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1809 |
Short Biography of Abraham
Lincoln
Date of Birth: Born on February 12 1809
Place of Birth : Kentucky.
Parents: Father - Thomas Lincoln
Mother:
Nancy Hanks
Background Facts, Information & Ancestry :
Grandfather was Samuel Lincoln who originated from
from Hingham, England to Massachusetts in 1637.
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1809 |
February 12: Abraham Lincoln
is born in Nolin Creek in Kentucky. His humble home
was a one room log cabin
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1811 |
The Lincoln family move to a
230 acre farm near Sinking Spring.
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1816 |
December: The Lincoln family
move to Indiana.
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1817 |
February: Legend states that
Abraham shot a wild turkey but hated the experience
and never hunted again.
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1818 |
October 5: The death of
his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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1819 |
December 2: Thomas
Lincoln marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston who
becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln
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1830 |
March: The Lincoln family move
to Illinois
First political speech of Abe in favor of improving
navigation on the Sangamon River.
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1831 |
Abe settles in New
Salem, Illinois working as a clerk in the village
store
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1832 |
March: Abe becomes a candidate
for Illinois General Assembly
April: The Black Hawk War and Abe enlists
August 6: Abe loses election
Abe and William Berry become partners and purchase a
village store in New Salem.
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1833 |
The store fails and leaves the
partners in debt
Abe is appointed Postmaster of New Salem
October: Abe is appointed Deputy County Surveyor.
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1834 |
August 4: Lincoln is elected
to the Illinois General Assembly
Abe starts to study law
Abe meets Ann Rutledge
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1835 |
January: The death of William
Berry and Abe's debt increases to $1000
August 25: Ann Rutledge
dies from fever
Becomes leader of the Whig
Party
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1836 |
August 1: Re-elected to the
Illinois General Assembly
September 9: Lincoln receives
his law license
Starts to court Mary Owens
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1837 |
April 15: Moves Springfield
Establishes as a law partner
of John T. Stuart
His proposal to Mary Owens
is declined
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1838 |
August 6: Re-elected to
the Illinois General Assembly |
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1839 |
Practises as a lawyer on the
8th Judicial Circuit in Illinois
December 3: Admission to
United States Circuit Court
Meets Mary Todd at a
Christmas dance.
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1840 |
June: Abe presents his first
case before the Illinois Supreme Court
August 3: Re-elected to the
Illinois General Assembly
Mary Todd accepts his
proposal of marriage and the couple become engaged
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1841 |
January 1: Abe breaks off his
engagement to Mary Todd
Suffers from depression
March 1: Establishes new
law partnership with Stephen T. Logan
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1842 |
Abe resumes his courtship with
Mary Todd September:
Challenged to a sword duel by James Shields over the
publication of letters which taunted the Democrat
Shields
September 22: Duel averted
by an explanation of letters
November 4: Abe marries
Mary Todd in Springfield
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1843 |
Abe fails to get Whig
nomination for U.S. Congress
August 1: Robert Todd Lincoln
is born to Abe and Mary
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1844 |
December: Abe sets up his own
law practice and dissolves partnership with Logan |
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1846 |
March 10: Edward Baker Lincoln
is born May 1:
Nominated as Whig candidate for U.S. Congress
August 3: Abe is elected to
the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1847 |
The Lincoln family moves to a
boarding house in Washington, D.C.
December 22: Presents
resolutions to President Polk about U.S. hostilities
with Mexico.
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1848 |
January 22: Gives a speech
against war policy regarding Mexico
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1849 |
March 31: Abe leaves
politics to practice law in Springfield |
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1850 |
February 1: The death of
Edward Baker Lincoln
Lincoln resumes his role in the 8th Judicial Circuit
gaining a reputation as an outstanding lawyer and
earning the nickname of 'Honest Abe'
December 21: William
Wallace Lincoln (Willie) is born.
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1853 |
April 4: Thomas (Tad) Lincoln
is born. |
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1854 |
Abe is elected to Illinois
legislature but declines the seat in an attempt to
become a U.S. Senator.
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1855 |
Fails in his quest to become a
U.S. Senator. |
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1856 |
May 29: Assists in the
formation of the new Republican party of Illinois
Abe campaigns in Illinois for
John C. Fremont the Republican presidential
candidate
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1857 |
June 26: Speech against the
Dred Scott decision which ruled that Dred Scott must
remain a slave |
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1858 |
June 16: Nominated as
Republican senator from Illinois to oppose the
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas.
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1859 |
Illinois legislature choose
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas for the U.S. Senate
defeating Lincoln
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1860 |
March 6: Speech on
slavery in New Haven, Connecticut
May 18: Nominated to be the Republican candidate for
President of the United States
November 6: Abraham Lincoln is
elected as 16th U.S. president
December 20: South Carolina secedes from the Union
shortly followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
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1861 |
February 11: Leaves
Springfield for Washington
March 4: President Lincoln delivers his First
Inaugural Address
April 12 Attack on Fort Sumter
- Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open
fire marking the start of the Civil War
For details of the career of President Lincoln and
the progress of the American Civil War between 1861
and 1865 click
Civil War Timeline
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1865 |
March 17: A kidnap plot
by John Wilkes Booth fails when Lincoln fails to
arrive as expected at the Soldiers Home
April 9: General Robert E. Lee surrenders his
Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at the
village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia
April 14: President Lincoln and his wife Mary go to Ford's Theater to see the play "Our American Cousin" .
During the third act of the play John Wilkes Booth
shoots the president in the head at approx 10:13
p.m.
April 15:
President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the
morning. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the
presidency
April 26: John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a
tobacco barn in Virginia.
May 4:
Abraham Lincoln is buried in Oak Ridge
Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois.
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