ipl-logo

Abraham Lincoln's Influence On Today

858 Words4 Pages

Abraham Lincoln went through many ups and downs befores he became the 16th President of the United States. From the death of his mother when he was young not getting along with his father after her death and his political fails. These among lots of other things these are what made Abraham into the man we all know as Honest Abe today. In this paper you are going to learn about Abraham Lincoln’s childhood, adult, and political life.
Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln on February 12th, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln had two siblings, Sarah and Thomas Lincoln. As a boy Abraham Lincoln and his family moved from Kentucky to Indiana when he was seven years old. Two years later when Abraham Lincoln was nine his mother died from milk sickness. Milk sickness is when someone …show more content…

Because he was so well known and the people agreed with his views they made him their leader for the Black Hawk war. After the war he ran as a candidate for the Illinois Legislature and didn’t get elected but in 1834 he ran again and got elected this time. In his time in the Legislature he made a friend named Dr. Fithian. They became really good friends and Abe came down to Danville, Illinois to represent Fithian in court. When Abe would come to Danville, Fithian would help him out with money and a place to stay. Abe served four terms and became a leader. He also played a big part in having Illinois’ capital changed from Vandalia to Springfield. In 1837 he moved to Springfield to become stuart Law’s partner, then ten years later he was elected into the United States congress. Abraham Lincoln’s campaign skills surprised John Todd Stuart and encouraged Lincoln to become a lawyer . In his 30’s He married Mary Todd on November 2, 1842, and had four sons, William Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, and Edward

Show More
Related
336 Words | 2 Pages

Abraham was born on February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky who was raised in the family farming. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Thomas was a strong man, a farmer, been described a desperate man who knocked his son down in anger several times and Nancy, who didn't talk much and literate (Isaac N. Arnold,1882). Additionally, Thomas and Nancy were also members of a Separate Baptists church, which had restrictive moral standards and opposed alcohol, dancing, and slavery. Hence, his parents were significant influences, and greatly shaped the 16th president of the United States.

Read More
601 Words | 3 Pages

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 and died in 1865. He was born in Kentucky with his mother Nancy and father Thomas. Abraham had an older sister called Sara and was two years older. When he was around 23 years old he was out of work and started in the New Salem Military. He was tall and athletic and he also was the captain of an unit in the Black Hawk War in 1832.

Read More
204 Words | 1 Pages

Abe had all boys. Abe Lincoln also had a wife named Mary Todd Lincoln. On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was officially elected as president, despite the fact that he wasn 't even listed on the ballot in nine southern states. Because the

Read More
889 Words | 4 Pages

Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was raised in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky,  but later he moved to southern Indiana in 1816. Lincoln didn’t go to school often because he had to support his family. He moved to Southern Illinois in 1830 with his family, and Lincoln worked on a river flatboat hauling freight sown the Mississippi to  New Orleans when living in Southern Illinois. After moving to Salem, Illinois he got jobs as a shopkeeper and a postmaster.

Read More
737 Words | 3 Pages

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, KY. As a child Lincoln preferred to read rather than work, and this caused conflict with his father. Lincoln didn’t go to school regularly, he spent less than 12 months attending school, and he never attended college. After the death of his sister in 1828, Abraham Lincoln sailed to New Orleans. During his time there he worked on multiple jobs, and impressed the locals with his good-natured personality.

Read More
1293 Words | 6 Pages

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. As a child, he was only able to attend school for a few weeks, but he continued to educate himself through reading. Later in his life, he began a career as a lawyer. Then, he started a career in politics. He joined the Republican party and ran as a Republican in the presidential election.

Read More
771 Words | 4 Pages

In the year 1780, Abraham Lincoln, a member of a respectable and well- to-do family in Rockingham County, Virginia, started westward to establish himself in the newly-explored country of Kentucky. He entered several large tracts of fertile land, and returning to Virginia disposed of his property there, and with his wife and five children went back to Kentucky and settled in Jefferson County. Little is known of this pioneer Lincoln or of his father. Most of the records belonging to that branch of the family were destroyed in the civil war. Their early orphanage, the wild and illiterate life they led on the frontier, severed their connection with their kindred in the East.

Read More
546 Words | 3 Pages

John T. Stuart recommended that Lincoln become a lawyer and when he passed his Exam they eventually became partners. He became a very well like and respectable lawyer and was often hired by the Illinois Central Railroad. Lincoln got re-elected to the General Assembly in 1836,1838, and 1840. He had a role in getting the state capital moved to Springfield. He resigned in 1854 to be eligible for the election of the U.S. Senate.

Read More
878 Words | 4 Pages

Lincoln’s childhood in Kentucky was primarily spent doing strenuous work and attending a little school. On February twelfth, 1809 Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father, built their new cabin in Indiana that consisted of log walls, a clay chimney, and no floor. Thomas was not the only one working hard on the house, though. “Young Abraham was a natural with the axe,” (Marrin,

Read More
1809 Words | 8 Pages

Throughout history there have been thousands of people who have influenced and shaped the great nation of America. Presidents like Washington, inventors like Edison, and great businessmen like Carnegie have changed and formed the United States into what they are today. Though there have been many, one of the single most influential figures in American history was Abraham Lincoln. “Honest Abe” was the embodiment of the American dream as a self made, self taught man. On November sixth, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth president of the United States of America.

Read More
2020 Words | 9 Pages

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the 1800’s and made it possible for these men to fight for their rights. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln on February 12, 1809. Abe had two siblings, his older sister Sarah and a younger brother named Thomas who unfortunately passed away as an infant. In 1818, Lincoln lost his mother due to milk sickness shortly after the family moved to Indiana.

Read More
1565 Words | 7 Pages

Abraham's only child to survive into adulthood and who would become an important political figure did not embrace his father's role but deviated from his footsteps due to a plethora of factors. While Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 into an impoverished Kentucky family, his socioeconomic advancement through education allowed his firstborn son to be born in 1843 to a mother and

Read More
972 Words | 4 Pages

First of all Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America. He lived 56 years till he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater. Abraham Lincoln had a very interesting childhood. He was born in a log cabin in Kentucky because of his father Thomas Lincoln and his mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln. His two siblings were his older sister named Sarah and his younger brother named Thomas who died as an infant.

Read More
1289 Words | 6 Pages

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville Kentucky. He died on April 15, 1865 at the age of 56 when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He had a sister named Sarah and a sibling who died as a baby. His family moved from house to house and he grew up on farms.

Read More
545 Words | 3 Pages

He moved to Illinois as a young man and became a successful lawyer and politician. Lincoln's political career began in the Illinois state legislature, where he served from 1834 to 1842. He went on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849. In 1858, he ran for

Read More

More about Abraham Lincoln's Influence On Today

Related Topics

Open Document