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American Indian Wars. Black Hawk War. Battle of Stillman's Run (non-combatant) Battle of Kellogg's Grove (non-combatant) Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈlɪŋkən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his assassination on April 14, 1865 and death the next morning, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln was the first member of the recently established Republican Party elected to the presidency.
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, [2] Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. [3]
Czolgosz was found guilty at trial and put to death in the electric chair on Oct. 29, 1901. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, the 32nd president. Roosevelt, at the time the president-elect, had just given a ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
Martin Van Buren outlived four of his successors, more than any other U.S. president. 6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848) 6 years, 325 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841) 2 years, 260 days after 7th president Andrew Jackson (died June 8, 1845) 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. president to be killed while in office. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865, and died the following morning. [5] Sixteen years later, on July 2, 1881, James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, surviving for over two months before dying on September 19, 1881.
This article lists assassinations and assassination attempts on incumbent and former presidents and presidents-elect, but not on those who had not yet been elected president. Four sitting presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (1865, by John Wilkes Booth), James A. Garfield (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon ...