One of Abraham Lincoln's nicknames was "Honest Abe." He received it when working as a store clerk. According to the story, he walked a long distance to give a customer the correct amount of change.
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∙ 10y agoLincoln earned the nickname of Honest Abe when he was still a young man. He worked as a store clerk in New Salem, Illinois and accidentally short changed a customer by a few pennies. When he realized his mistake, he walked several miles to return the correct change. People began to notice his integrity and soon began asking him to be a judge or mediator in arguments, contests and fights. He was known as Honest Abe.
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∙ 11y agoThere are many stories to how he got the nickname. In most of the stories, he was a shop owner and there was an incident that happened with the customer, whether it was that he gave them the wrong amount of change, or the customer left something behind. Anyways he walked a long way just to fix the little thing that happened, and that's how he got the nickname Honest Abe.
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∙ 13y agoHe was an honest man and, like Washington, said "I cannot tell a lie."
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∙ 12y agoAbe Lincoln is honest Abe because when he was a general store worker in new Salem ,a women left a few pennies worth of tea behind ,and he walked 10 miles to bring it to her
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∙ 12y agoAbe Lincoln is honest Abe because when he was a general store worker in new Salem ,a women left a few pennies worth of tea behind ,and he walked 10 miles to bring it to her.
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∙ 12y agohe waz vary honest
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He always said "I cannot tell a lie."
He probably had more than one nickname, but the most famous one is "Honest Abe."
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Lincoln's second inaugural address was created in 1865.
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Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA.
Abe's parents were Tom and Nancy Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln's nickname was "Honest Abe."
"Honest Abe" is one commonly heard Lincoln nickname.
Abraham Lincoln is his real name.FYI:Also they nicknamed him 'Honest Abe'.
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Probably Abe -- Abe Lincoln was honest as "Honest Abe".
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