feb 12, 1809 - Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.