Abraham Lincoln 16th President Postcard

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves. - Abraham Lincoln - Born February 12, 1809 - Died April 15, 1865 was the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military & moral crisis the Civil War, preserving the Union while ending slavery. Born to a poor family on the western frontier in Kentucky, he was mostly self-educated & became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.