They are President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. ... Though their birth dates are not parallel, Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809, and John F. ... Abraham Lincoln held many professions, including shopkeeping and blacksmithing before he decided to study law and pursue a political career. ... President Abraham Lincoln died April 15, 1865. ... The similarity between President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. ...

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President Abraham Lincoln was attending a comedy entitled "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. when "A shadowy figure stepped into the box, stretched out his arm, aimed a small derringer pistol at the back of Lincoln's head, and pulled the trigger" (Freedman 123). ... The many changes of plans, Lincoln's security, and the incapability to recognize the many clues left by Booth all contributed to the successful assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Then, prior to attending the play at Ford's Theatre with Lincoln, Ulysses S. ... However, Lincoln was a...

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Lincoln himself told people how happy he was. ... At 7:22 on April 15th, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was pronounced dead. ... On the Sunday after Lincoln's death, clergymen around the country praised Lincoln in their sermons. ... Republicans linked Lincoln's name to their party. ... To this day Abraham Lincoln's legacy is still alive. ...

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Abraham Lincoln's life taught us a valuable lesson on the traits and characteristics that are essential for all leaders today. ... First, Lincoln Lincoln's mission was clear in that he wanted equality and to preserve the union. ... Communication was one of Lincoln's clear strengths. ... Lincoln also had a resilient thinking style. ... Lincoln was a natural leader....

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One of the most significant events that helped mold Whitman's personality was observing was observing the death of our nation's beloved 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Many people feel that there are no similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. ... Our good grey poet loved Lincoln, which is why the assassination of Lincoln was such an upset to Whitman. ... Abraham only went to school to age four; where as Whitman was more privileged and was able to go to age thirteen. ... The star symbolizes the assassinated Abraham Lincoln as well as the poet's heavy feeling o...

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The Day Lincoln Was Shot List of Characters Note: All ages are as of April 14, 1865 Lincoln Family Abraham Lincoln- assassinated on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at age of 56- 16th President of the U.S.A.... Sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln was at Ford's Theatre at the time of the shooting enjoying a show with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and two friends. ... Two main issues troubled the Union government early 1865: one was to kill of the Confederacy and the other to keep President Abraham Lincoln alive. ... Lincoln was to make an appearance at Ford's Theatre. ...

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Abraham Lincoln. ... Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction of the country was to ultimately restore the Union. ... Lincoln didn't like this bill and he pocket vetoed it. When states started agreeing to Lincoln's plan Congress wouldn't let them rejoin the Union so Lincoln had to start negotiating with Congress. Then Lincoln was assassinated and his successor, Andrew Johnson had to take over. ...

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And finally was vice-president under the second term of Abraham Lincoln. When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated Johnson was left with the pressure of restoring the nation after the ravages of the civil war. ... He also supported Abraham Lincoln's chief opponent in the 1860 presidential election, Stephen Douglas. ... On April 15, 1865, Andrew Johnson became the seventeenth president of the United States of America, due to the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln. ... He completed Abraham Lincoln's term but failed to receive his party's nomination in 1869. ...

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He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for his four-volume sequel, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. ... His life-long interest was President Abraham Lincoln. He wrote two volumes on President Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln: the Prairie Years which were about him and the Civil War. He didn't want to stop there, so he continued to write about Lincoln and wrote a four-volume sequel called Abraham Lincoln: the War Years, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. ... Someone who had also written about Lincoln, Mark Van Doren, said in The Nation: "It's Sandburg the artist, epic poet, who has attac...

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The moment Abraham was soon elected as president in 1860. Johnson became the strongest supporter for President Lincoln at the time. ... Abraham was assassinated on April 15. ... In 1862 President Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee. ...

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Introduction John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head at approximately 10:15 on Good Friday evening of April 14, 1865 while the nation's sixteenth President sat in a private box at Washington's Ford's Theater watching a performance of the humorous Our American Cousin. ... At the same time that Booth was shooting Lincoln, other conspirators were attempting to kill Andrew Johnson and William Seward. ... Booth was never officially arrested for the assassination of President Lincoln because a soldier, with the orders to take the killer alive, violate...

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