Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator in the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives in the 1840s. After a series of debates in 1858 that gave national visibility to his opposition to the expansion of slavery, Lincoln lost a Senate race to his arch-rival Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln, a moderate from a swing state, secured the Republican Party nomination. With almost no support in the South he swept the North and was elected president in 1860. His election was the signal for seven southern slave states to declare their secession from the Union and form the Confederate States of America. The departure of the Southerners gave Lincoln's party firm control of Congress, but no formula for compromise or reconciliation was found. And the war came.

Abraham Lincoln [] (* 12. Februar 1809 bei Hodgenville, Hardin County, heute: LaRue County, Kentucky; † 15. April 1865 in Washington D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er wurde 1860 zum 16. Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten gewählt und 1864 wiedergewählt.

Abraham Lincoln ( – à Washington) est le seizième président des États-Unis d'Amérique. Il est élu pour deux mandats de quatre ans en 1860 et 1864 sans terminer ce dernier. Il est le premier président républicain de l'histoire du pays. Son nom est associé à la guerre de Sécession et à l’abolition de l'esclavage. Il meurt assassiné à la suite d'un complot émanant des confédérés au début de son second mandat.

Abraham Lincoln, född 12 februari 1809 i LaRue County i Kentucky, död 15 april 1865 i Washington D.C. var en amerikansk advokat och politiker, som var USA:s åren 1861–1865. Han ledde nordsidan under det amerikanska inbördeskriget och mördades i samband med ett teaterbesök i huvudstaden.

Abraham Lincoln (ur. 12 lutego 1809 w hrabstwie Hardin, Kentucky, zm. 15 kwietnia 1865 w Waszyngtonie) - 16. prezydent Stanów Zjednoczonych i zarazem pierwszy, którego zamordowano.