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The sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. When Abe was twenty-one the Lincoln family moved to Illinois. Admitted to the state bar in 1837, he was a member of the House of Representatives from 1846 to 1849.He won much fame by debating slavery with Stephen A. Douglas, and was elected president in 1860. The Civil War followed his inauguration. Reelected in 1864, the Civil War ended with General Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865. Five days later, Lincoln was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theater, Washington. (Encyclopedia of Illustrations - #11722).