摘要
Abraham Lincoln(February 12,1809-April 15,1865) was the 16th President of the United States.He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis,the American Civil War,preserving the Union and ending slavery.Before his election in 1860 as the first Republi-
Abraham Lincoln （February 12, 1809 -- April 15, 1865） was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state Legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U. S. Senate. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. His tenure in office was occupiecl primarily with the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
