Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States (2nd Period)
- Born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky
- First President from the Republican Party
- Inauguration on March 1861
- Opposed the expansion of slavery into federal territories
- Declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday
- Famous for his role in ending slavery in the US with the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation
- Died on April 15, 1865
Sources
A&E Television Network, LLC. Bio. 2015. [http://www.biography.com/people/abraham-lincoln-9382540]. October 14, 2015.