Abraham Lincoln born in February, 12, 1809 was
the first republican to be elected president of the United States.
He was a
self-made man, he grew up in a poor family and became by his own ways a country
lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United
States House of Representatives. Even if he failed in some ways (two
unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the US Senate), he managed to bring a
major wave of opposition to the slavery in his country.
He was elected in 1860 for this purpose. The
country was going through a great crisis at many levels. He managed to deal
with civil war and keep the Union, abolished slavery and launched a
modernization of the financial and economic system.
He had to be very strict
against confederate soldiers even if they were from the same nation and never
backed down in this “war for peace”. The Union and his “popularity” are still
intact in this country thanks to his revolutionary Thirteenth amendment in the
US Constitution.
He knew how to around himself with leaders to deal with the new social order he instituted in the country. The transition was hard to set up considering the phenomenal change it was for the traditional systems and morals. Thus it is not very surprising that he was killed in April, 15, 1865 by a confederate sympathizer.
He was the first US president to be
assassinated and still he conducted the country to civil war he is now
considered as one of the most important president in the history of the United
States.
