What are facts about Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 1

He is cool

Answer 2

1) Lincoln was afraid of dentists because a dentist broke off part of Lincoln's jawbone by pulling a tooth

2) Lincoln's size 14 footwear had to be custom made

3) Lincoln was colorblind

4) Lincoln is the only U.S. president to hold a patent. He came up with an idea that would help boats to float over sandbars when traveling on rivers.

5) Lincoln craped his pants when he was 2

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809. His mother died by milk poisoning.

When Abraham Lincoln was a little boy he almost drowned in Knob's Creek but was saved by a neighbor boy. Lincoln was afraid of dentists because a dentist broke off part of Lincoln's jawbone by pulling a tooth.

Answer 4

Some things about Abraham Lincoln are that he was born in 1809 in the state of Illinois. He was a republican who became president in 1861. He was assassinated in 1865 when he was 56 years old. He was the first president in the United States to be assassinated.

Answer 5

1860 November 6, he was elected the 16th President of the United States

1860 He was elected for two terms as President, 1861-1864, and 1864-1865. He was just 6 weeks into his second term, April 14, 1865, and died April 15.

1809, February 12, he was born in a one-room log cabin on Nolin Creek, Kentucky.

1809 He had one older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Tommy who died as an infant.

1816, He was 7 years old, when his father moved the family to Pigeon Creek, Indiana

1816 He didn't like killing animals, even for food.

1809 He was 6 feet, 4 inches, he was tall and strong.

1842 He married Mary Todd.

1837 He was licensed to practice law, in 1837.

1849 He was NEVER once photographed with his wife Mary

1846 He was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846.

1856 He was a republican.

1861 He led the Union in the Civil War. .

1862 He signed the Homestead Act in 1862.

1863 He issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

1863 he created a national banking system in 1863.

1830 He served in the Black Hawk War in 1830.

1842 He and Mary Lincoln had 4 children, all sons.

Robert "Todd" Lincoln, was the only son to live past the age of 18.

20. 1863, November, He gave the Gettysburg Address, at the dedication site; it was 2 minutes long.

1849 - He is the only President to have received a patent

1832 He ran for the Illinois legislature, for the 1st time, and was defeated in 1832.

1834 He ran for the Illinois legislature again and was elected Representative for Sangamon County in 1834.

1836, He was re-elected to the Illinois legislature on 1836, 1838, and 1840.

1846, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

1854, he was elected to the Illinois legislature again, resigned to run for U.S. Senate and was defeated.

1858, he ran for U.S. Senate, and debated Stephen Douglas, the Democrat candidate 7 times, and lost the election (to Douglas).

1860 He ran as the Republican Party's candidate for President and got elected in 1860.

1865 His burial place is in Oak Ridge Cemetery, at Springfield, Illinois.

1865 He was the first US President to be assassinated.

1865 He was shot at Ford's theater, in Washington DC, while watching "Our American Cousin"

1865 He was shot on April 14, 1865, on Good Friday but died, 8.5 hours later, on April 1865, at 7:22AM.

1860 he was thought to be a Christian but never formally was a member of any church.

1818 He was 9 years old when his birth mother died from milk sickness

1865 John Wilkes Booth, a successful actor, and Confedrate sympathizer, shot Abraham Lincoln.

1865 He was killed 5 days after the Civil War ended.

1861 He was the first President to wear a beard

1863 or 1864, Robert Lincoln escaped serious injury or death, when he was helped in the mist of a fall off a platform, while waiting to board a train. He turned to thank his rescuer, who was none other than the well known actor, Edwin Booth. Less than 2 years later, Edwin's brother would kill Robert's father.

1859 He became the owner of a German newspaper in Springfield named the Illinois Staats-Anzeiger, which he sold the following year

1863 He made Thanksgiving celebration a nationwide holiday, and it was to be celebrated annually on the 4th Thursday in November

1810 He spent less than 12 months total, attending school, in his youth. The schools he attended were very small, and most taught lessons orally, the nick-name for these schools were "Blab" schools

1838 He had no formal education, did not attend Law school, and was not an Apprentice to a Lawyer, yet he was a very successful Lawyer

1809 - He was named after his paternal grandfather, who was killed by Native Americans in 1786

1809 - He did not have a middle name

1865- He died intestate (without a will)

1849 - He argued a case, Lewis vs. Lewis before the US Supreme Court

1849 - He obtained a patent, which was for a device for freeing ships that had run aground in shallow water. He is the only President to have received a patent.

Answer 6

1. He was the 16th president on November 6, 1860.

2. He served as president from 1861-1865.

3. He was born on February 12, 1809.

4. He lived in a log cabin.

5. He didn't like killing animals, even for food.

6. He was 6 feet, 4 inches, he was tall and strong.

7. He married Mary Todd.

8. He became a lawyer in 1837.

9. He made his first protest against slavery in the Illinois House in 1837.

10. He was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846.

11. He was a republican.

12. He led the Union in the Civil War.

13. He averted Britain's involvement in the Civil War.

14. He signed the Homestead Act in 1862.

15. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

16. He created a national banking system in 1863.

17. He served in the Black Hawk War in 1830.

18. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of representatives in 1847-1849.

19. He debated Stephen Douglas during the campaign for U.S. senator in 1865.

20. He was elected captain in the military on April 7, 1832.

21. He moved to the White House in 1861.

22. He ran for the Illinois legislature and got defeated in 1832.

23. He ran for the Illinois legislature again and was elected Representative for Sangamon County in 1834.

24. He was re-elected to the Illinois legislature on 1836, 1838, and 1840.

25. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

26. He was elected to the Illinois legislature again and resigned to run for U.S. Senate and got defeated in 1854.

27. He ran for U.S. Senate and got defeated in 1858.

28. He ran for president and got elected in 1860.

29. His burial place was at Oak Ridge Cemetery, at Springfield, Illinois.

30. he was the first president to be assassinated.

31. he was assassinated at Ford's theater

32. he was a christian but never had a member ship at a church.

33.his birth mother died from milk sickness

Answer 7

• Lincoln was raised in the most extreme poverty.

• Lincoln was illegitimate and his mother was illegitimate.
• Lincoln's dad was castrated.

• Lincoln's dad, mother, and step-mother could not read or write.
• Began learning to read at twelve and could read well at fourteen.

• His parents were in a loveless marriage.

• Lincoln believed in the transmutation of species (evolution).
• Never got over his deceased first love and told Mary Todd that he could not love her, just before he married her.
• Lincoln did not believe that Jesus was the son of God.
• Loved to tell stories, even dirty jokes.
• Lincoln had a great intellectual power for reasoning.

• A Republican
• Tallest president ever
• Assasinated by John Wilkes Booth
• Had a beard
• United the North and the South
• Supported abolition of slavery
• Born in Kentucky
• Raised in Illinois