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Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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when he was 21 he helped his family move to Illinois by driving. he was working on splitting rails for the next few years. he was a member of a boat crew.

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he ran for his first political office in illinois and had lost. at his second attempt he won the election, and had won his next few elections after that.

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Lincon becomes a lawyer , he took on cases which were varied from little to big during one of his cases people claim that they saw his client commit the crimes but he was able to cover for it.

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when Lincoln became 32 he married Mary Todd , after a long courtship and a broken engagement . they go on to have four sons , only one who lived to have a adult life.

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lincon won presidency on Nov 6 and had beaten 6 other canidates . the southern states got scared that he was gonna ban slavery. they decided to secede or leave the union.

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the american civil war happens and it took 850,000 lives from the battle and diseases. even though the union had more soildires than the confederates they won the military victories early in the war.

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night of April 14, 1865, when President Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford's Theatre. As the president lay dying in a house across the street from the theater, Senator Charles Sumner appeared at his bedside.