Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the US (7th 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
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's Assassination at Ford Theatre
Sources
NY Daily News. Daily News. 2015. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/length-lincoln-gettysburg-address-continues-inspire-150th-anniversary-article-1.1522370]. October 15, 2015.