Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809~1865), 16th president of U.S., serving from 1861 to 1865

6 feet 4 inches tall

Led the American Civil War, ended slavery, promoted economic

Self-educated

Became a lawyer, a Whig Party Leader, Illinois state legislator—1930s

Member of United States House of Representatives—1940s

Issued Emancipation of Proclamation—1863, outlaw slavery

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* Suffered melancholy—clinical depression

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* There was a giant in American history who had a strapping body that was 6’4 tall. He did not have a decent education or a good family background. He did not get success early in his career. He suffered misfortunes in his family life and had a depressive disorder, but those misfortunes did not take him down, “Someday I shall be the president.” This guy was the 16th president of U.S., his name was Abraham Lincoln.

Born on February 12, 1809

Second child of Thomas & Nancy Lincoln

Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky; one-room log cabin

Attended a Separate Baptists church, moral standards, opposed alcohol, dancing and slavery

Rich family, then Thomas lost all of his land because of faulty property titles

Family moved to north across the Ohio River; Perry County (Indiana)

His mother Nancy died (milk sickness) when he was 9

Sarah Bush Johnston—his stepmother

Lazy in pro-teen, diligent in teen—took responsibility for all chores; adept axeman; avid reader

Almost self-educated

Milk sickness outbreak, Lincoln’s family moved west, settled in Macon County (Illinois, non-slave state)

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin, which was on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. His family was rich at first—his father, Thomas Lincoln, who was a farmer and a shoemaker, owned lots of land, farms and livestock at the time Abraham was born, but he lost them all because of faulty properties titles. They moved to Perry County, Indiana afterwards this...