincolnmarriedMaryToddaftera

postponementintheirengagementwhichdepressedhim.TheywerethenmarriedonNovember4th,1842.

Family

Lincolnhadfourchildren.Threeofthosechildrennevermadeitbeyond18yearsofage.Theonly

survivingonewasRobertToddLincoln.

Education

AbrahamLincolndidntreceiveaformaleducationuntilnearingmanhood.He

taughthimselflawbyreadingWilliamBlackstones

CommentariesontheLawsofEngland.

Religion

HeentertainedChristiansentiments,butneverstatedthathepracticedChristianity.

State

AbrahamLincolnwasborninKentucky.HelivedwithinHardinCounty,inaforested

area,andlivedinaloghouse.

PoliticalParty

LincolnrepresentedtheWhigPartyin1834asaLawyer.

Hewasthefirstrepresentativeforthe

RepublicanPartyinthe1860presidentialelection.

Occupations

BeforehebecamejoinedtheU.S.Government,heworked

asaWoodsplitter,shopkeeper,postmaster,generalstoreowner,and

practicedlawintheJohnT.Stuartlawfirm,inthatorder.

PoliticalPosition

Duringthe1860presidentialelection,AbrahamLincoln

ranastheRepublicanpresidentialnominee.

LincolnwontheRepublicannominationagainforthe

1864election,andwononceagain.

Opponents

Duringthe1860PresidentialElection,AbrahamLincolnranagainstStephenDouglas.

Fouryearslater,

CampaignSlogan

1860:VoteYourselfaFarm1864:DontSwapHorsesin

theMiddleofaStream

Number16

SucceedingJamesBuchananinthepresidency,themanwhodidnothingtoaid

Americaasitspiraledintochaos,Lincolnbecamethe

sixteenthPresident.

ElectionResultsof1860

The1860PresidentialElectionswereparticularlyonesided,withLincoln

gaining40%oftheoverallvote.Moreimportantly,Lincolnwon60%oftheelectoralcollegevote,theprecursortohislegacy.

VicePresidents

1860electionswithrunningmateHannibalHamlin.

TermsServed

AbrahamLincolnservedonefullterm,butafterashort

timebeingreelected,hewasassassinatedbyJohnWilkes

Booth.

EmancipationProclamation

AnexecutiveorderbyAbrahamLincolnonJanuary1stthatmadeallpeoplewhoareslavesinrebellious

statesfree.

AbolitionofSlavery

The13thAmendmentwaspassedonApril8th,1864,abouttwomonthsafter

Lincolndied,whichprohibitedslaveryorinvoluntary

servitudeintheUnitedStates.

DefeatfortheU.S.Senate

AbrahamLincolnwaselectedbyIllinoisState

LegislatureforaseatintheSenate,buttheSenatedeclinedtheseat.

CivilWar

LincolnwaselectedpresidenttwomonthsbeforethestartoftheCivilWar.Hisrisetopresidencyisoneoftheunderlyingcausesofwhy

somestatessecededfromtheUnion.

StatesSecede

AfterLincolnswinofthepresidentialrace,South

CarolinasecededfromtheUnion,followedbysixmoresouthernstates,inordertocreatetheConfederateStates

ofAmerica.

Confederacy

SouthCarolinasecededfromtheUniononDecember20,1860.ItssecessionwasfollowedbyGeorgia,Florida,Alabama,Mississippi,Texas,Louisiana,Virginia,

Arkansas,NorthCarolina,andTennessee.

EmancipationProclamation

TheEmancipationProclamationwasnotonlyLincolnscleverwaytofree

theslaves,butitalsodemonstratedaPresidentspowerduringawar,astheEmancipationProclamation

waslabeledafitandnecessarywarmeasure.

Union

DefeatedConfederatesoldierscouldntbeexiledasitwouldbebadforthefutureintegrity

oftheUnitedStates,soLincolnpardonedeachone,butnotthosewhocommitted

highcrimes.

FreeSlaves

TheEmancipationProclamationencouragedslavesinthesouthtofleetheirplantations,notonly

weakeningtheConfederatesarmy,butalsoaligninghisbeliefthatAllMenare

CreatedEqualtohismilitarystrategy.

SecretService

AbrahamLincolncreatedtheSecretServicehoursbefore

hisassassination

Schooling

Lincolnonlyhad18monthsofformaleducation

Hat

Hekeptimportantdocumentsinhishat

Turkey

HeestablishedtheThanksgivingholiday

Wrestling

AbrahamLincolnwrestledasayoungadult.

VPWoes

WinningIllinoisvotefornomination,LincolnwasinlineforVicePresidencybut

thetitledidntsuithimenoughsohegraciously

failedtowintheconventioninPhiladelphia.

Depression

AbrahamLincolnstruggledwithclinicaldepressionforamajorityofhislife,allcoming

fromthedeathsoflovedonesrangingfromparentsto

hisownchildrenandpoliticalturmoil.

Economy

TheCivilWarquicklytookitstollontheU.S.economy.

WiththeGovernmentalreadyindebtpriortothewar,costsonlymountedsoLincolndidallhecouldtomarshalltheAmerican

economytopayforthewarneeds.

ProtectingCivilRights

TheGettysburgAddressproclaimedLincolns

immortaldeclarationofallmenarecreatedequal,thuscreatingtheEmancipationProclamationtonotonlyweakentheConfederate

army,butrebuildnotawhiteAmerica,notablack

America,buttheUnitedStatesofAmerica.

YoungAbereadingbythe

fire.

Lincolnmeetingwith

McCLellanaftertheBattleofAntietam.

LincolnshotbyJohnWilkes

Booth.

LincolnservingintheHouse

ofRepresentatives.

Lincolnduringhis1861InauguralAddress.

Lincolnwithhisfamily

travelingontheUnionPacificRailroad.

MaryToddLincoln,Abrahamswife.

YoungLincolncuttingup

wood.

PresidentLincolnlooking

verysuave.

PaintingofLincolnlooking

suave.