Abraham Lincoln
“With malice toward
none, with charity for all.”
Abraham Lincoln’s Parents
Thomas and Nancy Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s Childhood
• Born February 12, 1809
• Had one sister named Sarah
• His father was a farmer.
Lincoln did not want to be a
farmer and he and his father
were not close.
• Both of Lincoln’s parents
were illiterate (they could not
read)
• Lincoln’s mother died when
he was 9
Lincoln’s Stepmother
• Lincoln’s father remarried
after the death of his first wife
• He married Sarah Johnston
• She was also illiterate but
encouraged Lincoln to teach
himself how to read and write
• Lincoln was very close to his
stepmother and looked up to
her
Abraham Lincoln and School
• Abraham only had one
year of formal schooling
• Taught himself how to read
the Bible, Shakespeare
and law books
• Never read a novel
• One of the best writers we
have had in the White
House
Lincoln Finds Politics
• Lincoln leaves home at age
21 and moves to Illinois
• Holds many jobs
(postmaster, surveyor,
merchant)
• Runs for his first government
office at age 23 (state
legislature) and loses
• Lincoln becomes a lawyer in
the 1830s
Abraham Lincoln’s Wife
Mary Todd Lincoln
• Abraham Lincoln married
Mary Todd November 4,
1842.
• Mary Todd came from a
slave owning family
• Together they had four
children. Only one of
their children would
reach adulthood.
Edward’s home where
the Lincoln’s were
married
Marriage certificate of Abraham Lincoln and
Mary Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s Children
• Robert Todd Lincoln was the
first born son. Born on
August 1, 1843
• Only child to survive to
adulthood and live a full life
• Attended Harvard Law
School
• Put his mother into a mental
institute when she was older
Lincoln’s Second Son
• Eddie Baker Lincoln was
born March 10, 1846
• In December of 1849,
Eddie became ill
• He died February 1,
1850 at the age of 3
Lincoln’s Third Son
• William Wallace Lincoln
(Willie) was born
December 21, 1850
• He became ill with
typhoid fever while living
in the White House
• He died February 20,
1862 at age 11
Lincoln’s Fourth Son
• Thomas “Tad” Lincoln
was born April 4, 1853
• He was named after
Lincoln’s father
• By age 12 he could not
read or write
• He died July 15, 1871 at
the age of 18
Lincoln Becomes President
Election of 1860
• In 1860, Abraham
Lincoln defeated three
other men to become
the president of the
United States
• He won by a large
margin because the
Democratic Party was
split
Great Accomplishments as President
Emancipation Proclamation
• President Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation on September 22, 1862
• It freed all slaves in the Confederate States
• Slaves in the border states were not freed yet
• This was the building block to the 13th
Amendment to the Constitution
The 13th Amendment
• The 13th Amendment completely abolished slavery and
prohibits it’s existence today
• At the time it was passed, slavery was only legal in
Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and New
Jersey
• The 13th Amendment freed the remaining slaves in
those states
• Although President Lincoln proposed the 13th
Amendment, he was assassinated before it was passed
Election of 1864
Nevada Becomes a State
• Lincoln is elected to
President again
• He makes Nevada a
state in 1864 because he
needs their vote in the
election and their help to
pass the 13th
Amendment
Our First President is Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth
• On April 14, 1865, John
Wilkes Booth entered
Ford’s Theater and
assassinated President
Abraham Lincoln
• Booth was a Southerner
that did not agree with
President Lincoln’s views
on slavery
“With malice toward none, with
charity for all”
• Lincoln was a man of “golden
character”
• He was well respected and
one of the greatest American
Presidents
• Even when others treated
him poorly, he always
treated them kindly
• He was honest and always
showed his character
through his generous actions