56 Facts About Lincoln

1. Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860.

2. Abraham Lincoln is considered by many scholars to have been the best President.

3. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809.

4. Lincoln was considered by historians to be one of the top three greatest presidents in US history, along with George Washington and Franklin D Roosevelt.

5. Abraham Lincoln kept the country together during the Civil War and he ended slavery in the United States.

6. Abraham Lincoln put blockades on all the ports of the Confederate states.

7. Lincoln was the first President of the United States to take control of the armed forces in this way.

8. Lincoln was the postmaster in New Salem, Illinois, and served as surveyor for the county.

9. Abraham Lincoln was a hard-working man who brought the same diligence to every position that he held, including the Office of the President of the United States.

10. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room cabin in Kentucky.

11. Abraham Lincoln became President during one of our nation's most difficult periods.

12. Lincoln was the tallest President at six feet four inches.

13. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater in Washington DC while attending a play.

14. Lincoln was a huge fan of Shakespeare and used to quote him frequently.

15. Lincoln was passionate for gadgetry and had a keen interest in the artillery used by the Union troops during the Civil War.

16. Abraham Lincoln was the very first American president to have an inaugural photo taken.

17. In the two world wars, Lincoln switched to war production.

18. Lincoln was hit by a major typhoid epidemic between November 1904 and August 1905 caused by polluted drinking water from Hartsholme Lake and the River Witham.

19. Lincoln was home to one of the five most important Jewish communities in England, well established before it was officially noted in 1154.

20. Lincoln was born on Feb 12, 1809, in Kentucky; he was professionally successful in Illinois.

21. Abraham Lincoln is both the most criticized as well as the most cherished President of United States.

22. Abraham Lincoln was the first President of the United States to be killed while in office.

23. Lincoln was president from 1861 until his death on April 15, 1865.

24. Abraham Lincoln is well known for his very characteristic and recognizable appearance.

25. Lincoln was close to his stepmother, and actually referred to her as "Mother" as opposed to calling her "Stepmother" or "Sarah.

26. Lincoln was born in a backwoods cabin 3 miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky, and was taken to a farm in the neighbouring valley of Knob Creek when he was two years old.

27. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in a backwoods cabin in Kentucky.

28. In 1863, Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November of that year to be a day of Thanksgiving.

29. On March 4, 1865, Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address.

30. Lincoln was a master politician, bringing together—and holding together—all the main factions of the Republican Party, and bringing in War Democrats such as Edwin M Stanton and Andrew Johnson as well.

31. While the war was still being waged, Lincoln faced reelection in 1864.

32. In that month, Lincoln discussed a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation with his cabinet.

33. Lincoln was supported by Congress and the northern public for these actions.

34. On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell.

35. As the 1856 elections approached, Lincoln abandoned the defunct Whig Party in favor of the Republicans.

36. In the 1854 elections, Lincoln was elected to the Illinois legislature but declined to take his seat.

37. The idea was never commercialized, but Lincoln is the only president to hold a patent.

38. From the early 1830s, Lincoln was a steadfast Whig and professed to friends in 1861 to be "an old line Whig, a disciple of Henry Clay".

39. Late in 1836, Lincoln agreed to a match with Mary if she returned to New Salem.

40. In 1860, Lincoln noted that the family's move to Indiana was "partly on account of slavery"; but mainly due to land title difficulties in Kentucky.

41. In 1860, Lincoln secured the Republican Party presidential nomination as a moderate from a swing state, though most delegates originally favored other candidates.

42. On October 16, 1854, Lincoln went before a large crowd in Peoria to debate the merits of the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Douglas, denouncing slavery and its extension and calling the institution a violation of the most basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence.

43. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky; his family moved to southern Indiana in 1816.

44. Lincoln was born in a Kentucky log cabin in 1809, and in 1816 his father, Thomas, moved the family across the Ohio River to a 160-acre plot in southern Indiana.

45. Lincoln was a hands-on commander-in-chief who, given his passion for gadgetry, was keenly interested in the artillery used by his Union troops during the Civil War.

46. In the general election, Lincoln faced his friend and rival, Stephan Douglas, this time besting him in a four-way race that included John C Breckinridge of the Northern Democrats and John Bell of the Constitution Party.

47. Abraham Lincoln served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad as its company attorney.

48. Abraham Lincoln served a single term in the US House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.

49. Abraham Lincoln was married to Mary Todd on November 4, 1842.

50. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation, reshaping the cause of the Civil War from saving the Union to abolishing slavery.

51. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809.

52. Lincoln was part of seances after his son died in the White House.

53. Lincoln was photographed with John Wilkes Booth at his second inauguration.

54. Lincoln was a simple man of tastes, and he never drank in the White House.

55. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has its first vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion.

56. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has named Dr Marco Barker its inaugural vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, effective April 1, 2019.