Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
By: Tyler Dewey
American Studies
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.  He was a self-taught man.  He was born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky.  Abraham was son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, he was named after his paternal grandfather.  Abraham’s father was a carpenter and a farmer.  His parent’s were both members of a Baptist congregation, which had separated due to differences on slavery.
     When Abraham was 7, the family moved to southern Indiana.  Abraham had gone to school briefly in Kentucky and also in Indiana.  He attended school with his older sister, Sarah.  In 1818 Nancy Lincoln, Abraham’s mother, died.  Thomas Lincoln soon remarried and Abraham loved his new stepmother, Sarah.  She had brought 3 children of her own into the household.
     Abraham, while growing up preferred learning to working.  He loved to read.  This didn’t go well with his father, who was the exact opposite of Abraham.  Abraham was always borrowing books from neighbors.
     In 1830 the Lincoln’s moved west to Illinois.  Abraham was 21 years old .  he lived in New Salem, Illinois until 1837.  He had many jobs while living there.  He was a store operator, surveyor, and served as postmaster.  He impressed the town’s people with his character, wrestled the town bully, and earned the nickname of “Honest Abe.”  He ran for Illinois legislature in 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1840, and won all 4 elections.  During this time he also studied law and became a lawyer in 1836.
     In 1842 Abe married Mary Todd, who he met in Springfield.  Over the next 11 years they had 4 children, Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas.  Abe became a successful attorney and the family bought a house.
     In 1846 Abe ran for the United States Houses of Representatives and won.  Once home from his term he resumed his law practices more seriously than ever.  Early in 1851 Abe’s father died.  Abe got back into politics with the passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act in 1854.  With Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate, Abe was elected the 16th President on November 6, 1860.  In February of 1861 the Lincoln’s left for Washington, D.C. by train.  Abe was now wearing a beard at the suggestion of an 11-year-old girl.  Abe was sworn in on March 4th.
     After Lincoln's election, many Southern states, fearing Republican control in the government, seceded from the Union. Lincoln faced the greatest internal crisis of any U.S. Presi...

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