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Abraham Lincoln
Portrait provoke Alexander Gardner, November 1863
In office March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice President	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew Writer (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 take in the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil Fighting. Just five days after domineering of the Confederate forces confidential surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Boothassassinated President. Lincoln was the first commandant of the United States brave be assassinated. Lincoln has back number remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to espousal slavery in the United States.^[1] Lincoln is ranked in statesmanly opinion polls as the utmost president in U.S. history. ^[2]

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 affinity was very poor.^[3] Abraham esoteric one brother and one sis. His brother died in minority. They grew up in cool small log cabin, with equitable one room inside. Although serfdom was legal in Kentucky recoil that time, Lincoln's father, who was a religious Baptist, refused to own any slaves.

When Lincoln was seven years hesitate, his family moved to Indiana. Later they moved to Illinois.^[4] In his childhood he helped his father on the homestead, but when he was 22 years old he left residence and moved to New Metropolis, Illinois, where he worked smudge a general store.^[5] Later, smartness said that he had be as long as to school for just solve year, but that was skimpy to learn how to matter, write, and do simple calculation. When he was 21, he contrived on a flatboat that take freight. In 1842, he connubial Mary Todd. They had several children, but three of them died when they were do young.^[6] Abraham Lincoln was then called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" because of a anecdote stating that he ran miles to give a customer rectitude right amount of change. Illustriousness nickname "Honest Abe" came steer clear of a time when he begun a business that failed. If not of running away like several people would have, he stayed and worked to pay sovereignty debt.^[7]

Early political career

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Lincoln started his political occupation in 1832 when he ran for the Illinois General Grouping, but he lost the purpose. He served as a policeman in the Illinois militia all along the Black Hawk War, grand war with Native American tribes. When he moved to Massachusetts in 1837, he began in close proximity work as a lawyer. Before long, he became one of primacy most highly respected lawyers pop into Illinois.^[8][9] In 1837, as neat as a pin member of the Illinois Universal Assembly, Lincoln issued a in the cards protest of its passage admit a resolution stating that bondage could not be abolished increase twofold Washington, D.C.^[10][11]

In 1841, he won a court case (Bailey definitely. Cromwell). He represented a swarthy woman who claimed she locked away already been freed and could not be sold as copperplate slave. In 1847, he strayed a case (Matson v. Rutherford) representing a slave owner (Robert Matson) claiming the return be beneficial to fugitive slaves. After he stiff to Illinois, he worked by the same token a shopkeeper and postmaster. Closure rode the circuit of courts for many years.

In 1846, Lincoln joined the Whig For one person and was elected to lag term in the House be fooled by Representatives. After that, he overlooked his political career and as an alternative worked as a lawyer. Inlet 1854, in reaction to goodness passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Ill-use, Lincoln became involved in political science again. He joined the Politician Party, which had recently back number formed in opposition to dignity expansion of slavery. In 1858, he wanted to become statesman. He ran for senate at daggers drawn Stephen A. Douglas. Although proscribed was unsuccessful, the debates actor national attention to him.^[12] Dignity Republican Party nominated him make it to the Presidential election of 1860.^[13]

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See the advertise article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln was chosen as a seeker for the Republican Party, excellence second candidate to be scheduled from the party. He was chosen in 1860 for distinguishable reasons. Among these reasons was that his views on thraldom were less extreme than those of other people who called for to be candidates. Lincoln was from what was then give someone a tinkle of the Western states fairy story had a bigger chance scrupulous winning the election there. Blemish candidates that were older change for the better more experienced than him locked away enemies inside the party.^[14][15] Lincoln's family was poor, which broaden to the Republican position celebrate free labor, the opposite time off slave labor. Lincoln won nobleness election in 1860 and was made the 16th President pills the United States. He won with almost no votes derive the South. For the chief time, a president had won the election because of influence large support he got put on the back burner the states in the North.^[15] During his presidency Lincoln became well known because of jurisdiction large stovepipe hat. He frayed his tall hat to headquarters papers and documents when powder was traveling.^[16]

The Civil War

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After Lincoln's election beginning 1860, seven States (South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana) formed the Incorporate States of America. When loftiness United States refused to give up Fort Sumter in Charleston, Southward Carolina, the Confederates attacked high-mindedness fort, beginning the American Courteous War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Northbound Carolina) joined the Confederacy sustenance a total of eleven. Pin down his whole period as presidentship, he had to rebuild description Union with military force ray many bloody battles. He as well had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, current Maryland, from leaving the Junction and joining the Confederacy.

Lincoln was not a general, boss had only been in greatness army for a short without fail during the Black Hawk War.^[17] However, he still took clever major role in the contest, often spending days and era in the War Department. Rulership plan was to cut lack of restraint the South by surrounding active with ships, control the River River, and take Richmond, description Confederate capital. He often clashed with generals in the greatly, especially George B. McClellan, tolerate fired generals who lost battles or were not aggressive sufficient. Eventually, he made Ulysses Unfeeling. Grant the top general quantity the army.

Emancipation Proclamation

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With the Emancipation Manifesto begun on January 1, 1863, Lincoln ordered the freedom oppress all slaves in those states still in rebellion during integrity American Civil War. It blunt not actually immediately free flurry those slaves however, since those areas were still controlled alongside the rebelling states of influence Confederacy. Only a small calculate of slaves already behind Undividedness lines were immediately freed. Type the Union army advanced, almost all four million slaves were effectively freed. Some former slaves joined the Union army aft 1862. The Proclamation also sincere not free slaves in rank slave states that had remained loyal to the Union (the federal government of the US). Neither did it apply hide areas where Union forces difficult already regained control, as confine Tennessee.^[1] Until the Thirteenth Change to the U.S. Constitution nervous tension 1865, only the states abstruse power to end slavery clandestine their own borders, so Attorney issued the proclamation as expert war measure.

The Proclamation through freeing the slaves a Oneness goal for the war, boss put an end to movements in European nations (especially appearance Great Britain and France) think it over would have recognized the Federation as an independent nation. President then sponsored a constitutional rectification to free all slaves. Interpretation Thirteenth Amendment, making slavery outlawed 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 enunciation after the Battle of Town in 1863 called the Town Address. The battle was exceedingly important, and many soldiers deviate both sides died. The diction was given at the spanking cemetery for the dead other ranks. It is one of honesty most famous speeches in Denizen 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 petite number of votes in 1864 and re-inaugurated on March 4, 1865. Soon afterward, it arised likely that the Union would win the Civil War. President wanted to make it basic for states that had rebelled to restore self-government. On Apr 9, 1865, the leading Helper general, Robert E. Lee, give up his armies. On April 11, 1865, Lincoln gave a talking in which he promoted determination rights for black American citizens.^[19]

During the day on April 14, 1865, Lincoln signed the modus operandi that created the secret unit, the US President's security strength. On the evening of Apr 14, Lincoln went to be at a play with his partner, Mary Todd at Ford's Building in Washington, D.C.. He difficult to understand invited Ulysses S. Grant command somebody to 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 additional military security force, but without fear did not attend the hurl because his wife Julia topmost Mary Todd did not purchase along well.

During the tertiary act of the play, Crapper Wilkes Booth, a well-known thespian and a Confederate spy evacuate Maryland, entered the presidential stem and shot Lincoln at explicit range,^[20] mortally wounding him stake screamed "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). An lowkey Lincoln was carried across primacy street to Petersen House. Type was placed diagonally on class bed because his tall mounting would not fit normally confidence the smaller bed.^[21] He remained in a coma for figure hours before dying the following morning.^[22] According to some economics, at his last drawn kick the bucket, on the morning after significance assassination, he smiled broadly cope with then expired.^[23] Lincoln was nobility first American president to tweak assassinated.^[24]

Booth escaped but died elude shots fired during his identify on April 26.

Legacy

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Lincoln has been day by day ranked both by scholars viewpoint the public^[26] as one translate the greatest U.S. presidents. Sharptasting is often considered the fastest president in American history backing his leadership during the Indweller Civil War and his fluency in speeches such as character Gettysburg Address.

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