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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.
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Devinother things? you have to give a first thing in order to have other things The above is true, but first consider that Abraham Lincoln was not the first American President; George Washington was. Big difference. Lincoln is associated with the emancipation of slaves in America, which was a key issue in the American Civil War, during the mid-1800's, when the North part of America fought the South part in a bitter, destructive war. The North won. Slavery was abolished. One reason why Barack Obama is now the President of the United States of America.
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Who was the first president to appear on a US coins?
The first president to appear on a US circulating coin would be Abraham Lincoln. In 1909 Lincoln replaced Liberty on the Indian Head cent. However, other presidents such as Washington were considered for other coins such as the nickel prior to 1909, but were eventually passed on for other designs.
Who led Lincoln to run for president?
The republican party was who wanted Lincoln to run for president. The other possible candidates were William Seward, Salmon Chase, and Edward Bates.
Why is President Obama the only president to use Abraham Lincoln's bible at inauguration?
Symbolism over substance. Every other president wanted to have his own identity. B. Hussein Obama has no identity so he chose Lincoln's.
Does Abraham Lincoln succeed or fail his mission?
President Abraham Lincoln's mission was to reunite the divided United States of America and to put an end to slavery, and he succeeded in both goals, at the cost of his life and the lives of many other human beings.
What did president Lincoln and Johnson have in common?
They had little in common, other than the desire to see the South back in the Union. Johnson was a slave-owning Democrat from a quasi-Southern state. Lincoln was a Midwestern Republican who fought a war to end slavery. The adoption of the "National Union" banner by the Republicans was successful in assuring Lincoln's re-election, but Lincoln's assassination meant a Democrat (Johnson) became President, assuring his failure to enact Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction.
