Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Abraham Lincoln changed the course of history not through brute assertion of power but by wrestling with its limits.

In honor of Lincoln’s 216th birthday, February 12, 1809, here are some ... s assassination in April 1865. He is the only president to hold a patent Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president ...

Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 2. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) 3. “If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our ...

Portriat of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) (painted by George P. Healy, mid-late 1800s), Washington, DC, 1969. The portriat was one of three painted by Healy (sometimes spelled ...