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Biography of Abraham Lincoln Dominique Bailey Table of Contents Page 3 – Introduction Page 4 – Early Life Page 5 – Law Career Page 6 – Entering Politics Page 7 – Elected President Page 8 – Emancipation Proclamation - Civil War Page 9 – Reconstruction - Assassination Page 10 – Conclusion Page 11 – Bibliography 3 Introduction Abraham Lincoln is widely regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes and one of its sharpest political minds. Born into frontier obscurity and raised in a log cabin, Lincoln rose quickly in society from a backwoods rail-splitter to a militia†¦show more content†¦Lincoln made a good living in his early years as a lawyer, but found that Springfield alone didn’t offer enough work. Early Politics Abraham Lincoln served a single term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847- 49. Lincoln started his political career with a campaign in 1832 for the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party. The campaign was not successful though and he lost the seat. Soon after the campaign, he was elected captain of an Illinois militia company of New Salem during the Black Hawk War. In 1834, Lincoln won election to the state legislature and influenced by the Commentaries on the Laws of England, he started learning law. After admission to the bar in 1837, he moved to Springfield and established himself as a formidable adversary and successful lawyer. In 1837, Lincoln made his first protest (leader of the Illinois Whig Party) against slavery in the Illinois House and labeled it as â€Å"inhumanity based upon injustice and bad policy.† 7 Elected President In 1854, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise, and allowed individual states and territories to decide for them whether to allow slavery. Lincoln joined theShow MoreRelatedA Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln620 Words   |  3 PagesAbraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, United States of America and died on April 15, 1865. 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