Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of America. He belonged to poor family, he was born on February 12, 1809 in a peasant family in Kentucky (America) and his father was a farmer. Life of abraham Lincoln was the full of struggles, he failed many times but he did not lose the hope and that is why Lincoln is a source of inspiration for the youth
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20 Interesting Facts About Abraham Lincoln
1 - Abraham Lincoln had to face difficulties since childhood, Abraham Lincoln was only 9 years old when his mother died
2 Abraham Lincoln was America's tallest president ever and he looked exactly like a wrestler, his friends often called Abraham Lincoln as a wrestler.
3 Abraham Lincoln did not have good relation with his father. You would be surprised to know that Abraham did not attend his father's funeral
4 Abraham Lincoln did many things for humanity during his lifetime. He ended slavery system in 1865, and he contributed greatly in strengthening democracy.
5 Lincoln practiced advocacy for 18 months even without his law degree
6 Lincoln had to face many failures in his life, he started business at the age of 22 but he didn't get success in his business but despite this Lincoln contested his first election at the age of 23 but in that election he Lost badly
7 Despite all this, Abraham Lincoln started another business at the age of 24 but still he did not get success.
8 At the age of 29, Abraham Lincoln contested for the post of speaker, but this time he was also badly defeated in the election. Then Lincoln contested the Senate twice at the age of 46 and 49 but still he did't get any success
9 After doing so much struggle, Abraham Lincoln did not get success in his life, due to which he was completely disappointed and he did not want to go near knives and other sharp things because he knew that he could harm himself.
Interesting Facts About Abraham Lincoln
10 After doing so much struggle in his life, Abraham Lincoln did not give up at all, Lincoln contested for the presidency at the age of 51 and he got a grand victory in this election.
11 As we told you that Abraham Lincoln used to belong to very poor family and he did not have enough money to buy books, often he used to read books by borrowing
12 Once Abraham Lincoln borrowed his neighbor book to read, but that book was completely wet due to rain, due to which Abraham Lincoln worked in his neighbor's fields
13 Abraham Lincoln loved his pet cat so much and often he used to eat food with his cat
14 Lincoln was a very kind hearted person, he did not discriminate between rich and poor, he used to see everyone in equally
15 Lincoln married in 1842 and he had 4 sons
16 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln managed to live for a few hours after being shot and the team of doctors tried their best to save Abraham Lincoln
17 It is said that Abraham Lincoln had dreamed how he would die
18 It is believed that Abraham Lincoln's soul still roams in the White House. Some people have even claimed that they have seen Lincoln's soul in white house
19 Some thieves tried to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln so that he could ask ransom from the government, but their attempt was completely unsuccessful.
20 Abraham Lincoln was America's first president, who had a beard.
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