Tall and lean, Abe did it all!
This is a picture of Mr.
Lincoln and others writing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Tall and lean, Abe did it all!
This is a picture of Mr.
Lincoln and others writing the Emancipation Proclamation.
| 1834-1842 Abe was
elected to the Illinois general assembly
as a member of the Whig Party |
| 1836 Mr. Lincoln became a lawyer |
| 1839 Lincoln was admitted to practice law in the U.S. Circuit Court |
| 1846 Abe was elected to
the U.S. House of Representatives as a
member of the Whig Party |
| 1849 Abe was elected to the Illinois legislature |
| 1854 Lincoln worked to organize the Republican Party in Illinois |
| November 4, 1860 He was elected the sixteenth president of the United States |
| January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which resulted in the freedom of 200,000 slaves |
| November 19, 1863 Abe gave
the Gettysburg Address on the battlefied
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| November 8, 1864 Lincoln was reelected president |
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