Abraham LincolnBy: Murice White & Austin Robinson

Info

• Name: Abraham Lincoln• D.O.B.: 2/12/1809• D.O.D.: 4/15/1865• P.O.B.: Sinking Spring Farm, Southeast Hardin, Kentucky• P.O.D.: Washington D.C.• Wife’s Name: Mary Todd Lincoln• Children’s Names: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker

“Eddie” Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln, and Thomas “Tad” Lincoln.

• Which President: 16th

• Cause: Preserved the Union during the Civil War, and brought about the emancipation of slavery.

Childhood

• Lincoln was the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hawks. Lincoln lost his mother at the age of 9, after which father remarried Sarah Bush Johnston. Though his family Belonged to Hardshell Baptist Church, Lincoln never joined a church in his life. His family moved to Macon County, and then Coles County Illinois in the 1830, but eventually Lincoln went on his own path. He canoed to New Salem and was hired by a business man Denton Offutt, and attended an 18 month school, but was mostly self educated.

Before the Presidency

• In 1832, at the age of 28, Lincoln entered the politics arena. During the Black Hawk War, he was elected captain of the Illinois militia company. He won the election to the State Legislature, and began to study law by himself. He moved to Springfield after being admitted to the bar. He later joined the Republican party, and quit studying law. After being elected and reelected to the Senate, Lincoln later received an endorsement to run for president.

Presidency

• 11/6/1860 Lincoln was elected as the President of the United States, and again in 3/4/1865. He accomplished many things such as the Emancipation Proclamation, contributed to abolishing slavery, and I feel the most important is winning the Civil War. Though faced with hardships he never taunted the Confederacy. But sadly on 4/14/1865 he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and confederate spy from Maryland. R.I.P. Honest Abe.

Random Fact

• Did you know that Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Sources

• http://www.biography.com/articles/Abraham-Lincoln-9382540&part=7#8727

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Abraham_Lincoln%27s_wife%27s_name

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_names_of_Abraham_Lincoln%27s_children

• http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/abraham-lincoln-2507.html