Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States. He led the United States through the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and promoted the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln has been consistently ranked as among the greatest U.S. presidents. He was a political genius, managing to preserve the Union and modernize economy while leading the United States through its bloodiest war, and perhaps the greatest crisis ... SEE MORE