12 facts about Abraham Lincoln

1. Abraham Lincoln was 6’4”, making him our country’s tallest president.
2. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
3. Abraham Lincoln was afraid of dentists because a dentist broke off part of Lincoln’s jawbone by pulling a tooth.
4. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.
5. Abraham Lincoln, Nebraska was named after Abraham Lincoln.
6. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
7. Lincoln’s education comprised only 18 months of schooling. Thereafter, he was self-educated and benefited a lot from his habit of reading.
8. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration. John Wilkes Booth (his assassin) can be seen standing close to Lincoln in the picture.
9. His face is on the American penny.
10. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to wear a beard.
11. Abraham Lincoln was called “Old Abe” by his friends when he was only 30 years years old because his skin was yellowish and wrinkled by that time.
12. Abraham Lincoln had four sons, but only 1 lived to adulthood.