Abe Lincoln
The 16th President of the United States was
a
remarkable and complicated man. Prone to depression and dark
humors, he nevertheless held office during one of the most crucial
periods in American history
and his actions made him one of the most beloved in US history.
Born near Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809, he was a product of frontier life learning to live as a farmer. His father had a roving nature and the family moved to the Indiana frontier to establish a farm. Abraham was large for his age and learned to handle most of the farm chores at an early age, plowing and chopping wood. After his mother died from "milk sickness" in 1818, his father remarried and brought his new wife and her three children by an earlier marriage to the Lincoln farm. Sarah Lincoln was a kindly woman and educated her children, including Abraham, as well as she was able. As he aged, Abraham proved to be a curious individual and read prodigiously and involving himself in a number of enterprises - ferryman, storekeeper, postmaster, surveyor. In 1834, he was elected to the Illinois state legistlature and was re-elected for 4 more terms. During this time, he made a living through his law practice, which he had begun in 1836. In 1842 he married Mary Todd, a Lexington Kentucky woman with her own inner demons. In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the US Congress and served unnoticed. A Whig, Lincoln campaigned for the election of Zachary Taylor, who, once elected offered him the governorship of the new territory of Oregon, which Lincoln refused. Lincoln left politics for a time to pursue his law practice and his attention to changes in the system allowed him to create a thriving practice that included many emerging corporations and to hone his skills in 'speechifying' and debate. In 1854, however, his political zeal was rekindled when the Missouri Compromise, which established the terms of slavery in new territories, was about to be rewritten allowing slavery to spread to a significantly larger part of the US. This Kansas and Nebraska Act was proposed by Stephen Douglas, an old acquaintance of Lincoln. It divided the Whig party and established a new party which eventually offered Lincoln on an unsuccessful bid for vice president, then the Senate, though his political power grew in his party. In 1860, he ran for president and when the opposing party split, he was nominated and elected.
Lincoln's presidency was an eventful and painful one, both for the nation and personally. He guided the US through a grueling four years of civil war, pushed legislation to end slavery in the US and was re-elected in 1864, but was unable to see his reconstrction plans carried out as he was assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theatre in April, 1865 by John Wilkes Boothe.
Born near Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809, he was a product of frontier life learning to live as a farmer. His father had a roving nature and the family moved to the Indiana frontier to establish a farm. Abraham was large for his age and learned to handle most of the farm chores at an early age, plowing and chopping wood. After his mother died from "milk sickness" in 1818, his father remarried and brought his new wife and her three children by an earlier marriage to the Lincoln farm. Sarah Lincoln was a kindly woman and educated her children, including Abraham, as well as she was able. As he aged, Abraham proved to be a curious individual and read prodigiously and involving himself in a number of enterprises - ferryman, storekeeper, postmaster, surveyor. In 1834, he was elected to the Illinois state legistlature and was re-elected for 4 more terms. During this time, he made a living through his law practice, which he had begun in 1836. In 1842 he married Mary Todd, a Lexington Kentucky woman with her own inner demons. In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the US Congress and served unnoticed. A Whig, Lincoln campaigned for the election of Zachary Taylor, who, once elected offered him the governorship of the new territory of Oregon, which Lincoln refused. Lincoln left politics for a time to pursue his law practice and his attention to changes in the system allowed him to create a thriving practice that included many emerging corporations and to hone his skills in 'speechifying' and debate. In 1854, however, his political zeal was rekindled when the Missouri Compromise, which established the terms of slavery in new territories, was about to be rewritten allowing slavery to spread to a significantly larger part of the US. This Kansas and Nebraska Act was proposed by Stephen Douglas, an old acquaintance of Lincoln. It divided the Whig party and established a new party which eventually offered Lincoln on an unsuccessful bid for vice president, then the Senate, though his political power grew in his party. In 1860, he ran for president and when the opposing party split, he was nominated and elected.
Lincoln's presidency was an eventful and painful one, both for the nation and personally. He guided the US through a grueling four years of civil war, pushed legislation to end slavery in the US and was re-elected in 1864, but was unable to see his reconstrction plans carried out as he was assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theatre in April, 1865 by John Wilkes Boothe.
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