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Also Known As The Rail-splitter • The Great Emancipator • Honest Abe
Born February 12, 1809 • near Hodgenville • Kentucky
Died April 15, 1865 (aged 56) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Title / Office presidency of the United States of America (1861-1865), United States • House of Representatives (1847-1849), United States
Political Affiliation Republican Party • Whig Party
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1900)
Notable Works Gettysburg Address
Notable Family Members spouse Mary Todd Lincoln
Role In American Civil War • Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln-Douglas debates • Freeport Doctrine

Did You Know?

  • Part of the reason that Lincoln opposed slavery was that he envisioned the United States as a country of urban commerce rather than plantations.
  • Lincoln was the first president to be assasinated while in office.
  • Mary Lincoln was widely unpopular due to her frivolity and spending practices. Her reputation worsened with her practice of holding seances in the White House after one of her young sons died.

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