Abraham Lincoln

Honest Abe

February 12, 1809

Abe Lincoln was the 16th

President of the United States,
and during his presidency, the
U.S. was going through the
worst crisis since the
Revolutionary War.

Abraham Lincoln had

several nicknames, ranging
from Honest Abe, to The
Great Emancipator

Abraham Lincoln was born

on February 12, and died 56
years later on April 14th by
assassination.

Mary Todd Lincoln

Family

Education

Abraham Lincoln married

Mary Todd after a
postponement in their
engagement which depressed
him. They were then married
on November 4th, 1842.

Religion
He entertained Christian
sentiments, but never stated
that he practiced Christianity.

Lincoln had four children.

Abraham Lincoln didnt
Three of those children never
receive a formal education
made it beyond 18 years of
until nearing manhood. He
age. The only surviving one
taught himself law by reading
was Robert Todd Lincoln.
William Blackstones
Commentaries on the Laws of
England.

State

Political Party

Abraham Lincoln was born Lincoln represented the Whig

in Kentucky. He lived within Party in 1834 as a Lawyer. He
Hardin County, in a forested was the first representative for
area, and lived in a log
the Republican Party in the
house.
1860 presidential election.

Occupations

Political Position

Opponents

Before he became joined the

U.S. Government, he worked
as a Wood splitter, shopkeeper,
postmaster, general store
owner, and practiced law in the
John T. Stuart law firm, in that
order.

During the 1860 presidential

election, Abraham Lincoln
ran as the Republican
presidential nominee.
Lincoln won the Republican
nomination again for the
1864 election, and won once
again.

During the 1860 Presidential

Election, Abraham Lincoln
ran against Stephen Douglas.
Four years later,

Campaign Slogan

Number 16

Election Results of 1860

1860: Vote Yourself a Farm

1864: Dont Swap Horses in
the Middle of a Stream

Succeeding James Buchanan

in the presidency, the man
who did nothing to aid
America as it spiraled into
chaos, Lincoln became the
sixteenth President.

The 1860 Presidential

Elections were particularly
one sided, with Lincoln
gaining 40% of the overall
vote. More importantly,
Lincoln won 60% of the
electoral college vote, the
precursor to his legacy.

Vice Presidents

Terms Served

Emancipation Proclamation

1860 elections with running

mate Hannibal Hamlin.

Abraham Lincoln served one

full term, but after a short
time being reelected, he was
assassinated by John Wilkes
Booth.

An executive order by
Abraham Lincoln on January
1st that made all people who
are slaves in rebellious
states free.

Abolition of Slavery

Defeat for the U.S. Senate

Civil War

The 13th Amendment was

passed on April 8th, 1864,
about two months after
Lincoln died, which prohibited
slavery or involuntary
servitude in the United States.

Abraham Lincoln was

elected by Illinois State
Legislature for a seat in the
Senate, but the Senate
declined the seat.

Lincoln was elected president

two months before the start of
the Civil War. His rise to
presidency is one of the
underlying causes of why
some states seceded from the
Union.

Confederacy

Emancipation Proclamation

South Carolina seceded from

the Union on December 20,
1860. Its secession was
followed by Georgia,
Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas,
Louisiana, Virginia,
Arkansas, North Carolina,
and Tennessee.

The Emancipation
Proclamation was not only
Lincolns clever way to free
the slaves, but it also
demonstrated a Presidents
power during a war, as the
Emancipation Proclamation
was labeled a fit and
necessary war measure.

States

Secede

After Lincolns win of the

presidential race, South
Carolina seceded from the
Union, followed by six more
southern states, in order to
create the Confederate States
of America.

Union

Free Slaves

Defeated Confederate soldiers

couldnt be exiled as it would
be bad for the future integrity

The Emancipation
Proclamation encouraged
slaves in the south to flee

of the United States, so

Lincoln pardoned each one,
but not those who committed
high crimes.

their plantations, not only

weakening the Confederates
army, but also aligning his
belief that All Men are
Created Equal to his military
strategy.

Secret Service

Schooling

Hat

Abraham Lincoln created the

Secret Service hours before his
assassination

Lincoln only had 18 months

of formal education

He kept important documents

in his hat

Turkey

Wrestling

VP Woes

He established the
Thanksgiving holiday

Abraham Lincoln wrestled

as a young adult.

Winning Illinois vote for

nomination, Lincoln was in
line for Vice Presidency-- but
the title didnt suit him
enough so he graciously
failed to win the convention
in Philadelphia.

Depression

Economy

Protecting Civil Rights

Abraham Lincoln struggled

The Civil War quickly took
The Gettysburg Address
with clinical depression for a
its toll on the U.S. economy.
proclaimed Lincolns
majority of his life, all coming
With the Government
immortal declaration of all
from the deaths of loved ones-- already in debt prior to the
men are created equal, thus
ranging from parents to his
war, costs only mounted-- so
creating the Emancipation
own children-- and political
Lincoln did all he could to
Proclamation to not only
turmoil.
marshall the American
weaken the Confederate army,
economy to pay for the war
but rebuild not a white
needs.
America, not a black
America, but the United
States of America.

Young Abe reading by the fire.

Lincoln meeting with

McCLellan after the Battle
of Antietam.

Lincoln shot by John Wilkes

Booth.

Lincoln serving in the House

of Representatives.

Lincoln during his 1861

Inaugural Address.

Lincoln with his family

traveling on the Union Pacific
Railroad.

Mary Todd Lincoln,

Abrahams wife.

Young Lincoln cutting up

wood.

President Lincoln looking

very suave.

Painting of Lincoln looking

suave.