Abraham Lincoln
12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865
Sixteenth president of the United States, who preserved the Union through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Born near Hodgenville, Kentucky
12 February 1809
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Married Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois
4 November 1842
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Elected President of the United States
6 November 1860
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Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
1 January 1863
It declared enslaved people in the rebelling states to be free.
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Delivered the Gettysburg Address
19 November 1863
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Died in Washington, D.C., after being shot at Ford's Theatre
15 April 1865
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