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President Lincoln visited Gardner's studio one Sunday in February 1865, the final year of the Civil War, accompanied by the American portraitist Matthew Wilson. Wilson had been commissioned to paint the president's portrait, but because Lincoln could spare so little time to pose, the artist needed recent photographs to work from.
Barack Obama was the first president to have his portrait taken with a digital camera in January 2009 by Pete Souza, the then–official White House photographer, [23] using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. [citation needed] Obama was also the first president to have 3D portraits taken, which were displayed in the Smithsonian Castle in December 2014. [24]
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First president and American to receive the Soviet Order of Victory, for serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. [276] First president to receive an Emmy Award. [285] First president to authorize a National Park in a United States territory: Virgin Islands National Park. [286]
It was the first nonfiction book to do so in 30 years. [2] The photobiography covers Lincoln's entire life: his childhood, his stint as a lawyer, his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as his ascent from Congressman to President. The final chapter is an account of Lincoln's assassination and death.
First Capitol Inauguration, 1829: 1974 Allyn Cox "Cox Corridors", U.S. Capitol Building: Oil on canvas [103] First Cornerstone: 1793 Caleb Bentley: United States Capitol: Marble [104] First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln: 1864 Francis Bicknell Carpenter: United States Capitol: Oil on canvas [105] First Library of ...
Joan Bortolon said receiving the First Citizen award recently at a ceremony at Erin's Pavilion at Southwind Park reinforced for her the power of volunteering. That's why Bortolon, the president of ...
On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president. He was the first Republican president and his victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West. No ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states, and he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states, an omen of the impending Civil War.