Abraham Lincoln Thesis

Abraham Lincoln was an important icon in history. Lincoln was born in Hardin county, Kentucky to the mother of Nancy Lincoln and the father of Thomas Lincoln. Thomas Lincoln was a pioneer and a very well respected member of his community. In addition to Abraham there were also two other siblings, both died when they were infants. When Abraham was still a child his family had to move to Perry county, Indiana in 1817. Once in Indiana the family moved to a small shelter where they were forced to live off the land in order to survive. After some time and much hard work Thomas was eventually able to buy the land so that he and his

Eventually Lincoln ended up moving and began working as a shopkeeper as well as various other little jobs doing whatever he could find, but eventually found himself as a general store owner. While working as a general store owner it was the first time Lincoln really got a chance to be around people and obtain social skills. Specifically it was Lincolns ability to tell stories that made him popular with the locals. In 1832 Black Hawk War broke out the people in Lincolns area elected him to be their captain. Although Lincoln never saw any combat it was his first start of many great things to come. After the war was over Lincoln had made connections which would lead him to be elected into the state Legislature. In 1834 Lincoln was elected to be a member of the whig party. It was Abraham Lincolns drive to learn which led him to be a lawyer around the same time. Lincoln taught himself law by reading William Blackstone’s Commentaries On the Laws of England. Lincoln then went on to practice law in Springfield,

However Lincoln would have but a short time to be with Anne, because she died from typhoid fever at the age of 22. Whether or not Anne’s death had a major impact upon Lincoln has been disputed by historians for years. Some say her death left Lincoln severely depressed for a long time, others say his relationship with Anne wasn’t that serious, nor did her death have a huge impact on Lincoln, because their relationship did not reach to that extent. Early on Lincolns income as a lawyer was very well, however he soon learned that because of his location in Springfield that there just simply wasn’t enough work to be done as a lawyer alone. In order to combat this Lincoln followed the courts as it made rounds to many different places in Illinois. It was through doing work like this that he would eventually partner in law with William Herndon. William and Lincoln would go on to develop a strong business relationship, but also a deep personal relationship just as strong which made the two work very well together regardless of their views and styles. From 1847 until 1850 Lincoln served one single term on the House of Representatives.