Abraham lincoln (1February 80912-1April 865 15), an American politician, was the16th president of the United States. During his presidency, a civil war broke out in the United States, known as the Civil War in history. Lincoln abolished slavery in the southern States, defeated the separatist forces in the south, and safeguarded the integrity of the Federation and the equal rights of people of all races in its territory. Shortly after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was assassinated, the first American president to be assassinated.

Early career

1February 809 12 was born in Kentucky, USA. His father Thomas and his mother Nancy are both uneducated farmers.

Lincoln lost his mother when he was nine years old, and his family moved to Illinois on 1830. Lincoln only received 18 months of informal education, but Lincoln's stepmother took care of him like her own child. After that, Lincoln became a lawyer on 1836 through diligent self-study.

go into/enter politics

1832, Lincoln began to set foot in politics and was elected as a state senator two years later. At the same time, he is the captain of the state militia company.

184 1 year, his law firm opened in Springfield, Illinois. In the 1850 s, a lawsuit broke out between the railway and river transportation companies, and Lincoln won the lawsuit in the state supreme court on behalf of the railway company. In a murder lawsuit in 1858, the prosecution witness claimed to see the defendant's face in the moonlight; As a defense lawyer, Lincoln used the proof method of "public knowledge"-that is, taking common sense of life as evidence without providing other witnesses and physical evidence, and successfully proved that at the moment claimed by the witness, according to the calendar, the moon just appeared on the horizon, and the witness could not distinguish people's faces by moonlight, so the prosecution evidence was overturned. This kind of defense was very rare at that time, and Lincoln was famous all over the country for this case.

From 1847 to 1849, Lincoln served as a federal representative for two years.

1860 presidential election

1854, the people who advocated the abolition and restriction of slavery in the northern States established the * * * and Party. In the American presidential election of 1860, Lincoln ran for the presidency on behalf of * * * and the party, which was strongly supported by the northern States. Therefore, even if he didn't get more than half of the national popular vote, he still got more than half of the electoral votes, that is, 180 out of 303 votes. 1860165438+1On October 6th, Lincoln, aged 5/kloc-0, defeated the Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas and two other candidates and was elected as the16th president of the United States. His victory became the last straw to crush the south.

Be assassinated

1On April 4th, 865, Lincoln was assassinated by john weeks Booth, an actor and supporter of slavery. The next morning, he died at the age of 56. He was the first American president to be assassinated, and the murderer Booth was also killed in the pursuit.

Lincoln was buried in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. His wife and children were later buried here. So far, Illinois's motor vehicle license plate calls itself "Lincoln State".

Lincoln was assassinated.

John Wilkes Booth (May 65438 +0838, June 65438 +00-April 26, 65438 +0865) was an American playwright. He sympathized with the Confederacy and was very dissatisfied with the outcome of the Civil War. He assassinated President Lincoln on April 1865. In the process of escape, he tripped over the American flag, jumped on the stage and shouted, "This is what happens to tyrants!" " "At that time, the audience was shocked. After that, he fled to a warehouse where tobacco was stored, and was shot and killed by Boston Cobbett, a soldier who surrounded the warehouse.

John Wilkes booth