Abraham LincolnA legend among men

By Daniel Johnson & Mai Nguyen

Overview

• Early life• Early political career• The road to presidency

Lincoln’s childhood

• Born in Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln's Log Cabin in Kentucky

• Moved to Indiana in 1816 then to Illinois in 1830

• Decided not to move back to Indiana with his father in 1831.

Family ties

• Siblings: Sarah Grigsby

• Wife: Mary Todd• Children:

Robert Edward

William Thomas

Robert & Edward Lincoln

William & Thomas Lincoln

Lincoln’s Jobs Before Presidency• A clerk• A candidate

and soldier• A postmaster

The road to the Presidency

• In 1836, re-elected and became a leader of the Whig Party

• Received license to practice Law

First known Photograph of Lincoln, about 1846

• In 1846, became a national politician

• In 1847, moved to Washington, D.C and served there for 2 years.

Slavery the main focus of his presidency

• In 1854, re-enter politics, opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• In 1856, helped organize the new Republican Party of Illinois.

• 1857, spoke against the Dred Scott Decision.

• In 1858, run for Senator of Illinois.

Lincoln’s letter to Douglas

“House Divided” speech at the state convention in Springfield

Nominee for president - 1860

• Received 180 of 303 electoral votes

• 40% of population vote

13 states left the union (pictured in red)

President Lincoln among the crowd at Gettysburg November 1863

• June 1864, nominated for 2nd term as President.

• November 1864, defeated Democrat George B. McClellan with 212 of 233 electoral votes and 55% of population votes.

• March 1865, delivered his second Inaugural Address.

Theatre box(balcony) Lincoln sat in at the Ford Theatre

Funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue - April 19, 1865

I will see you in the next chapter if you want to know more about me!!!