Abraham Lincoln Complete Biography and Quotes (English Edition)

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving 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.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the national government and modernized the economy. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s. He promoted rapid modernization of the economy through banks, canals, railroads and tariffs to encourage the building of factories; he opposed the war with Mexico in 1846.

Contents
Biography
Early life
Marriage and children
Early career and militia service
Congressman Lincoln
Prairie lawyer
Republican politics 1854–60
Slavery and a "House Divided"
Lincoln–Douglas debates and Cooper Union speech
1860 Presidential nomination and campaign
Presidency
1860 election and secession
Beginning of the war
Assuming command for the Union in the war
General McClellan
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
General Grant
1864 re-election
Reconstruction
Redefining the republic and republicanism
Other enactments
Judicial appointments
Supreme Court appointments
Other judicial appointments
States admitted to the Union
Assassination
Religious and philosophical beliefs
Historical reputation
Memorials
All Quotes and Thoughts of Abraham Lincoln