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Abraham Lincoln's decisive action following the fall of Fort Sumter inaugurated a wartime presidency in which the executive superseded the other two branches of the federal government. As commander in chief, Lincoln was responsible for how the war was conducted, and he transformed the President's role as commander in chief and as chief executive into a powerful new position.
Facts. Also Known As. The Rail-splitter • The Great Emancipator • Honest Abe. Born. February 12, 1809 • near Hodgenville • Kentucky. Died. April 15, 1865 (aged 56) • Washington, D.C. • United States. Title / Office. presidency of the United States of America (1861-1865), United States • House of Representatives (1847-1849), United ...
Abraham Lincoln's Presidency Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and again in 1864. His first inauguration, on March 4,1861, featured an unprecedented amount of security around the president-elect, spurred by the approaching onset of the U.S. Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1865. Abraham Lincoln. Sixteenth President, 1861–1865. Campaign. By the spring of 1860, Lincoln was running against a deeply divided Democratic Party, positioning the nation on the brink of fundamental change. A Republican win would end the South’s political dominance of the Union. Ultimately, Lincoln carried all ...
Lithograph copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. While still hoping for the eventual success of his gradual plan, Lincoln took quite a different step by issuing his preliminary (September 22, 1862) and his final (January 1, 1863) Emancipation Proclamation. This famous decree, which he justified as an exercise of the president’s war powers ...
Always a Westerner. Born in Hodgensville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809, Lincoln was considered a Westerner, and a Washington outsider when he was elected president. Prior to the Civil War, he served four terms in the Illinois state legislature and his most notable political accomplishment had been his failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 1858.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician who was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, during the American Civil War. Just five days after most of the Confederate forces had surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln.
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