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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
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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
C-SPAN in the Classroom Papers: Library of Congress - Washington, DC, 202-707-5387
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Presidents Programs from C-SPAN's Archives
� 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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