ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1809 1865 SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES LINCOLN ABRAHAM 1809 1865 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE POLITICAL PARTIES CIVIL WAR U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS ABRAHAM LINCOLN BORN NEAR HODGENVILLE KENTUCKY ABRAHAM LINCOLN RECEIVED LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF FORMAL EDUCATION BUT HE TAUGHT HIMSELF GRAMMAR AND MATHEMATICS HE SETTLED IN ILLINOIS IN 1830 AND BECAME A LAWYER SIX YEARS LATER FROM 1834 TO 1841 HE SERVED IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE AND IN 1842 HE MARRIED MARY TODD FOUR YEARS LATER HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS A WHIG BUT HE JOINED THE NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 1856 IN 1858 HE RAN FOR THE U.S SENATE AGAINST DEMOCRAT STEPHEN DOUGLAS CAMPAIGNING THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS LINCOLN ROSE TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE WHEN HE TOOK AN ANTISLAVERY POSITION DURING THE LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATES ALTHOUGH HE LOST THE SENATE ELECTION TO DOUGLAS LINCOLN RECEIVED THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN 1860 HE WAS ELECTED LATER THAT YEAR THE CIVIL WAR DOMINATED LINCOLN'S PRESIDENCY AFTER AN ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER SPARKED THE WAR IN 1861 HE DECLARED A BLOCKADE ON SOUTHERN PORTS IN 1863 HE ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WHICH GRANTED FREEDOM TO ALL SLAVES IN REBELLING STATES LATER THAT YEAR HE PRESENTED THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS TO DEDICATE A CEMETERY AT THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD IN 1864 HE WAS RE ELECTED PRESIDENT JOHN WILKES BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN IN FORD'S THEATER WASHINGTON D.C ON APRIL 14 1865 LINCOLN DIED THE NEXT DAY HE WAS THE FIRST U.S PRESIDENT TO BE ASSASSINATED WHILE IN OFFICE
