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Concise Biography & Facts About
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President
Lifespan -
Born: February 12, 1809 -
Died: April 15, 1865
Place of Birth - Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky
Term as President - 1861-1865
Political Party - Republican
Vice President / Vice Presidents - Hannibal Hamlin (1861-5), Andrew Johnson (1865)
Religion - Liberal
Abraham Lincoln, Military Experience - lead the US in the US
Civil War, from 1861-1865
Name of Wife - Abraham Lincoln was married to Mary Todd Lincoln
Career of Abraham Lincoln - Politician, Statesman
Elected to Illinois State Legislature, 1834
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1847-49
Place of Death - April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after
being shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes
Booth, an actor
Presidential Facts and Trivia about President Abraham Lincoln
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Description of President
Abraham Lincoln -
Height 6 feet 4 inches
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Age
at Inauguration - 52 years old
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Age
at Death - 56 years old
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Presidential Facts and Trivia about Abraham Lincoln
President Coin or President Dollar Bill
( more Presidential Facts and Trivia about Abraham Lincoln )
Presidential Money. The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and currency.
Abraham Lincoln has appeared on the one cent piece or the quarter since 1909.
President
Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution of the US (17th September,1787)
Information and Facts about any President of America is incomplete without
explaining his role and his power in the government of the country. We have
therefore included this section regarding the US Constitution. Under the U.S.
Constitution the president is the head of state, the commander in chief of the armed forces and is also the chief executive of the federal government.
Facts about
Eligibility
Article 2, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the requirements to hold
office.
Facts
about Term of Office
Following election he, and the Vice President, shall hold his office during the term of four
years. ( The twenty-second amendment, which started with the inauguration of Dwight Eisenhower,
limits the this to two terms)
President's
Executive Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 8
Facts about Main Presidential Duties
and power
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Commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United States
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In times of war or national emergency to manage the national economy and protect the security of the United
States
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Nomination of the heads of all executive departments and agencies (Subject to Senate confirmation)
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Preparing the budget of the United States, although the Congress must approve it.
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Presidential legislative powers - The status of the country and his legislative proposals for the upcoming year are given in the annual State of the Union Address.
Facts
about Presidential judicial power
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Appointing important public officials such as ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls and judges of the Supreme Court.
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Granting reprieves and pardons to anyone convicted of breaking a federal law — except in a case of impeachment.
Facts
about Presidential power in foreign affairs
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Federal official primarily responsible for the relations of the United States with foreign nations.
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To make treaties and appoint ambassadors, ministers, and consuls (provided two thirds of the Senators present concur).
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To receive foreign ambassadors and other public officials.
The
US Constitution and all of the President's duties have been conducted by
Presidents, including
Abraham Lincoln,
since 1787. For more facts, information, trivia and a biography of each
American President click
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Facts about the Great American President Abraham Lincoln
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