Lincoln Essay
Justin Ellick 1/29/14
American Presidents on Film: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He grew up in Kentucky, but later moved to Indiana with his family in 1817. At 9 years of age, Abraham’s mother, Nancy Hanks, died of tremetol at age 34. Devastated, Abraham developed issues with his father due to the amount of hard work placed on him at an early age.
Shortly after his wife’s death, Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father, remarried to a woman named Sarah Bush Johnston, who Abraham quickly grew close with. Abe received formal education while he was developing into a man and would sometimes walk for miles just to borrow a book. After moving twice more, Abraham, now 22 strayed out and began making a living in manual labor. After some years, Abe migrated to the small town of New Salem, Illinois where he eventually became a general store owner.
In 1834, Lincoln finally began his political career and was elected to the Illinois state legislature as a member of the Whig Party. The political understanding of the Whig Party led him to formulate early views on slavery as impediment to economic development. Shortly after this time, Abe decided to become a lawyer. He taught himself the law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. After being admitted, he moved to Springfield, Illinois and began to practice in the John T. Stuart law firm.
Abe’s foray into politics was as unremarkable as it was brief. He served only a single term in the U.S. House of Representatives because his criticism of the Mexican-American War made him unpopular and he decided to return to Springfield to practice law. Working as a lawyer, Lincoln served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad as its company attorney and by the 1850’s had several other business clients as well due to his success.
In the year 1840, Abraham got engaged to Mary Todd, but the engagement was broken off until they eventually married on November 4, 1842. Lincoln had 4 children,
American Presidents on Film: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He grew up in Kentucky, but later moved to Indiana with his family in 1817. At 9 years of age, Abraham’s mother, Nancy Hanks, died of tremetol at age 34. Devastated, Abraham developed issues with his father due to the amount of hard work placed on him at an early age.
Shortly after his wife’s death, Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father, remarried to a woman named Sarah Bush Johnston, who Abraham quickly grew close with. Abe received formal education while he was developing into a man and would sometimes walk for miles just to borrow a book. After moving twice more, Abraham, now 22 strayed out and began making a living in manual labor. After some years, Abe migrated to the small town of New Salem, Illinois where he eventually became a general store owner.
In 1834, Lincoln finally began his political career and was elected to the Illinois state legislature as a member of the Whig Party. The political understanding of the Whig Party led him to formulate early views on slavery as impediment to economic development. Shortly after this time, Abe decided to become a lawyer. He taught himself the law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. After being admitted, he moved to Springfield, Illinois and began to practice in the John T. Stuart law firm.
Abe’s foray into politics was as unremarkable as it was brief. He served only a single term in the U.S. House of Representatives because his criticism of the Mexican-American War made him unpopular and he decided to return to Springfield to practice law. Working as a lawyer, Lincoln served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad as its company attorney and by the 1850’s had several other business clients as well due to his success.
In the year 1840, Abraham got engaged to Mary Todd, but the engagement was broken off until they eventually married on November 4, 1842. Lincoln had 4 children,
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