profileAbrahamLincoln(February12,1809-April15,1865)AbrahamLincolnwasthe16thpresidentoftheUnitedstates.Heservedaspresidentfrommarch4,1861,untilApril15,1865AbrahamLincolnwasborninalogcabinnearHodgenville,Kentucky.Hehadverylittleformalschoolingandwasmostlyself-educated.Heeventuallybecamealawyerandarepublicanpolitician;heearnedthenickname“HonestAbe.”LincolnmarriedMaryToddin1842;theyhadfoursons,butonlyonesurvivedchildhood.MaryToddLincoln,wifeofAbrahamLincoln.AbrahamLincolnandhissonTadHeissuedhisemancipationproclamationin1863andpromotedthepassageoftheThirteenthAmendmenttotheunitedstatesConstitution,abolishingslavery.AbrahamLincolnandhisblacksassistantFirstreadingoftheEmancipationProclamationofpresidentLincolnLincolnwasre-electedPresidentin1864Statueof“youngLincoln”firstdisplayed-publishedin1945.NowinSennpark,EdgewaterChicagoThemementosMountRushmoreCommemorativecoinLincolnwasthefirstpresidenttonamethebrand,presidentandheadofstatefortheproductionofhigh-endcars.Thankyou!