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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. He was credited with freeing the slaves, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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he was shot on April 14th 1865 by a man named john Wilkes booth who came behind him in the presidents box and shot him in the head below the left ear with a 44 caliber deringer and also had a Rio grande camp knife.
It was called 'Our American Cousin', and they had put on a particularly good performance of it, bringing many laughs from the audience. Booth chose to shoot at a moment when the laughter was at its loudest, to hide the sound of the shot.
i have read he lost as many as 17 consecutive elections, ranging fro mayor to senator.