Abraham Lincoln

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President of the United States author human lawyer orator politician

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.

Aliases (7)

Lincoln ×7
Abraham Lincoln (portrait) ×1
Abraham Lincoln as compassionate ×1
Abraham Lincoln presidency ×1
Abraham Lincoln’s signature ×1
President Abraham Lincoln ×1
The Great Emancipator ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of the United States → author → human → lawyer → orator → politician →
birthDate	1809-02-12 →
birthPlace	Hardin County, Kentucky → Hodgenville, Kentucky →
burialPlace	Oak Ridge Cemetery → Springfield, Illinois →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound →
child	Edward Baker Lincoln → Robert Todd Lincoln → Thomas "Tad" Lincoln → William Wallace Lincoln →
citizenship	United States of America →
conflict	Black Hawk War →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
deathDate	1865-04-15 →
deathPlace	Washington, D.C. →
delivered	Gettysburg Address →
education	largely self-taught →
emancipationProclamationDate	1863-01-01 →
familyName	Lincoln →
fullName	Abraham Lincoln →
GettysburgAddressDate	1863-11-19 →
givenName	Abraham →
height	6 ft 4 in →
homeState	Illinois →
issued	Emancipation Proclamation →
knownFor	delivering the Gettysburg Address → issuing the Emancipation Proclamation → leading the United States during the American Civil War → opposition to the expansion of slavery → preserving the Union →
mannerOfDeath	assassination →
nationality	American →
occupation	lawyer → politician → statesman →
officeEnd	1865-04-15 →
officeStart	1861-03-04 →
politicalParty	National Union Party → Republican Party →
positionHeld	16th President of the United States → member of the Illinois House of Representatives → member of the U.S. House of Representatives →
precededBy	James Buchanan →
presidentialOrder	16 →
previousPoliticalAffiliation	Whig Party →
religion	Christian (generally associated with Protestantism) →
servedAsPresidentDuring	American Civil War →
servedIn	Illinois militia →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	Abraham Lincoln signature image (facsimile) →
spouse	Mary Todd Lincoln →
succeededBy	Andrew Johnson →
vicePresident	Andrew Johnson → Hannibal Hamlin →

Referenced by (172)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park → Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek → Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum → Lincoln → Lincoln Bedroom → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → Lincoln City, Oregon → Lincoln County, Nevada → Lincoln County, Nevada → Lincoln County, New Mexico → Lincoln County, Oregon → Lincoln County, South Dakota → Lincoln Days festival → Lincoln Hall (Cornell University) → Lincoln Highway → Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → Lincoln Home National Historic Site → Lincoln Park → Lincoln Sea → Lincoln Square → Lincoln Tunnel → Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → Lincoln, Maine → Lincoln, Nebraska → Order of Lincoln laureate →	namedAfter
Allan Pinkerton → Colonel Alexander Bliss → Edward Dickinson Baker → Hildene → Kate Warne → Land of Lincoln → Lincoln Home National Historic Site → Petersen House → Siege of Vicksburg → Soldiers' National Cemetery → William Wallace Lincoln ("Abraham Lincoln presidency") →	associatedWith
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park → Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum → Lincoln Bedroom → Lincoln Memorial → Lincoln Tomb → O Captain! My Captain! →	dedicatedTo
Benjamin F. Butler → Edwin M. Stanton → Salmon P. Chase → William H. Seward →	appointedBy
Edward Baker Lincoln → Robert Todd Lincoln → Thomas "Tad" Lincoln → William Wallace Lincoln →	father
Emancipation Proclamation → Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act → National Banking Act of 1863 → Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 →	signedBy
Emancipation Proclamation → Gettysburg Address → Second Inaugural Address →	author
Seated statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial) → Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Parliament Square → The Boy Lincoln →	depicts
Abraham Lincoln ("Lincoln") → Abraham Lincoln ("Lincoln") → Edward Baker Lincoln ("Lincoln") →	familyName
Land of Lincoln → Lincoln Days festival → Lincoln Memorial →	honors
Henry Clay → Jesse Fell → Theodore Parker →	influenced
Lincoln the Unknown → Seated statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial) → The Boy Lincoln →	mainSubject
Union → Union Army →	commanderInChief
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park → Lincoln Square →	commemorates
Gettysburg Address → Second Inaugural Address →	deliveredBy
National Academy of Sciences → United States Department of Agriculture →	foundedBy
Bliss copy → Hay copy →	hasAuthor
Illinois militia → Lincoln family →	notableMember
Mary Lincoln Beckwith → William Wallace Lincoln →	notableRelative
Eastman Johnson ("Abraham Lincoln (portrait)") → Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln") →	notableWork
George B. McClellan → Stephen A. Douglas →	opponent
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d →	addressee
Honest Abe →	appliesTo
Henry W. Halleck →	appointedAsGeneralInChiefBy
Edman Spangler →	associatedWithPerson
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery →	attendedBy
85th Academy Awards ("Lincoln") →	bestActorFilm
Lincoln Tomb →	burialPlaceOf
Edward Dickinson Baker →	closeFriendOf
Lyman Trumbull →	collaboratedWith
American Civil War →	combatantCommander
Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln") →	directed
John Hay →	employer
Thanksgiving Day →	establishedAsAnnualUSHolidayBy
Springfield, Illinois →	finalRestingPlaceOf
Abraham Lincoln →	fullName
Battle of Gettysburg →	GettysburgAddressSpeaker
Mary Lincoln Beckwith →	granddaughterOf
Hay copy →	hasAssociatedPerson
Bliss copy →	hasHandwritingOf
Surratt House Museum →	hasHistoricalConnectionTo
Hodgenville, Kentucky →	hasHistoricAssociationWith
Lincoln family →	hasNoSurvivingMaleLineFrom
Oak Ridge Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
LaRue County, Kentucky →	hasNotablePersonAssociated
Black Hawk War →	hasParticipant
Bliss copy →	hasSignatureOf
Doris Kearns Goodwin →	hasWrittenAbout
Union →	headOfGovernment
Union →	headOfState
Kate Warne →	helpedProtect
Springfield, Illinois →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Abraham Lincoln ("The Great Emancipator") →	honorificTitle
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Parliament Square →	honours
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn →	hostedSpeaker
1864 United States presidential election →	incumbentPresident
Perpetual Union →	invokedBy
Hardin County, Kentucky →	isBirthplaceOf
LaRue County →	isBirthplaceRegionOf
Bliss copy ("Abraham Lincoln’s signature") →	isNotableFor
William Herndon →	lawPartnerOf
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery →	mainSpeaker
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →	mentionsPerson
85th Academy Awards ("Lincoln") →	mostNominationsFilm
City of Lincoln, California →	namedFor
North American Review →	notableContributor
Jesse Fell →	notableFriend
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters →	notablePersonFeatured
Republican Party →	notablePresidentFromParty
William Herndon →	partner
Jonathan Eastman Johnson →	portraitSubject
Lincoln the Unknown ("Abraham Lincoln as compassionate") →	portrays
Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 →	presidentDuringEnactment
Ford's Theatre →	presidentialBoxUsedBy
Andrew Johnson →	presidentialPredecessor
Uncle Tom's Cabin →	quoteAttributedSpeaker
Honest Abe →	refersTo
George B. McClellan →	removedFromCommandBy
Springfield, Illinois →	servedAsHomeOf
Edwin M. Stanton →	servedInCabinetOf
Henry W. Halleck →	servedUnder
Hannibal Hamlin →	servingUnder
Emancipation Proclamation →	signedDuringPresidencyOf
Thirteenth Amendment →	signedEnablingResolutionBy
First Transcontinental Railroad →	signedIntoLawBy
Reconstruction era →	significantFigure
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum →	significantPerson
Oak Ridge Cemetery →	significantPlaceFor
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery →	speechDeliveredBy
Mary Todd Lincoln →	spouse
Carl Sandburg →	subjectOfWork
James Buchanan →	succeededBy
Thirteenth Amendment →	supportedBy
John Wilkes Booth →	targetOfAssassination
Hannibal Hamlin →	vicePresidentOf
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln →	victim
Ford's Theatre →	victimOfAssassination
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania →	visitedBy
Derringer pistol →	wasUsedOn
1864 United States presidential election →	winner
John Hay ("President Abraham Lincoln") →	workedUnder
William Herndon →	workedWith
The History of the Republican Party →	workSubject