Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, an executive order which freed the slaves in the Confederate states. He also wrote the "Gettysburg Address", but that was a speech he gave and was not a document at the time.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was written in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as he attempted to bring peace to the nation and end slavery.
There is no actual proof that a man named Thomas Gates even existed during the time of President Lincoln. In some works of fiction it is written that he aided in Lincoln's assassination.
Andrew Johnson was President Lincoln's Vice President during the second term. Hannibal Hamlin was the VP during the first term. Johnson became President following the assassination.
Abraham Lincoln
When Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President for a second term, Andrew Johnson replaced Hannibal Hamlin as Lincoln's running mate for Vice President. (Hannibal Hamlin had been Lincoln's Vice President during his first term in office, as President.)Abraham Lincoln won the 1864 Presidential election, with Andrew Johnson as Vice President. Lincoln served less than 2 months in office during his second term as President when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865.Andrew Johnson, the Vice President then took the role as President when Lincoln died.