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Abraham Lincoln

Statesman & U.S. president

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Born
12 February 1809
Died
15 April 1865
Lived in
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois & Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, statesman, and the sixteenth president of the United States. He led the country through the Civil War, opposed the expansion of slavery, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and helped preserve the Union.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

Lincoln is the only U.S. president to hold a patent. His 1849 invention was designed to help boats rise over shoals and other river obstacles.

Words by Abraham Lincoln

“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.”
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“With malice toward none; with charity for all;”
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