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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT IN UNITED
STATES HISTORY. LINCOLN LED OUR NATION THROUGH THE MOST DEVASTATING
WAR-THE CIVIL WAR. ...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A BORN LEADER. LINCOLN WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 12, 1809 IN A LOG CABIN IN HARDIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY. ... BESIDES HIS POOR ECONOMIC STATUS, LINCOLN LOST HIS MOTHER AT THE AGE OF NINE. ... LINCOLN WAS ALSO AN UNEDUCATED MAN. ...
AS HE GREW OLDER, LINCOLN NEEDED TO FIND A JOB WHICH SUPPORTED
HIMSELF. ... AFTER WORKING IN THE GENERAL STORE HE MET A MAN NAMED JOHN TODD STUART WHO WANTED LINCOLN TO PRACTICE LAW. LINCOLN DID NOT THINK HE COULD BE A GOOD LAWYER BECAUSE OF HIS LACK OF EDUCATION. STUART INFORMED LINCOLN THAT MOST LAWYERS STARTED OUT NON-EDUCATED SO LINCOLN DECIDED HE WOULD PRACTICE LAW WITH HIM. LINCOLN STUDIED AND SOON BECAME A LAWYER. ...
IN 1834, LINCOLN RAN FOR STATE LEGISLATURE AGAIN. ... LINCOLN WAS ELECTED TO FOUR STRAIGHT TERMS. ... IN 1846, LINCOLN WON HIS PARTY’S NOMINATION AND WAS SELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TO THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES. HE THOUGHT HIS TWO YEAR TERM WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT AND SOME HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES DISLIKED LINCOLN BECAUSE HE WAS AGAINST THE MEXICAN WAR. LINCOLN THOUGHT THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT, JAMES K. ...
LINCOLN DID NOT RUN FOR CONGRESS AGAIN, INSTEAD HE RETURNED TO SPRINGFIELD AND PRACTICED LAW. LINCOLN SAW THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT STARTED BY STEPHAN DOUGLAS AND PASSED BY CONGRESS IN 1854 AS IMMORAL AND AN ALARMING DEVELOPMENT.
Approximate Word count = 1141
Approximate Pages = 4.6
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