Misbah ahdab biography of abraham lincoln

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March until his assassination in April Lincoln led the UnitedStatesthrough its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crisis—the AmericanCivil War—preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, strengthening the nationalgovernment and modernizing the economy.

Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinoisstatelegislatorduring the s, and a one-term member of the UnitedStatesHouse of Representativesduring the s.

After a series of debates in that gave national visibility to his opposition to the expansion of slavery, Lincoln lost the Senate race in Illinois to his arch-rival, Stephen A.

Douglas. Lincoln, a moderate from a swing state, secured the Republican Party presidential nomination in With almost no support in the South, Lincoln swept the North and was elected president in His election was the