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Abraham Lincoln Biography
Read and watch to learn more about our 16th president
Watch this video to learn about Abraham Lincoln as a man and president.
Hear about Lincoln's stand against slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, and more.
Born: 2/12/1809
Birthplace: Larue County, Ky.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin (now Larue) County, Ky., on Feb.
12, 1809. His family moved to Indiana and then to Illinois, and Lincoln gained what education he could along the way.
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While reading law, he worked in a store, managed a mill, surveyed, and split rails. In 1834, he went to the Illinois legislature as a Whig and became the party's floor leader. For the next 20 years he practiced law in Springfield, except for a single term (1847–49) in Congress, where he denounced the Mexican War.
In 1855, he was a candidate for senator and the next year he joined the new Republican Party.
A leading but unsuccessful candidate for the vice-presidential nomination with Frémont, Lincoln gai