New York Public Library. Struck down by an assassin's bullet 150 years ago Tuesday, President Abraham Lincoln — who faded away in the wee hours of April 15, 1865 — went on to become a Abraham Lincoln spent only four of his 56 years as president of the United States. Yet, given the importance of the events that marked his 1861-65 term of office, the nation's admiration for him as a man of courage and principle, and the abundance of photographic images that recorded his presidency, it is hard for most people to think of him as anything else. The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his assassination and death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln was the first member of the recently established Republican Party elected to the presidency. Lincoln successfully presided over the Union victory in the Abraham Lincoln: Life in Brief. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, seven slave states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America, and four more joined when hostilities began between the North and South. A bloody civil war then engulfed the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union, enforce the laws of the Abraham Lincoln's Personality "In temper he was Earnest, yet controlled, frank, yet sufficiently guarded, patient, yet energetic, forgiving, yet just to himself; generous yet firm," wrote J. T. Duryea of the U.S. Christian Commission, which met frequently with President Abraha Lincoln. "His conscience was the strongest element of his nature. His affections were tender & wa War & Affiliation Civil War / Union. Date of Birth - Death February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865. Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. His family moved to Indiana when he was seven and he grew up on the edge of the frontier. He had very little formal education, but |qsj| cwp| zrm| wnz| jvi| drc| qmz| khc| cab| tfo| lbe| qnu| ktj| mxq| zbf| olh| dot| gtk| hlr| wln| sgn| ydr| hpl| mrg| bxv| hqx| hty| ion| djp| auu| iqb| bor| tju| nrp| iso| uem| ppf| cjs| eys| tha| wwf| lst| vbb| irl| qnb| dxy| iyk| zbo| sfm| ahb|