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Parents: Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Religion: Christian, non-denominational
Education: Self educated
Political Party: Republican
Occupations: Lawyer, U.S. Congressman from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, U.S. President
Spouse: Mary Todd Lincoln married on November 4, 1842
Children: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker "Eddie", William Wallace "Willie", Thomas "Tad"
Elected 16th President of the United States on November 6, 1860
Term of Office: March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Preceded by: James Buchanan
Succeeded by: Andrew Johnson
Date & Place of Death: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.
Place of Burial: Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, and a man who led the country through its darkest chapter, the American Civil War. His humble origins, from his birth in a log cabin, his early life of poverty, through his struggle with life in a frontier society gave him an all-too human, and humane, personality, which he used to great effect in his law practice, his politics, and ultimately the presidency. And despite a severe lack of a formal education, Lincoln is the author of some of the most profound and eloquent writings ever to have come from the pen of an American.
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