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Feb 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
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He was elected to the House of Representatives
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He tried to gain nomination for the Senate
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The reputation he gained on the campaign trail caused him to be elected as Republican nominee for President in 1860.
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The election of Lincoln as President in 1861, sparked the South to succeed from the North. Southern independence sentiment had been growing for many years and the election of a president opposed to slavery was the final straw.
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On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued his memorable Emancipation Proclamation that declared the freedom of slaves within the Confederacy.
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Date of Death The president, mortally wounded, was carried to a cheap lodging house opposite Ford’s Theater. An hour after dawn the next morning, Abraham Lincoln died
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However, on March 20, 1865, the day of the planned kidnapping, the president failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait.
