Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a one-room log cabin in Sinking Spring Farm.
Assassination
Assassination
Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865. He was 56 years old. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
Law Practice
Abraham Lincoln Law Career
Abraham Lincoln was a self taught lawyer. In September 1836 he was admitted to the bar, allowing him to practice law in Illinois. His first law firm...
Career Before Presidency
Debates on the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lincoln argued against Stephen Douglas' claim who viewed the African-American not as human but as a piece of property.
First Administration
Beginning of the American Civil War
After Lincoln’s election as president seven southern states seceded from the Union forming the Confederate States of America.
Second Administration
Reelection
Reconstruction was part of the contest for the next presidential elections. Lincoln was reelected on the belief that he should better finish the...
The 1860 Presidential Election
Presidential Candidate
Lincoln made his official announcement at the Illinois Republican Nominating Convention that took place in Decatur on May 9-10.
Presidential Elections
Lincoln and Hamlin won 180 Electoral College votes. Republicans won in all free states except for New Jersey.
Civil War
The Confederate States of America
The announcement of Lincoln’s election as president was the final injury against the South.
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation on grounds of military policy not on principle It was Benjamin Franklin in 1790 who first addressed Congress in his famous...
View on Slavery
Lincoln’s View on Slavery
His position on social and political equality of blacks and whites would evolve over the years taking a turning point during his two terms as...
Colonization
"My first impulse would be to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia,–to their own native land".