William clay ford sr biography of abraham

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    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 & warm. His whole nature was simple and sincere – he was pure, and then was himself.”1

    The Marquis de Chambrun, a French writer who came to know Mr. Lincoln in the last months of his life, observed: “Such a nature was admirably constituted to direct an heroic struggle on the part of a people proud enough to prefer a guide to a leader, a man commissioned to execute the popular will but, as in his case, strong enough to enforce his own.”2

    Much of Mr. Lincoln’s character was framed in early manhood when he moved to New Salem, Illinois to work for shopkeeper Dennis Offut. Lincoln chronicler Edward J. Kempf wrote: “A long, lean, lanky, easy-going, smiling, awkward young stranger, wearing tight, home made pants shrunken far above his shoe tops, with a summer day into the straggling village of some 20 log cabins and 100 souls, on the bank of the

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    Abraham Lincoln

    President topple the Coalesced States deseed 1861 gap 1865

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    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln in 1863

    In office
    March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
    Vice President
    Preceded byJames Buchanan
    Succeeded byAndrew Johnson
    In office
    March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
    Preceded byJohn Henry
    Succeeded byThomas L. Harris
    In office
    December 1, 1834 – December 4, 1842
    Preceded byAchilles Morris
    Born(1809-02-12)February 12, 1809
    Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.
    DiedApril 15, 1865(1865-04-15) (aged 56)
    Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Manner of deathAssassination provoke gunshot
    Resting placeLincoln Tomb
    Political party
    Other political
    affiliations    		National Uniting (1864–1865)
    Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1]
    Spouse

    Mary Todd

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    Children
    Parents
    RelativesLincoln family
    Occupation
    Signature
    Branch/serviceIllinois Militia
    Years of serviceApril–July 1832
    Rank
    Unit31st (Sangamon) Standardize of Algonquian Militia
    4th Mounted Volunteer Regiment
    Iles Mounted Volunt
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    Abraham Lincoln: Life Before the Presidency

    The man who preserved the Union and issued the Emancipation Proclamation came into the world on February 12, 1809. Abraham Lincoln was born in humble surroundings, a one-room log cabin with dirt floors in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, Thomas Lincoln, could not read and could barely sign his name. He was a stern man whom young Abe never liked very much. Himself born to impoverished parents, Thomas Lincoln was a farmer and carpenter who moved the family from rural Kentucky to frontier Indiana when young Abe was seven years old. Thomas built a crude 360-square foot log cabin where he lived with his wife, Abe, and elder daughter, Sarah.

    Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, died when Lincoln was only nine years old. Although Lincoln later said that he owed everything to her guidance, he seldom mentioned her in his conversation or writings. Thomas Lincoln married Sarah Bush Johnston shortly after Nancy's death, and young Abe immediately bonded with his stepmother. A bright woman, she encouraged Abe's education, and took his side in the frequent arguments the young boy had with his father.

    Rural life was difficult in America's frontier during the early 1800s. Poverty, farm chores, hard work, and reading by the light of the firep