Life Facts
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
Footnotes
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
Related Links
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Programming on Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Bio Vignette Watch
Programming from The Abraham Lincoln Home National Historic Site Watch
Interview with Lincoln Historian Harold Holzer at The Lincoln Museum In Ft. Wayne, Indiana; a look at the Lincoln Exhibit "Lincoln From Life" Watch
Lincolns "House Divided" speech re-enactment -- Springfield, IL Watch
Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Vignette kick off to C-SPANs Lincoln Douglas Watch
The Last Best Hope of Earth: Lincoln and The Promise of America Booknotes with Author Mark Neely Watch
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Vignette -- Lincoln City, IN Watch
Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln-- Author Jean Baker Watch
"Lincoln Re-Considered" Panel discussion Watch
"Lincolnand The Military"-- Historian Gerald Prokopowicz Watch
Gettysburg Address -- Lincoln Re-Enactor & Historian John Hope Franklin Watch
The Education of Lincoln - Historian David Herbert Donald Watch
"Lincoln as an American Hero" -- Historian John Y. Simon Watch
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