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| ABRAHAM LINCOLN February 12, 1809–April 15, 1865 |
It was on this day, February 12, in 1809, which marked the birth of the 16th United States president Abraham Lincoln.
Depending on your viewpoint, it can be argued that there have two U.S. presidents—Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois) and Franklin Roosevelt (D-New York)—who had the most positive impact on the nation and its people.
Lincoln was elected to his first term in 1860 with a very divided electoral map, and six years after the founding of the Republican Party, and the first from his party elected to the presidency of the United States. Without doubt, this was attributed to Lincoln’s success with the Civil War. With re-election in 1864, while the south seceded, Lincoln carried 22 of 25 participating states, for 88 percent of participating states. (For the sake of layout, the maps will appear at the bottom of this blog entry. Minnesota, admitted into the union in 1858, and Oregon, admitted into the union in 1859, voted for the first time in 1860. Kansas, admitted into the union in 1861, West Virginia, admitted into the union in 1863, and Nevada, admitted into the union October 31, 1864, voted for the first time in 1864. The latter two were admitted into the union during the Civil War.)
Lincoln was elected to his first term in 1860 with a very divided electoral map, and six years after the founding of the Republican Party, and the first from his party elected to the presidency of the United States. Without doubt, this was attributed to Lincoln’s success with the Civil War. With re-election in 1864, while the south seceded, Lincoln carried 22 of 25 participating states, for 88 percent of participating states. (For the sake of layout, the maps will appear at the bottom of this blog entry. Minnesota, admitted into the union in 1858, and Oregon, admitted into the union in 1859, voted for the first time in 1860. Kansas, admitted into the union in 1861, West Virginia, admitted into the union in 1863, and Nevada, admitted into the union October 31, 1864, voted for the first time in 1864. The latter two were admitted into the union during the Civil War.)
Here is a link to a timeline on the life of Abraham Lincoln:
In the meantime, here are ten [10] quotes from the 16th president:
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
“You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
“Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.”
“I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.”
“Government of the people, by the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
“We the people are the rightful masters of Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
Election Maps: 1860 & 1864
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| ^ ELECTION 1860: Minnesota and Oregon joined the union. From 1860 to 1908, Minnesota along with Pennsylvania and Michigan carried Republican. While the country flipped Democratic for Woodrow Wilson, [the trio] voted for Progressive Party’s Teddy Roosevelt in 1912. [They] returned to the Republican fold in 1916 and held until 1928. |
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| ^ ELECTION 1864: Kansas, West Virginia, and Nevada voted for the first time and sided with re-electing Abraham Lincoln. Nevada’s bellwether status would not commence until 1912. In 1864, Lincoln’s domination of the map (from participating states) included Republican pickups Maryland and Missouri. Two states Lincoln never carried nowadays vote Strong Democratic: New Jersey and Delaware. |
