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Abraham Lincoln led his country through a tumultuous period and played an instrumental role in abolishing slavery while preserving the Union as the 16th president of the United States.
Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th vice president of the United States (1861–65) in the Republican administration of President Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln taught himself law, passing the bar examination in 1836. The following year, he moved to the newly named state capital of Springfield. For the next few years, he worked there as a lawyer and served clients ranging from individual residents of small towns to national railroad lines. ...
On November 4, 1842, Lincoln married Mary Todd, a well-educated woman from Kentucky. They had four children but only one, Robert, survived to adulthood. At the age of 25, Lincoln started his political career when he was elected to the state legislature of Illinois as a member of the Whi...
Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom: The Union & Slavery in the Diplomacy of the Civil...Neely, Mark E., Jr.Illinois State Historical SocietyJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society
he married Sarah Bush Johnston, who was a widow with three children. Sarah encouraged Lincoln to read and because of that, he was able to receive his formal education in just 18 months. As time went on and Lincoln grew older, times changed and so did the place where he and his family...
The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln 作者:Blair, Francis Grant 出版年:2008-12 页数:68 定价:$ 18.93 ISBN:9780559791932 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: 写笔记 写书评 加入购书单 分享到 推荐
John Lincoln, having disposed of his land in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, established himself in Rockingham county, Va. The records of that county show that he was possessed of a valuable estate, which was divided among five sons, one of whom, named Abraham, emigrated to Kentucky about 1780...
Abraham Lincoln modernization. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier‚ Lincoln was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer‚ an Illinois state legislator‚ and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives‚ but failed in two attempts at a seat in ...