Abraham lincoln

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• Abraham Lincoln lost his first political race in 1832 for the Illinois General Assembly.
• Abraham Lincoln once ran a small store in Salem Illinois.
• Abraham Lincoln is regarded by scholars as one of the greatest three American presidents, along with Washington and FDR.
• Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865 was the first of a President in United States history.
• Abraham Lincoln managed his own re-election campaign for president in 1864.
• Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States.
• Abraham Lincoln invoked his executive War Powers by proclaiming a blockade.
• Abraham Lincoln' predecessor James Buchanan is rated by scholars as the second worst president in history. Buchanan's predessor Franklin Pierce was rated the third worst. Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson was rated fourth worst in history, while HIS successor Ulysses Grant was ranked the sixth worst. The first 42 presidents were evaluated. So the popular Lincoln served midstream in a very weak presidential period.