Abraham Lincoln. Of course, you could technically also say that Jefferson Davis was also president at that time (of the Confederacy).
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Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, when the documentation known as the, "Emancipation Proclamation," was presented to free the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln issued his emancipation proclamation in 1863. This proclamation freed the slaves in the rebelling states only.
President of the United States of America.
The President of the United States of America.
The US did not have a president at this time.
President elect Barack Obama
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America.