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Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin County, Kentucky, near Hodgenville -
Mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies
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Lincoln becomes a legislature candidate.
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Lincoln wins his second bid for election to the Illinois House of Representatives.
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Lincoln and eight friends are successful in passing a bill to move the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield.
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Lincoln moves to Springfield, rooms with Joshua F. Speed, and becomes the law partner of John T. Stuart.
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Lincoln and Mary Todd are married by the Rev. Charles Dresser in the home of her brother-in-law Ninian W. Edwards
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Robert Todd Lincoln, the Lincoln’s first child, is born at the Globe Tavern.
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The Lincoln’s second child, Edward Baker, is born.
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With an unprecedented majority of 1,511 votes over his Democratic opponent Rev. Peter Cartwright, Lincoln is the only Whig among seven congressmen elected from Illinois.
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Lincoln's second child Edward dies after a 52-day illness.
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Lincoln is nominated for President on the third ballot by the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Lincoln becomes the first Republican to be elected President of the United States.
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President-elect Lincoln delivers his farewell speech to the people of Springfield from the rear of a train car at the Great Western Railroad Station.
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William (Willie) Wallace Lincoln dies. He is the second if four sons the Lincolns have lost.
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Actor John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre.
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Abraham Lincoln is pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. in the home of William Petersen.
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Lincoln is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield.