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Abraham Lincoln

Name Abraham Lincoln
Born February 12, 1809
Died April 15, 1865
Was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Spouses Mary Todd Lincoln (married November 4, 1842)
Children Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926), Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-1850), William Wallace Lincoln (1850-1862), Thomas “Tad” Lincoln (1853-1871)
Occupation Politician, lawyer, President of the United States
Known for 16th President of the United States, led during the American Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, delivered the Gettysburg Address
Awards Honorary Doctor of Laws from Columbia University (1861)
Famous quotes “Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”; “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”; “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”; “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

Abraham Lincoln – Life milestones

Years Age Events
1809 0 Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12
1811 2 Moved to Knob Creek, Kentucky in spring
1816 7 Moved to Indiana in fall
1818 9 Mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln died on October 5
1819 10 Father married Sarah Bush Johnston on December 2
1828 19 Sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby died on January 20; helped take flatboat cargo from Indiana to New Orleans in summer
1830 21 Moved to Macon County, Illinois in March
1831 22 Helped build flatboat to New Orleans from April to July; became clerk in New Salem, Illinois
1832 23 Elected captain in Black Hawk War on April 7; lost election for Illinois General Assembly on August 6
1834 25 Elected to Illinois General Assembly on August 4
1835 26 Ann Rutledge died on August 25
1836 27 Licensed to practice law on September 9
1837 28 Moved to Springfiel on April 15, law partner with John T. Stuart; wrote to Mary S. Owens on August 16
1838 29 Delivered “Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions” speech on January 27
1839 30 Mary Todd began living in Springfiel
1841 32 Ended engagement with Mary Todd on January 1; depression; law partnership with Stephen T. Logan in April
1842 33 Married Mary Todd on November 4
1843 34 Son Robert Todd Lincoln born on August 1
1844 35 Purchased house in Springfiel in January; law partnership with William H. Herndon in November
1846 37 Son Edward Baker Lincoln born on March 10; elected to U.S. House of Representatives on August 3
1847 38 Attended Chicago River and Harbor Convention in July; visited Mary Lincoln’s family in Lexington, Kentucky in November; introduced “Spot Resolutions” on December 22
1848 39 Attended Whig Party’s national convention in June; New England speaking tour in September
1849 40 Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court bar on March 7; granted patent for floatation devices on May 22; resumed law practice in Springfiel in July; declined appointment as governor of Oregon Territory in September
1850 41 Son William Wallace Lincoln born on December 21
1853 44 Son Thomas “Tad” Lincoln born on April 4
1854 45 Kansas-Ne Nebraska Act in May; delivered speech in Peoria on October 16
1855 46 Unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate in February; defender in “The Reaper Case” in June
1856 47 Received votes for vice president at Republican Convention on June 19
1857 48 Defender in Hurd et al. v. The Railroad Bridge Company from July to September
1858 49 Defender in People v. Armstrong in May; delivered “House Divided” speech on June 16; Lincoln-Douglas Debates from August to October; unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate on November 2
1860 51 Delivered Cooper Union address on February 27; nominated as Republican candidate for president on May 18; received letter from Grace Bedell on October 15; elected president on November 6; South Carolina seceded on December 20
1861 52 Delivered farewell remarks in Springfiel on February 11; arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. on February 23; inaugurated president on March 4; Fort Sumter attacked on April 12; called for 75,000 volunteers on April 15; blockaded southern ports on April 19; sent message to special session of Congress on July 4; Union defeated at First Battle of Manassas on July 21; resolved the TRENT AFFAIR in December
1862 53 Son “Willie” Lincoln died on February 20; read draft Emancipation Proclamation to cabinet on July 22; issued Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22
1863 54 Issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1; Union victories at Gettysburg on July 3 and Vicksbur on July 4; delivered Gettysburg Address on November 19; issued Proclamation of Amnest and Reconstruction on December 8
1864 55 Nominated for president by National Union Party on June 8; pocket vetoed Wade-Davis Bill on July 4; under fire at Battle of Fort Stevens on July 12; wrote memo doubting re-election on August 23; Atlanta fell to Sherman on September 1; reelected president on November 8; received telegram from Sherman about Savannah on December 25
1865 56 House passed the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31; second inaugural address on March 4; General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9; assassinated by John Wiles Booth on April 14; died on April 15

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