Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is a lawyer also a member of the parlements who oppose the existence of slavery. while in the U.S. presidential election in 1860 in the republic party, he has a lot to beat his competitors.

His election that November pushed several Southern states to secede by the time of his inauguration in March 1861, and the Civil War began barely a month later. Contrary to expectations, Lincoln proved to be a shrewd military strategist and a savvy leader during what became the costliest conflict ever fought on American soil.His Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863, freed all slaves in the rebellious states and paved the way for slavery's eventual abolition, while his Gettysburg Address later that year stands as one of the most famous and influential pieces of oratory in American history. In April 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by the Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth; his untimely death made him a martyr to the cause of liberty and Union. he is included the greatest president in American history

Abraham Lincoln's Early Life

Abraham Lincoln was born on 9 February 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky; family moved to southern Indiana in 1816. Lincoln school in a formal school for 3 periods in because he is had to work and support his family. Then he is moved to Macon County in southern Illinois. Lincoln became involved in local politics as a supporter of the Whig Party, won the Illinois state legislative elections in 1834. Lincoln studied law by
autodidact passing the bar examination in 1836. Then he moved to that newly named state capital of Springfield in 1837. he worked as a lawyer and earning a reputation as "Honest Abe". premises and he married Mary Todd in 1842.

Lincoln became president of the American

Lincoln won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846 and began serving his term the following year. Promising not to seek reelection, he returned to Springfield in 1849. Events conspired to push him back into national politics, however: Douglas, a leading Democrat in Congress, had pushed through the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), which declared that the voters of each territory, rather than the federal government, had the right to decide whether the territory should be slave or free. On October 16, 1854, Lincoln went before a large crowd in Peoria to debate the merits of the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Douglas, denouncing slavery and its extension and calling the institution a violation of the most basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence.

Liccon joined the republican party in 1858. His profile rose even higher in early 1860, after he delivered another rousing speech at New York City's Cooper Union. That May, Republicans chose Lincoln as their candidate for president, passing over Senator William H. Seward of New York and other powerful contenders in favor of the rangy Illinois lawyer with only one undistinguished congressional term under his belt.

Abraham lincoln Pased Away

In 1864, Lincoln faced a tough reelection battle against the Democratic nominee, the former Union General George McClellan, but Union victories in battle (especially William T. Sherman's capture of Atlanta in September) swung many votes the president's way. In his second inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1865, Lincoln addressed the need to reconstruct the South and rebuild the Union: "With malice toward none; with charity for all."

As Sherman marched triumphantly northward through the Carolinas, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9. Union victory was near, and Lincoln gave a speech on the White House lawn on April 11, urging his audience to welcome the southern states back into the fold. Tragically, Lincoln would not live to help carry out his vision of Reconstruction. On the night of April 14, the actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth slipped into the president's box at Ford's Theatre in Washington and shot him point-blank in the back of the head. Lincoln was carried to a boardinghouse across the street from the theater, but he never regained consciousness, and died in the early morning hours of April 15.