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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


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
Related Links
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Papers: Library of Congress - Washington, DC, 202-707-5387
Watch American Presidents Programs from
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Programming includes:

� 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 Lincoln�s 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 Lincoln�s "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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