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Biography
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln
and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an
American
politician who served as the 16th President of
the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican
Party. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery
and oversaw the Union war effort during the American Civil War.
He selected the generals and approved their strategy; selected senior civilian
officials; supervised diplomacy, patronage and party operations; rallied public
opinion through messages and speeches such as the Gettysburg Address;
and took personal charge of plans for the abolition of
slavery and the Reconstruction of the
Union. He was the first U.S. President to be assassinated.
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