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1 day ago · Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
2 days ago · But there is a malevolent Lincoln as well, and to many Southerners from the time of the Civil War and to some conservative critics today, Lincoln is the wicked slayer of liberty and states’ rights and the father of the all-controlling national state. Lincoln’s reputation began to grow while he was still alive.
23 hours ago · On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
23 hours ago · The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his assassination and death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln was the first member of the recently established Republican Party elected to the presidency.
2 days ago · Wartime politics of Abraham Lincoln. University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Author of Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism; The Lincoln Nobody Knows; and others.
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2 days ago · Daguerreotype of Congressman-elect Abraham Lincoln, c. 1846–47. This is the earliest-known photograph of Lincoln. Early in life Lincoln had been something of a skeptic and freethinker. His reputation had been such that, as he once complained, the “church influence” was used against him in politics.
2 days ago · 16th President of the United States March 4, 1861–April 15, 1865. Faced with the greatest crisis in the history of the nation, Abraham Lincoln invoked the New Testament when he declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He committed his presidency to preserving the Union.
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