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The son of Frontiersman in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln had to struggle to earn a living for his family. His childhood was mainly spent working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping stores. Formal education of Abraham Lincoln was restricted to 18 months of schooling but he read a number of books including The Life of George Washington. Abraham Lincoln's plain writing style also amused the people who were then used to grandiloquent rhetoric.
The Political career of Abraham Lincoln began in the year 1832 when he campaigned for the Illinois General Assembly, as a member of the Whig Party but was unsuccessful. Couple of years later, Abraham Lincoln succeeded in winning the election to the state legislature and the commentaries on the Law of England urged him to learn law. In the year 1837 he was admitted to the bar and began his practice with John T. Stuart. After serving four successive terms as a representative from Sangamon County in the Illinois House of Representatives, Abraham Lincoln became a leader of the Illinois Whig party. Although not very influential, Abraham Lincoln was elected in the U.S House of Representatives in 1846. In the year 1858 Lincoln ran for a seat as a Senator against Stephen A. Douglas which he lost but he gained National recognition which actually fetched him the Republican nomination for President in 1860.
With the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential elections of 1860 he became the 16th President of the United States of America. The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln was marked by his efforts to rally the Northern Democrats to the Union Cause and in the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 he went on to declare that the slaves within the confederacy to be completely free. The American Civil War was the most important event of President Abraham Lincoln's career.
Abraham Lincoln was re- elected to the post in 1864 and the end of the War was being heralded by the Union military triumphs. Abraham Lincoln was soft flexible in his approach towards the Southerners and encouraged them to join the union.
In 1865 on the 14th of April, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor who believed that Lincoln was assisting the South.
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