There were seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas. The rules for each debate would be the same. One man would speak for an hour. His opponent would speak for an hour and a half. Then the first man would speak for half an hour and the debate would end. Douglas spoke first at the first debate.
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The 2014 Lincoln MKS is 17 ft. 1.6 in. (205.6 in.) long.
Lincoln at first thought that the war would end in 30 days. It actually ended in 4 years!
In the United States slavery was order to end in 1863 by President Lincoln. However, it took many states several years to follow this law.
Before Lincoln was elected president, he was a manual laborer, a shopkeeper, a whiskey seller, a lawyer, a member of Congress, an Illinois state legislator, and a member of the United States House of Representatives.Before Abraham Lincoln became the US President his background can be summarized by these facts about his life:* Lincoln was a partner in an Illinois law practice with another lawyer;* Lincoln was the only US President to be granted a patent. This was long before he became president;* Lincoln served in the House of Representatives for one term from 1847 to 1849; and* Lincoln became famous because of his debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas in 1858 for the senatorial election in Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln was U.S. President for 1503 days.