Abraham Lincoln

By esrademir

  • Abraham Lincoln is born

    Abraham Lincoln is born in a one-room log cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky.

  • School

    Young Abraham attends a log school house.

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes a candidate

    In March, Abraham Lincoln becomes a candidate for the Illinois General Assembly. The Black Hawk War breaks out. In April, Abe enlists and is elected captain of his rifle company. He re-enlists as a private after his company is disbanded. He serves a total of three months but does not fight in a battle. On August 6th, he loses the election for General Assembly. The village store he worked in goes out of business. Lincoln and partner, William Berry, purchase another village store in New Salem.

  • Abe is elected to the Illinois General Assembly

    On August 4th, Abraham Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party. He begins to study law. In December, he first meets Stephen A. Douglas, 21, a Democrat.

  • Abraham Lincoln is nominated to be the Republican candidate

    Abraham Lincoln is nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States. He opposes Northern Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas, and Southern Democrat, John C. Breckinridge. In June, he writes a longer autobiography.

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected as 16th President of the United States

    braham Lincoln is elected as 16th President of the United States, and is the first Republican. He receives 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote.

  • Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest.

    Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois.

  • Abraham, now 15

    Abraham, now 15, and called 'Abe' by his friends, does plowing and planting and work-for-hire for neighbors. He attends school in the fall and winter, also borrows books and reads whenever possible.