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In the year 1809, the future sixteenth president and the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks was born, and was named Abraham after his grandfather. ... In 1811, at the age of two, Abraham and his family moved to Knob Creek, where he first learned to plant, husk corn, hoe, chop wood, and build hearth fires. ...
In December of 1816, Thomas Lincoln moved the family to the backwoods of Indiana, but to get there they had to cut a trail themselves out of the wilderness in order to reach their destination. ... A year later though, Thomas Lincoln found a second wife, in order to help around the house, named Sarah Bush Johnston, whom had three kids of her own. ... A year later Thomas Lincoln moved again, but his time Abe stayed behind. ...
When the Black Hawk war broke out in 1832, Lincoln enlisted. He was elected leader of his rifle company, and this honor pleased him though he knew very little about military life. ... He soon became popular in the legislature, and by the time he was starting his second term, Abe was a skilled politician as well as a Whig party leader in Illinois. ... By 1839 Lincoln had established himself a reputation as a lawyer in Springfield, and it was also at this time that he first met Mary Todd, who would soon become his wife. At the same time that Abraham Lincoln was courting Mary Todd, another prominent lawyer named Stephen Douglas was courting her as well. ...
During the Mexican War in 1847, Abraham Lincoln went to Washington as a representative from Illinois because he opposed it. ... He became the leading Republican in Illinois and was voted into the running for vice-presidency, which brought the attention of the nation onto Abraham Lincoln. ...
In 1860 Lincoln was nominated as the Republican candidate for the presidency, in which he wanted dearly in this time of national crisis.
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