Abraham Lincoln Quotes


If my name every goes down in history, it will be for this act.


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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL), Statement to William Seward and his son when signing the Emancipation Proclamation

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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
  • Born: February 12, 1809
  • Died: April 15, 1865
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.