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Abraham Lincoln's Childhood and Education
Lincoln was born
in Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
He moved to Indiana in 1816 and lived there the rest of his youth.
Lincoln himself stated that he had about one year of formal education. However, he was taught by many different individuals.
He loved to read and learn from any books he could get his hands on.
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Symbolic log cabin at the
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
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Family Ties
Father: Thomas Lincoln -
farmer and carpenter
Mother: Nancy Hanks - died when Lincoln
was nine. His stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston, was very close to him.
Siblings: Sarah Grigsby was the only sibling to live to maturity.
Wife: Mary Todd - grew up in relative wealth. Four of her siblings fought for the South. She was considered mentally unbalanced.
Children: Robert Todd - lawyer and diplomat; William Wallace - the only president's child to die in the White House, and Thomas "Tad" - died at 18.
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Abraham Lincoln's
early life and career
Lincoln began
his political career in 1832 at age 23 with an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party.
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An 1864 Mathew Brady photo depicts
President Lincoln reading a book with his youngest son,
Tad
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The greatest American president
He
is considered by many historians to have been the
greatest American president.
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One of the last photographs
of Lincoln, likely taken in February 1865
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The Apotheosis of Abraham Lincoln,
greeted by George Washington in heaven (an 1860s work
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1860
Presidential election
1860 presidential election results
On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as
the 16th President of the United States.
He was the first Republican president, winning entirely on the strength of his support in the North:
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Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln met with his cabinet
on July 22, 1862 for the first reading of
a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln
in 1846 or 1847
In 1846 Lincoln was elected to one term in
the U.S. House of Representatives
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Official White House portrait of
Abraham Lincoln
by George Peter Alexander Healy
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1864 Presidential election results
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The only known photographs of Lincoln
giving a speech were taken as he delivered his
second inaugural address.
Here, he stands in the center, with papers in his hand.
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A photograph of the March 4,
1861 inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in front of United
States Capitol
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A picture that
depicts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln's tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln's
tomb is located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield,
Illinois.
It includes a 117-foot-tall granite obelisk surmounted with several bronze statues of Lincoln, which was constructed by 1874.
Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of his four sons are also buried there (Robert Todd Lincoln is buried in Arlington National Cemetery)
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Lincoln's coffin, Museum
of Funeral Customs
A funeral was held in Springfield on May
4, 1865.
Subsequent to the funeral, Lincoln's remains, along with those of his son William, were interred in a public receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Lincoln's funeral train
Lincoln's body was
born from Washington, DC, on a funeral train, accompanied
by dignitaries and Robert Todd Lincoln, his eldest son.
The remains of his son, William Wallace Lincoln, were also placed on the train.
The train left Washington, DC, on April 21, 1865, and traveled 1,654 miles, retracing the route Lincoln had traveled to Washington, DC, as the president elect.
The train's journey ended on May 3, 1865, when it arrived in Springfield, Illinois.
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Lincoln Memorial University is a private
four-year co-educational liberal arts college located in Harrogat, Tennessee
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Images of Lincoln
Lincoln's portrait on the American five
dollar bill
Lincoln stamp, issued November 19,
1965
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Images of Lincoln
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Hingham, Massachusetts
Daniel Chester French's sculpture inside the Lincoln Memorial
Stone
carving of Lincoln at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
