Abraham Lincoln

1809 - 1865  (56 years)

• Name	Abraham Lincoln  [1]
  Birth	12 Feb 1809	Sinking Spring, Hodgenville, Larue, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1865	Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I317	A Demo Tree
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Lincoln,   b. 6 Jan 1778, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jan 1851, Farmington, Fulton, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Hanks,   b. 5 Feb 1784, Campbell, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Oct 1818, Gentryville, Spencer, Indiana, USA (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Jun 1806	Washington, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Todd,   b. 13 Dec 1818, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA d. 16 Jul 1882, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1842	Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Robert Todd Lincoln,   b. 1 Aug 1843, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA d. 26 Jul 1926, Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, USA (Age 82 years)  [natural]   2. Edward Baker Lincoln,   b. 10 Mar 1846, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA d. 1 Feb 1850, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 3 years)  [natural]   3. William Wallace Lincoln,   b. 21 Dec 1850, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA d. 19 Feb 1862, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 11 years)  [natural]   4. Thomas Tad Lincoln,   b. 4 Apr 1853, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA d. 15 Jul 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 18 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Won the 1860 election over the two democratic candidates Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckinridge by a popular vote of 1,865,593 to 1,382,713 and 848,356 and an electoral vote of 180 to 12 and 72. Was reelected in 1864 over George B. McClellan by votes of 2,206,938 to 1,803,787 and 212 to 21. Hannibal Hamlin served as vice-president during his first term 1861-1865, Andrew Johnson during his second term until his assassination by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater. Called "Honest Abe".

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Mary Ann Lincoln