Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States

Illinois POLITICAL PARTY: Republican TERM: March 4, 1861 – April

15, 1865
BORN: February 12, 1809 BIRTHPLACE: Hardin County, Kentucky DIED: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C. Buried in Springfield, Illinois OCCUPATION: Lawyer MARRIED: Mary Todd, 1842 CHILDREN: Robert, Edward, Willie, Tad

County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
He

moved to Indiana in 1816 and lived there the rest of his youth.

Lincoln himself stated that he had about one year of formal education. However, he was taught by many different individuals.
He loved to read and learn from any books he could get his hands on.

Birthplace National Historic Site

carpenter Mother: Nancy Hanks - died when Lincoln was nine. His

stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston, was very close to him. Siblings: Sarah Grigsby was the only sibling to live to maturity. Wife: Mary Todd - grew up in relative wealth. Four of her siblings fought for the South. She was considered mentally unbalanced. Children: Robert Todd - lawyer and diplomat; William Wallace - the only president's child to die in the White House, and Thomas "Tad" - died at 18.

Lincoln began his political career

in 1832 at age 23 with an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party.

reading a book with his youngest son, Tad

by many historians to have been the greatest American president.

likely taken in February 1865

George Washington in heaven (an 1860s work

November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th President

of the United States.

He was the first Republican president, winning entirely on the strength of his support in the North:

22, 1862 for the first reading of a draft of

the Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln was elected to one term in the U.S. House

of Representatives

by George Peter Alexander Healy

speech were taken as he delivered his second inaugural address.

Here, he stands in the center, with papers in his hand.

of Abraham Lincoln in front of United States Capitol

assassination of Abraham Lincoln

located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

It

includes a 117-foot-tall granite obelisk surmounted with several bronze statues of Lincoln, which was constructed by 1874.
Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of his four sons are also buried there (Robert Todd Lincoln is buried in Arlington National Cemetery)

funeral was held in Springfield on May 4, 1865.

Subsequent to the funeral, Lincoln's remains, along with those of his son William, were interred in a public receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Washington, DC, on a funeral train, accompanied by dignitaries and

Robert Todd Lincoln, his eldest son.

The remains of his son, William Wallace Lincoln, were also placed on the train.
The train left Washington, DC, on April 21, 1865, and traveled 1,654 miles, retracing the route Lincoln had traveled to Washington, DC, as the president elect.

The train's journey ended on May 3, 1865, when it arrived in Springfield, Illinois.

liberal arts college located in Harrogat, Tennessee

bill
Lincoln stamp, issued November 19, 1965

French's sculpture inside the Lincoln Memorial
Stone carving of Lincoln

at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

penny with cameo effect, obverse
Lincoln on the Illinois design

of the 50 State Quarters, issued in 2003