Historical facts about Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America and served the country till the year 1861. Later in the year 1865 he was assassinated, and thus ended the rule of a great leader. Abraham Lincoln is famous in the world of history as having been the force behind leading the country in the time of a great moral, military and constitutional crisis which was the American Civil War. He ended slavery here in the country and encourage the progress of the country economically and financially with a lot of modernization tactics. Born into a poor family Lincoln has the dubious distinction being an educated person by dint of his own efforts. This self educated man became a country lawyer and then a Legislator with the Illinois state. He was also a one term member of the United States House of Representatives but actually failed twice to the elected to the Senate.

There are many interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln which the world loves to know.

• Born in the year 1809, on February 12, Abraham Lincoln died at the age of fifty six in the year 1865 on April 15.
• Illinois was the home state of Abraham Lincoln.
• Abraham Lincoln’s party was Republican and while he was in the Presidential term from 1861-1865 he got assassinated in 1865.
• Andrew Johnson and Hannibal Hamlin were the vice presidents when Lincoln was in power.
• James Buchanan was the President before Lincoln and Andrew Johnson was the one after him.
• Mary Todd Lincoln was Abraham’s wife. She came from a wealthy family.
• Mary’s parents were not agreeable to her marrying Abraham as he came from a poor family.
• Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, Willie Lincoln, and Edward Lincoln were the four children of this great leader Lincoln.
• Robert Todd was the only child who survived and grew into an able adult.
• Abraham never officially had the membership to the church. He was an unaffiliated Christian.
• The National banking Act of 1863 was very popular then and it was Lincoln who brought about the national banking system. This system under the great leader brought about lot of standardized currency.
• Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be assassinated.
• Another intriguing feature was his height. At 6 feet 4 inches, he was the tallest U.S.President.
• In the year 1849, Abraham altered the buoyancy of the steamboats in and around this place.
• Abraham’s mother died due to milk sickness
• Abraham was very close to his step mother who his father married. This step mother was also a widow.
• Abraham had a store in the New Salem area.
• Abraham never liked harming anyone hence killing animals was not his nature. This in spite of the fact that he was a strong wrestler and was quite easy with the axe. So hunting was something Abraham despised even if it was for food.
• A year after Lincoln met Mary he proposed to her. This was in Springfield in the year 1839.
• Abraham Lincoln had a beard and shared the intriguing fact that he was the first president to have a beard.
• Lincoln had a dream a week before he died. He dreamt of someone crying in the White House. Abraham in the dream asked who had passed away. There was a man in the room who said “The president.” Abraham, in the dream looked into the coffin and saw his own face. Strange, coincidental, intriguing but true.
• Abraham Lincoln was fond of pets and also had a turkey, dogs and cats along with horses.

Some of the historical facts of the great President Abraham Lincoln are interesting and intriguing to read.