Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky. Whenhe was two, the Lincoln's moved a few miles to another farm on the oldCumberland Trail. A year later, his mother gave birth to another boy,Thomas, but he died a few days later. When Lincoln was seven his familymoved to Indiana. In 1818, Lincoln's mother died from a deadly diseasecalled the "milk-sick." Then ten years later his sister died and left him with Lincoln traveled to New Salem in April 1831 and settled there thefollowing July. In the fall of 1836 he and Mrs. Bennett Abell had a dealthat if she brought her single sister to New Salem he had to promise tomarry her. When she arrived he was not to pleased with her because herskin was full of fat. Around seven months later he asked Mrs. OrvilleBrowning to marry him but she said no. Lincoln met his wife to be, MaryTodd, at the grand cotillion in honor of the completion of the new capitalbuilding in 1839. They got engaged and a while later he broke off theengagement because she was seeing other men. Around a year later inSpringfield on November 4, 1842 Abraham and Mary got married. In 1844,
The newparty's first and primary goal was to prevent Democrat James Buchananfrom winning the Presidency, it failed. The proclamationpromised "that on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, onethousand-eight hundred and sixty three, all persons held as slaves shall bethen, thenceforth and forever free. Lincoln got alicense to practice law after several hard years of teaching himself. The firstidea he had was to kidnap the President but he needed help. What Lincoln did not know is that his assassination was beingplanned on this joyous day. He then added John Surratt to his team, whose mother waskeeping a Washington boardinghouse. Secretary of theTreasurer Chase, put his own picture on it instead of Lincoln's. Lincoln'sfirst official act was the appointment of John G. In November he won but resigned because he wanted a seat in theUnited States Senate, where he thought he could make a real difference. At the funeral forthe men that had died in the battle, he gave the Gettysburg Address. In the summer of 1854Lincoln decided to campaign for a position in the Illinois State Assembly. Lincoln did not stay buried at the Oak Ridge Cemetery. It was a one-and-a-half story frame cottage. Booth had planned not only to assassinate the President but alsoto have Secretary of State Seward and Vice President Johnson killed. Lincoln was so heart broken he went to the cemetery twice the weekafter he died and opened the coffin and looked at his son.
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