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Did You Know?
On January 23, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
He was the first president to be assassinated. He was shot five days after the end of the Civil War.
He was the first president born outside of the original thirteen colonies.
Just one month after his inauguration, the Civil War began.
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Key Events in the Administration
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Abraham Lincoln
(February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865)
Life Facts
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Personal:
First Lady: Mary Todd Lincoln, Wife
Wife's Maiden Name: Mary Todd
Number of Children: 4
Education Level: No College
Religion: No specific denomination
Profession: Clerk, Military, Lawyer, Store Owner
Military Service: Captain
Public Service:
Dates of Presidency: 3/4/1861 - 4/15/1865
Presidency Number: 16
Number of Terms: 2
Why Presidency Ended: Assassination
Party: Republican
His Vice President(s): Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
House of Representatives: Illinois (1847-1849)
State Legislative Service: IL (1834-1842)
Other Offices: Postmaster of New Salem, Illinois
Methodology and Resources
Presidential Places
Birthplace:
Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
Gravesite: Oak Ridge Cemetery
Museum: The Lincoln Memorial
Home: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Other Sites: Fords Theatre National Historic Site
Reference Material
Bibliography
Inaugural Address
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Abraham Lincoln Life Portrait: From the Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site - Springfield, IL
Guests included: Edna Greene Medford, history professor, Howard University; David E. Long, author, The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincolns Re-election and the End of Slavery; Cullom Davis, director of the Lincoln Legal Papers; Tim Townsend, historian, Lincoln Home National Historic Site; and Linda Norbet Suits, curator, Lincoln Home National Historic Site Watch | Order Videotape
Online chat with Tom Schwartz, Illinois State historian Read the transcript
Lincoln biographical vignette Watch
Harold Holzer on the Lincoln exhibit, "Lincoln From Life" Watch
Re-enactment of Lincolns "House Divided" speech, Springfield, IL Watch
Gary Talley on Lincoln's birthplace Watch
Booknotes with Mark Neely, author, The Last Best Hope of Earth: Lincoln and The Promise of America Watch
Mike Capps on Lincoln's boyhood Watch
Jean Baker, author, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography Watch
Panel on "Lincoln Re-Considered" Watch
Gerald Prokopowicz, author, on American Eras, Watch
Gettysburg Address re-enactment by John Hope Franklin Watch
David Herbert Donald Lincoln's education Watch
John Simon on Lincoln as an American hero Watch
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