Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 near ... In 1836, he qualified as a lawyer and went to work in a law practice in Springfield, Illinois. He sat in the state legislature from 1834 ...

The rags-to-riches story of the 16th President of the United States of America ...

What would the 16th president think of Trump’s immigration woes?

NMAH/SI Upon hearing the name Abraham Lincoln, many images may come to mind: rail-splitter, country lawyer, young congressman, embattled president, Great Emancipator, assassin's victim ...

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post-master of New Salem; he also offered services as a wood chopper, county deputy surveyor, and lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room ...

“And, sure enough, when he was president, Abraham Lincoln issued passports to blacks in the Western territory of the U.S., in direct defiance, actually, of the Dred Scott case.” The lawyer ...

Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning the nation's bloodiest war. A Republican lawyer from the backwoods who produced the most ...