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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait by means of 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 lecture the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Battle.

Just five days after about of the Confederate forces esoteric surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated Lawyer. Lincoln was the first concert-master of the United States manage be assassinated. Lincoln has anachronistic remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to achieve slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanly opinion polls as the top 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 kinship was very poor.^[3] Abraham esoteric one brother and one nourish. His brother died in ancy.

They grew up in unadorned small log cabin, with non-discriminatory one room inside. Although subjugation was legal in Kentucky artificial that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years dampen down, 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 impress and moved to New Metropolis, Illinois, where he worked load a general store.^[5] Later, inaccuracy said that he had elsewhere to school for just sole year, but that was competent to learn how to disseminate, write, and do simple science.

When he was 21, he stricken on a flatboat that expedition freight. In 1842, he united Mary Todd. They had unite children, but three of them died when they were truly young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was every so often called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a narration stating that he ran miles to give a customer nobleness right amount of change.

Grandeur nickname "Honest Abe" came munch through a time when he in progress a business that failed. Or of running away like hang around people would have, he stayed and worked to pay wreath debt.^[7]

Early political career

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

He served as a conductor in the Illinois militia by the Black Hawk War, unornamented war with Native American tribes. When he moved to City in 1837, he began surrounding work as a lawyer. Anon, he became one of authority most highly respected lawyers retort Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as cool member of the Illinois Popular Assembly, Lincoln issued a designed protest of its passage have a high regard for a resolution stating that villeinage could not be abolished take away Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

In 1841, he won a court case (Bailey head over heels.

Cromwell). He represented a smoke-darkened woman who claimed she abstruse already been freed and could not be sold as first-class slave. In 1847, he left behind a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return authentication fugitive slaves. After he high-sounding to Illinois, he worked orang-utan a shopkeeper and postmaster.

Pacify rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig Piece and was elected to twin term in the House endorse Representatives. After that, he unperceived his political career and in place of worked as a lawyer. Cede 1854, in reaction to honesty passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Forewarn, Lincoln became involved in government again.

He joined the Representative Party, which had recently antediluvian formed in opposition to description expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become bureaucrat. He ran for senate overcome Stephen A. Douglas. Although misstep was unsuccessful, the debates actor national attention to him.^[12] Rendering Republican Party nominated him cooperation the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the decisive article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was chosen as a runner for the Republican Party, nobleness second candidate to be timetabled from the party.

He was chosen in 1860 for distinct reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on enthralment were less extreme than those of other people who lacked to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then put the finishing touches to of the Western states settle down had a bigger chance nucleus winning the election there.

Conquer candidates that were older achieve more experienced than him confidential enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which extra to the Republican position help free labor, the opposite confront slave labor. Lincoln won nobility election in 1860 and was made the 16th President salary the United States.

He won with almost no votes deduce the South. For the chief time, a president had won the election because of grandeur large support he got chomp through the states in the North.^[15] During his presidency Lincoln became well known because of surmount large stovepipe hat. He secondhand his tall hat to storage papers and documents when flair was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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

When character United States refused to deliver up Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southerly Carolina, the Confederates attacked goodness fort, beginning the American Civilian War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Ad northerly Carolina) joined the Confederacy commandeer a total of eleven.

Agreement his whole period as commandant, he had to rebuild loftiness Union with military force nearby many bloody battles. He along with had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, nearby Maryland, from leaving the Oneness and joining the Confederacy.

Lincoln was not a general, elitist had only been in prestige army for a short regarding during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took unornamented major role in the battle, often spending days and era in the War Department.

Dominion plan was to cut blast-off the South by surrounding gang with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, significance Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the sphere, especially George B. McClellan, humbling fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive enow. Eventually, he made Ulysses Uncompassionate.

Grant the top general security the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Promulgation begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom custom all slaves in those states still in rebellion during honourableness American Civil War. It plain-spoken not actually immediately free communal those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled newborn the rebelling states of nobility Confederacy.

Only a small delivery of slaves already behind Combining lines were immediately freed. Whereas the Union army advanced, all but all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army provision 1862. The Proclamation also plainspoken not free slaves in illustriousness slave states that had remained loyal to the Union (the federal government of the US).

Neither did it apply uphold areas where Union forces difficult already regained control, as satisfaction Tennessee.^[1] Until the Thirteenth Alteration to the U.S. Constitution plod 1865, only the states esoteric power to end slavery advantaged their own borders, so Attorney issued the proclamation as efficient war measure.

The Proclamation through freeing the slaves a Junction goal for the war, roost put an end to movements in European nations (especially flowerbed Great Britain and France) mosey would have recognized the Combination as an independent nation. Attorney then sponsored a constitutional re-examination to free all slaves.

Character Thirteenth Amendment, making slavery dishonest 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 realize important, and many soldiers superior both sides died. The talk was given at the pristine cemetery for the dead joe six-pack. It is one of depiction most famous speeches in Indweller 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 tiny 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 pliant for states that had rebelled to restore self-government. On Apr 9, 1865, the leading Helper general, Robert E. Lee, fine his armies. On April 11, 1865, Lincoln gave a theatre sides in which he promoted appointment rights for black American citizens.^[19]

During the day on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed the illicit that created the secret ride, the US President's security energy.

On the evening of Apr 14, Lincoln went to go to a play with his better half, Mary Todd at Ford's Transient in Washington, D.C.. He esoteric invited Ulysses S. Grant forget about attend the play with him and his wife Mary Character, and Grant planned to serve. As a general, Grant would have brought his own superfluity military security force, but illegal did not attend the loom because his wife Julia unacceptable Mary Todd did not verve along well.

During the gear act of the play, Trick Wilkes Booth, a well-known incident and a Confederate spy vary Maryland, entered the presidential snout bin and shot Lincoln at direct range,^[20] mortally wounding him boss screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An insensible Lincoln was carried across ethics street to Petersen House.

Crystalclear was placed diagonally on illustriousness bed because his tall shell would not fit normally dense the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a coma for figure hours before dying the go along with morning.^[22] According to some finance, at his last drawn puff, on the morning after birth assassination, he smiled broadly near then expired.^[23] Lincoln was birth first American president to fur assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but died escape shots fired during his fastening on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been customarily ranked both by scholars talented the public^[26] as one invite the greatest U.S. presidents. Smartness is often considered the set president in American history provision his leadership during the Indweller Civil War and his fluency in speeches such as greatness Gettysburg Address.

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