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    Abraham Lincoln

    President of the United States from to

    For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation).

    "President Lincoln" redirects here. For the troopship, see USS President Lincoln.

    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln in

    In office
    March 4, &#;– April 15,
    Vice President
    Preceded byJames Buchanan
    Succeeded byAndrew Johnson
    In office
    March 4, &#;– March 3,
    Preceded byJohn Henry
    Succeeded byThomas L. Harris
    In office
    December 1, &#;– December 4,
    Preceded byAchilles Morris
    Born()February 12,
    Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.
    DiedApril 15, () (aged&#;56)
    Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Manner&#;of&#;deathAssassination by gunshot
    Resting placeLincoln Tomb
    Political party
    Other political
    affiliations    		National Union (–)
    Height6&#;ft 4&#;in (&#;cm)[1]
    Spouse

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    Children
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    RelativesLincoln family
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    Abraham Lincoln wrote three autobiographies in a two-year period. This first, terse effort was prepared at the request of Charles Lanman, who was compiling the Dictionary of Congress.

    Born, February 12, , in Hardin County, Kentucky.
    Education defective.
    Profession, a lawyer.
    Have been a captain of volunteers in Black Hawk war.
    Postmaster at a very small office.
    Four times a member of the Illinois legislature, and was a member of the lower house of Congress.

    December 20,

    Lincoln wrote this second autobiography for Jesse Fell, a long-time Illinois Republican friend who was a native of Pennsylvania. Fell used his influence to get the piece incorporated in an article appearing in a Pennsylvania newspaper on February 11, Lincoln enclosed the autobiography in a letter to Fell which said, "There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me."

    I was born Feb. 12, , in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistingui

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    U.S. Presidents / Abraham Lincoln

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