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The sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin Country on February 12, 1809. ... Unfortunately, Abraham didnt get any education at his new home. In 1831, Abraham Lincoln left his family and moved to New Salem. ... After the war, in 1836 Abraham became a lawyer because he had had the chance to study law. ... Unfortunately, Lincoln lost the election for senate, but in debating with Douglas he got a reputation that helped him win the Republican nomination for President in 1860.
In February 1860, Lincoln addressed a rally in New York and thanks to it, and his new reputation, he had a good chance to be a presidential candidate for the sixteenth President of the United States. ... Unfortunately, it had no effect on the states in the south that allowed slaves. ... Lincoln had not been happy with all the fighting over slavery and threatened to make all states non-slave states if the fighting didnt stop. ... This made all slave states free except Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky Missouri, and Virginia which were slave states who were also faithful to the government so they were allowed to have slaves. ... While the Civil War was intense, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected for another four years in the election of 1864.
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