Abraham Lincoln (The President Survives)

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - March 17, 1891) was an American politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from from 1861 to 1869. He previously served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1847 to 1849 and as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1834 to 1842.

Lincoln was born in 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky, to a poor family. He spent his childhood on what was then the western frontier of the United States in the states of Kentucky and Indiana. Largely self-educated, he became a successful lawyer in the state of Illinois, a prominent figure in the Whig Party. In 1834, Lincoln was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he promoted rapid modernization of the economy and and vehemently opposed the Mexican-American War.