Outline of Abraham Lincoln

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Abraham Lincoln:

Abraham Lincoln – 16th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861, until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.^[1]^[2] In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.

Political career of Abraham Lincoln

Political philosophy of Abraham Lincoln

United States Declaration of Independence – while this document was instrumental in the founding of the United States, it was also a statement of human rights, most notably through the phrase that "all men are created equal". Abraham Lincoln made the document the centerpiece of his rhetoric (as in the Gettysburg Address of 1863), and his policies. He considered it to be the foundation of his political philosophy and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.
Abraham Lincoln and slavery

Electoral history of Abraham Lincoln

Campaigning for Congress (1843)
Campaigning for Henry Clay (1844)
Campaigning for Congress (1846)
Republican National Convention, 1856
United States Senate election (Illinois), 1858 – Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party candidate and ran against incumbent Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party. Stephen Douglas remained Senator, but the debates between the two propelled the popularity of Lincoln and acquired for him a national reputation, which helped him to be chosen as the Republican candidate for president in 1860.
- Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858 – held publicly in 7 towns, they drew especially large numbers of people from neighboring states, as the issue of slavery was of monumental importance to citizens everywhere in the nation. The debates were covered in complete detail in newspapers across the country.
Republican National Convention, 1860
1860 United States presidential election
- 1860 campaign song
Republican National Convention, 1864
- National Union Party
1864 United States presidential election

2004 painting of Lincoln serving in congress by Ned Bittinger, collection of the US House of Representatives.

Offices held by Abraham Lincoln prior to his presidency

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Events during Abraham Lincoln's presidency

First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
- Perpetual Union
- Lincoln Bible
Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
- Baltimore Plot
American Civil War
- Origins of the American Civil War
- Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech
- Confiscation Acts
- President Lincoln's 75,000 Volunteers
- Revenue Act of 1861
- Origin of the Anaconda Plan
- RMS Trent Affair
- Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1863
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Separation of West Virginia from Virginia
- Overland Campaign strategy – Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln devised a coordinated strategy that would strike at the heart of the Confederacy from multiple directions. This was the first time the Union armies would have a coordinated offensive strategy across a number of theaters.^[3]
- Hampton Roads Conference
- Evacuation and Capture of Richmond
- Lincoln's presidential Reconstruction
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution – the amendment that abolished slavery
Dakota War of 1862
- Department of the Northwest
Homestead Act of 1862
National Bank Act
Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation – in 1863, Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, and set it as the last Thursday in November. It has remained thus ever since.
Birchard Letter
Bixby letter
Formation of the National Academy of Sciences – the NAS was founded in 1863 by an Act of Congress, and signed into existence by President Lincoln.
United States Department of Agriculture § Formation and subsequent history
State of the Union Address, 1863
1864

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln's notable speeches

Lyceum address (1838)
Peoria speech (1854)
"Lost Speech" (1856)
House Divided speech (1858)
Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858)
Cooper Union Address (1860)
Farewell Address (1861)
First inaugural address (1861)
Gettysburg Address (1863 event) – this speech was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. In his address, Lincoln reiterated the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence^[4] and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the preservation of the Union sundered by the secession crisis,^[5] with "a new birth of freedom"^[6] that would bring true equality to all of its citizens.^[7] Lincoln also redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union, but also for the principle of human equality.^[4]
Second inaugural address (1865)

Personal life of Abraham Lincoln

Family of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln family

Mary Todd Lincoln (wife)
Robert Todd Lincoln (son)
Edward Baker Lincoln (son)
William Wallace Lincoln (son)
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (son)
Mary Todd "Mamie" Lincoln (granddaughter)
Abraham Lincoln II (grandson)
Jessie Lincoln (granddaughter)
Thomas Lincoln (father)
Nancy Hanks Lincoln (mother)
Sarah Bush Lincoln (stepmother)
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (sister)
Abraham Lincoln (paternal grandfather)
Mordecai Lincoln (paternal uncle)
Mary Lincoln Crume (paternal aunt)
John Hanks (maternal cousin)
Joseph Hanks (great-grandfather)
Samuel Lincoln (17th-century ancestor)
Mary Lincoln Beckwith (great-granddaughter)
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (great-grandson)
Timothy Lincoln Beckwith (great-great-grandson)

Homes and places

Abraham Lincoln's legacy

Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln on U.S. postage stamps
Lincoln's image on money
- Lincoln penny
- List of presidents of the United States on currency § Abraham Lincoln
Films about Lincoln

Memorials to and monuments of Abraham Lincoln

Memorials to Abraham Lincoln

Statues of Abraham Lincoln

Curiosities

Publications about Abraham Lincoln

Organizations concerning Abraham Lincoln

References

^ William A. Pencak (2009). Encyclopedia of the Veteran in America. ABC-CLIO. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-313-08759-2.
^ Paul Finkelman; Stephen E. Gottlieb (2009). Toward a Usable Past: Liberty Under State Constitutions. U of Georgia Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-8203-3496-7.
^ Salmon, p. 251; Grimsley, p. 3.
^ ^a ^b "The Gettysburg Address". History. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^ Robert J. McNamara. "Emancipation Proclamation". www.about.com 19th Century History. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
^ White Jr., Ronald C. The Words That Moved a Nation in: "Abraham Lincoln A Legacy of Freedom Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine", Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State – Bureau of International Information Programs, p. 58.
^ Fox, Christopher Graham (September 12, 2008). "A analysis of Abraham Lincoln's poetic Gettysburg Address". foxthepoet.blogspot.de. Retrieved August 21, 2012.