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See also
Willie
Olcott Burr —
James
Edward Drake —
Everett
John Lake —
Geoffrey
Whitney Lewis —
Alfred
Collins Lockwood —
Isaac
Wayne MacVeagh —
Franklin
MacVeagh —
William
Wallace Stickney —
Alanson
B. Treat —
Albert
Henry Washburn |
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Lincoln, Abraham
(1809-1865) —
also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old
Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The
Illinois Baboon" —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
English
ancestry.
His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War;
determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the
battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing
this, redefined American nationhood.
Shot
by the assassin
John Wilkes Booth, during a play at
Ford's Theater,
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding
House, across the street, the following day, April 15,
1865 (age 56 years, 62
days). He was elected in 1900 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny
(one
cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5
bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also
appeared on U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $1
to $500.
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Married, November
4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882; grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H.
R. Dawson); father of Robert Todd
Lincoln. See Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham
N. Haynie — William
M. Stone — John
Pitcher — Stephen
Miller — John
T. Stuart — William
H. Seward — Henry
L. Burnett — Judah
P. Benjamin — Robert
Toombs — Richard
Taylor Jacob — George
W. Jones — James
Adams — John
G. Nicolay — Edward
Everett — Stephen
T. Logan — Francis
P. Blair — John
Hay |
| | | Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Abraham
L. Keister
— Abraham
L. Brick
— Abraham
L. Kellogg
— Abraham
Lincoln Bernstein
— A.
Lincoln Reiley
— A.
L. Helmick
— A.
Lincoln Acker
— A.
L. Auth
— A.
Lincoln Niditch
— Abraham
Lincoln Freedman
— A.
L. Marovitz
— Lincoln
Gordon
— Abraham
Lincoln Tosti
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: David
Herbert Donald, Lincoln —
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,
ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American
Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print) — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —
Edward Steers, Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —
Mario Cuomo, Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.
Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln
Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His
Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President — Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Karen
Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War |
| | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore
Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Lincoln, Alexander —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1860,
1864
(alternate).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Benjamin
(1733-1810) —
of Massachusetts.
Born January
24, 1733.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1788-89; received one electoral vote,
1789.
Died May 9,
1810 (age 77 years, 105
days).
Interment at Old
Ship Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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Lincoln, Benjamin —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives from New Bedford; elected 1819,
1822, 1831, 1832, 1833.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Benjamin F. (b.
1831) —
of Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Wareham, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
4, 1831.
Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; director, Lyndon National Bank;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lyndon, 1876-78, 1888.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Blanche Lambert (b.
1960) —
also known as Blanche M. Lambert —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., September
30, 1960.
Democrat. Staff assistant to U.S. Rep. William
V. Alexander, Jr., 1982-84; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1993-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1999-2011; defeated, 2010.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2011.
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Lincoln, Charles G. —
of Butte
County, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1855-56.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Charles G. —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Charles Z. —
of Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 32nd District, 1894.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Lincoln,
Clara See Clara
Lincoln Armstead |
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Lincoln, Clara M. —
of Institute, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
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Lincoln, Cyrillo S. —
of Naples, Ontario
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County 2nd District, 1872-75.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, D. Waldo
(1813-1880) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born January
16, 1813.
Mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1863.
Died July 1,
1880 (age 67 years, 167
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Daniel Waldo (b.
1882) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., September
2, 1882.
Son of Waldo Lincoln and Fanny (Chandler) Lincoln.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1916-17.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Edgar B. —
of Michigan.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Lincoln, Emma —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Lincoln, Enoch
(1788-1829) —
of Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
28, 1788.
Son of Levi Lincoln and Martha (Waldo)
Lincoln (1761-1828).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1818-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1821-26 (at-large 1821-25, 5th
District 1825-26); Governor of
Maine, 1827-29; died in office 1829.
Died October
8, 1829 (age 40 years, 284
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at State
of Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine.
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Lincoln, Everitt F.
(1918-1995) —
Born in 1918.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 49th District, 1978-82; candidate
in primary for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1982.
Died in 1995
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Ezra —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Ford —
of Lakeview, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Republican. Chair of
Montcalm County Republican Party, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Lincoln, Frederick W., Jr.
(1817-1898) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
27, 1817.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1857-60, 1863-66.
Died September
13, 1898 (age 81 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Gatewood Sanders
(1875-1957) —
Born in 1875.
U.S. Navy officer; Governor of
American Samoa.
Died in 1957
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Georg See Georgianna
Lincoln |
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Lincoln, George —
of Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, George F. —
of Connecticut.
Born in Connecticut.
U.S. Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1884; Antwerp, 1897; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1898-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Georgianna (b.
1943) —
also known as Georg Lincoln —
of Rampart, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, February
22, 1943.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1991-92; member of Alaska
state senate District R, 1993-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Lincoln, Isaac —
of Scott
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 18th District, 1863-64.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Isaac —
of Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state senate, 1907-08, 1915-22 (33rd District 1907-08,
35th District 1915-22); delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, J. William —
of Fayette
County, Pa.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 32nd District, 1979-94.
Still living as of 1994.
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Lincoln, James H. (b.
1916) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1916.
Democrat. Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1957, 1959; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Lincoln, John C. —
Commonwealth Land candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, John Joseph, Sr.
(1865-1948) —
also known as John J. Lincoln —
of McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Rising Sun, Lehigh
County, Pa., October
11, 1865.
Republican. Mining engineer;
Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1928.
Quaker.
Died in Elkhorn, McDowell
County, W.Va., January
28, 1948 (age 82 years, 109
days).
Interment at Newtown
Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.
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Lincoln, Jonah —
of Windham, Windham
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1825, 1827.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Julius —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1904;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1908;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1911-12.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Leroy A. —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Levi (1749-1820) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., May 15,
1749.
Son of Enoch Lincoln (1720-1802) and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln
(1721-1782).
Democrat. State court judge in Massachusetts, 1775; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1781; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1796; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1797; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1800-01; U.S.
Attorney General, 1801-05; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1807-09; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1808-09.
Died April 14,
1820 (age 70 years, 335
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Lincoln, Levi, Jr.
(1782-1868) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., October
25, 1782.
Son of Levi Lincoln and Martha (Waldo)
Lincoln (1761-1828).
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1812-13, 1844-45; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1814-22; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1822; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1823-24; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1824-25; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1825-34; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1834-41; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1841-43; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1848; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., May 29,
1868 (age 85 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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Lincoln, Luther Hansen
(1914-1980) —
also known as Luther H. Lincoln —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Lafayette, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in Montana, November
20, 1914.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1949-58; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1955-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1952,
1960;
Presidential Elector for California, 1956.
Lutheran.
Died June 27,
1980 (age 65 years, 220
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Mary F. —
of Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lincoln, Murray D. —
of Gahanna, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Lincoln, Newton —
of Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Republican. Chair of
Chautauqua County Republican Party, 1927-33.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pacific Coast, Abe: See
Francis
Wellington Cushman |
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Lincoln, Ralph L. —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1948,
1964
(alternate); member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950.
Still living as of 1964.
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Lincoln, Robert Todd
(1843-1926) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August 1,
1843.
Son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary (Todd)
Lincoln.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman
(1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad
cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric
utility.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., July 25,
1926 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lincoln, Stephen —
of Cainsville, Harrison
County, Mo.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Harrison County; elected 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Lincoln, Stowell —
of Windham, Windham
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windham, 1835.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Lincoln,
Waldo See D. Waldo
Lincoln |
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Lincoln, Walter P. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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| | Lincoln,
William See J. William
Lincoln |
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Lincoln, William Slosson
(1813-1893) —
of New York.
Born in Berkshire (now Newark Valley), Tioga
County, N.Y., August
13, 1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1867-69.
Died April 21,
1893 (age 79 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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