Abraham Lincoln Timeline

Feb 12, 1809

Lincoln's birth

1831 to 1837

Lincoln's move to New Salem, Illinois

Aug 4, 1834

Lincoln's election to the Illinois legislature

Nov 4, 1842

Lincoln's marriage

Aug 3, 1846

Lincoln's election to congress

Aug 21 - Oct 15

Lincoln's Senate campaign against Douglas

April 14, 1865

Nov 6, 1860

Lincoln's election to the presidency

Jan 1, 1863

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Nov 8, 1864

Lincoln's re-election to the presidency

Lincoln's assassination

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