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Facts About Abraham Lincoln
1 – Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
2 – His favorite food was apples.
3 – He had a son named “Tad.”
4 – He loved telling stories about his childhood and would often do so when he traveled around giving speeches.
5 – Lincoln lost four of his children before they reached adulthood.
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6 – He is one of only two U.S presidents who served as both president and vice-president, the other being George H W Bush.
7 – He was born on February 12, 1809.
8 – He died on April 15, 1865.
9 – His father’s name is Thomas Lincoln and his mother’s name is Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
10 – He had a sister named Sarah who died at the age of 10 from milk sickness.
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11 – His wife’s name was Mary Todd Lincoln.
12 – They had four children together – Robert, Edward Baker “Eddie”, William Wallace “Willie” and Thomas “Tad”. Willie died in 1862 from typhoid fever while Tad died in 1850 from what could be scarlet fever or meningitis.
13 – Lincoln’s first love was Ann Rutledge, but she died while he was away studying law in 1835.
14 – He played the fiddle and could dance with any partner.
15 – One of his favorite pastimes was reading aloud to friends or family members.
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16 – His mother died when he was 9 years old.
17 – He served as president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
18 – One of his most famous quotes is “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
19 – In 1863 he signed a law that freed all slaves in America over age 21 on January 1st, 1863.
20 – He also helped to create the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 at Gettysburg Battlefield near Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
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21 – The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in Confederate territory and prevented them from being recruited into the Union Army.
22 – He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C., dying two days later on April 15th due to a gunshot wound to the head which has become known as The Great American Tragedy.
23 – His nicknames include “Honest Abe” and “Father Abraham.”
24 – He had a rough childhood because he didn’t have many friends and went to school for only six months.
25 – He ran away from home at the age of 14 to make money as a boatman on the Ohio River
BONUS – In 1830, he returned home and became an apprentice in the local store.
BONUS – When his employer refused to pay him wages, Lincoln took revenge by breaking up his store with an axe and driving off all its livestock.
