Presidents of the United States of America
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16 - Abraham Lincoln
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: February 12, 1809
Birthplace: Log cabin three miles south of Hodgenville in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky
Father: Thomas Lincoln (1778-1851)
Mother: Nancy Hanks (1784-1818)
Height at Prime: 6feet 4 inches
Physical Description: Long limbs, sunken chest, coarse black hair, gray eyes, wart on right cheek above mouth
Religion: Not a member of any denomination
Wife: Mary Todd (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882)
Marriage Date: November 4, 1842
Marriage Place: Home of the bride’s sister (Mrs. Ninian Edwards), Springfield, Illinois
Children:
-- Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926)
-- Edward Baker Lincoln (March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850)
-- William Wallace Lincoln (December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862)
-- Thomas Lincoln (April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871)
Death Date: April 15, 1865
Place of Death: Peterson House, Washington, District of Columbia
Cause of Death: Assassinated by a gunshot wound to the back of the head
Final Words: Unknown
Burial Place: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Professional Statistics:
Captain in the army during the Black Hawk War (1832)
Postmaster of New Salem, Illinois (1833-1836)
Member of Illinois Legislature (1834-1842)
U.S. Representative (1847-1849)
“House Divided†Speech and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)
16th President of the United States (1861-1865)
Political Party: Republican
His Vice Presidents:
-- Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865)
-- Andrew Johnson (1865)
Events During Presidency:
Civil War (1861-1865)
Homestead Act (1862)
Morrill Act (1862)
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
