Abraham Lincoln

Full Name: Abraham Lincoln
Born: February 12, 1809
Place of Birth: Hardin County, Kentucky
Ancestry: English
Father: Thomas Lincoln (1778 - 1851)
Mother: Nancy Hanks Lincoln (1784 - 1818)
First Lady: Mary Todd Lincoln
Children: Four; 4 boys
Pet(s): Jack, the turkey; goats,named Nanny and Nanko; ponies; cats; dogs; pigs; a white rabbit
Education: No college
Religion: No formal affiliation
Occupation: Clerk, Lawyer, Store owner, Postmaster
Military Service: Captain in Black Hawk War of 1832 under Colonel Zachary Taylor
Political Party: Republican
Offices Held: Elected to Illinois State Legislature, Member of U.S. House of Representatives
Age at Inauguration: 52
Terms Served: Two; (1861 - 1865), (1865)
Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson
Campaign Slogan: Vote Yourself A Farm. Don't Swap Horses In The Middle Of The Stream.
States Admitted: West Virginia, Nevada
Sport or Hobby: Townball, Walking, Wrestling
Nickname: Honest Abe
Died: April 15, 1865
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Assassination
Interesting Facts:
His favorite food was fricasseed chicken.
First president to be photographed at his inauguration (with John Wilkes Boothe standing nearby in the picture).
Mary Lincoln had four brothers who fought in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. It was rumored at the time that she was a Confederate spy.