BIOGRAPHY OF THIS MAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT GREAT MAN OF AMERICA ABRAHAM LINGAM
BIOGRAPHY OF THIS MAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT GREAT MAN OF AMERICA ABRAHAM LINGAM
Abraham Lincoln he is the 16th president of the United States. He was born February 12 1809 at Sinking Spring farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky United State.
His father's name was Thomas Lincoln and mother's name was Nancy Hanks Lincoln. His father was a farmer and his family was very poor living in a small one-room. Log Cabin
while Lincoln was still very young.
His family moved to Indiana and then again to Illinois. He only went to school for one year, but he loved books and learning and taught himself as much as he could when he was 22 years old Abraham Lincoln left home to work at a General Store. It was there that he got
his nickname Honest Abe once a customer accidentally overpaid by a few pennies and that night when the store closed Abraham Lincoln walked for miles to take the money back.
In 1832 Lincoln ran in an election to become a member of the Illinois State Legislature, but he lost after that. he served as a captain in the Army
in 1834 Abraham Lincoln elected to the Illinois State Legislature as a member of the Whig party then he started working as a lawyer after being admitted to the in 1837. He moved to Springfield, Illinois and began to practice in the john T Stuart law firm.
He got married with Mary Todd in November 4 1842 at the age of 33. He had four children. They are
Robert Lincoln
Edward Lincoln
Willie Lincoln
Todd Lincoln
in 1846. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1860. He ran for president at the age of 51. It was a difficult time in the United States the North and the South disagreed on a lot of things and it was getting worse one thing they disagreed on was slavery the northern states did not want any more slavery. the southern states wanted to keep their slaves Abraham Lincoln did not like slavery
in 1960. He was elected president of the Republican party because he had the support of the northern states. He had almost no support from the southern states as soon as he became president southern states began seceding from the Union.
That Means they decided they did not want to be part of the United States anymore. President Lincoln was determined to keep the country together and in 1861 the war started it was a civil war a terrible bloody war that lasted 4 years
on January 1st. 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and order that freed all the slaves in the southern states a few years later. He helped to pass the 13th. Amendment to the Constitution which made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States the civil war finally ended on April 9th 1865 President Lincoln wanted to put the country back together and help the South rebuild. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest presidents in American history his leadership during the Civil War and his defense of human Liberty make him an American hero. His face is on pennies and five dollar bills.
He was included in Mount Rushmore and the memorial for him stands in Washington DC less than a week after the end of the Civil War Lincoln and his wife were watching a play at the Ford Theater
in Washington DC there. He was shot in the head by a man named John Wilkes Booth Abraham Lincoln died the next morning on April 15 1865 at the age of 56.
He was the first American president to be assassinated.