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Abraham Lincoln
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16th President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865
Vice President(s) Hannibal Hamlin (1861 to 1865); Andrew Johnson (March - April 1865)
Preceded by James Buchanan
Succeeded by Andrew Johnson
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Born February 12, 1809
Hardin County, Kentucky
Died April 15, 1865, age 56
Washington, D.C.
Political party Whig, Republican
Spouse Mary Todd Lincoln
Religion No affiliation
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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865) was an American politician elected from Illinois as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party.
His contributions were the ending of American slavery and the preservation of the Union, through his leadership of the Federal (Northern) forces during the American Civil War.
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1 Lincoln 1809 to 1854
1.1 Early life
1.2 Early career
1.3 Family
1.4 Antiwar activist
1.5 Prairie lawyer
2 Republican politics 18541860
2.1 Election of 1860
3 Civil War
3.1 Secession winter 18601861
3.2 Fighting begins: 18611862
3.3 Emancipation Proclamation
3.4 Domestic measures
3.5 1864 election and second inauguration
3.6 Conducting the war effort
3.7 Homefront
3.7.1 Rhetoric mobilizes the nation
3.7.2 Civil liberties suspended
3.8 Reconstruction
3.9 Assassination
4 Religious beliefs
5 Presidential appointments
5.1 Administration and Cabinet
5.2 Supreme Court
6 Major presidential acts
6.1 Signed as President
6.2 States admitted to the Union
7 Legacy and memorials
8 See...
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