Life and Leadership of Abraham Lincoln

Similarly to many Americans of his era, Abraham Lincoln’s early life was marked by poverty and other challenges. Born in a log cabin in Kentucky, Lincoln also lived in Indiana and Louisiana before settling down in Illinois in his twenties. He received less than a year of formal education, but loved to read and taught himself everything he ever needed to know. In 1834, Lincoln entered the world of politics when he won a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives. Between his first and second terms as a representative, he taught himself law and received his license to practice within state courts. Before long, he was one of the most famous lawyers in Illinois and was known for his honesty, intellect, and integrity across the state (Abraham Lincoln Early Life Timeline Web).

It is hard not to agree with David Herbert Donald in his biography of Abraham Lincoln. He does his best to not give his professional opinion of anything and only writes about the topics from which he has proof of. The main ideas that the author has throughout the text is greatly supported with Lincoln’s own papers and from written first-hand accounts of his generation. Donald accounts for the changes of position on slavery and the equality of blacks throughout his presidency. I think that this book is a great depiction of Abrahams Lincoln’s life.

Across time, political leaders have often been remembered for their greatness by how they faced challenges than with what particular skills or abilities they had during their time in office. This statement is known to be true as political leaders are often expected to solve certain issues or challenges when in office and if their contributions benefit the state or country. Additionally, history books, records, and scholarly journals will take note of a leader’s response to challenges, how they are handled, and if the issue is solved more than whether they adequately used certain skills and abilities to solve the problem. In short, challenges, when faced, allow the political leaders to be remembered more so than their talents.

Lincoln’s early life. As quoted from History.com, “Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky” (“Abraham Lincoln”), to his parents Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. They moved around and eventually settled in another small cabin the backwoods’ of Indiana. As said by biography.com, “Where the family "squatted" on public land to scrap out a living in a crude shelter, hunting game and farming a small plot,” (“Abraham Lincoln biography”). Lincoln’s father was able to buy the land that they had settled on. A year after his mother’s death (Nancy Lincoln) he grew far apart from his father. His father then married a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston, who encouraged Lincoln to read and write. Lincoln worked hard most of his life. He became very

Hofstadter is an author who criticizes many historians. In the book, “In The American Political Tradition” Hofstadter does nothing but criticize different historians. One particular historian he challenges in his writings is Abraham Lincoln. According to Hofstadter, Abraham Lincoln was “the exemplar of the self-made man,” he was a very humble man that easily pleased the people and easily attained very high political ranking, as well as success and a lot of power. Abraham Lincoln’s flaws as a president were often overlooked because many Americans felt as if he brought to life what is known to be the great American dream. Because of this, many of his good qualities were true, but yet exaggerated. In this chapter about Lincoln it was

You have heard of him in every textbook and learned about him in school. Abraham Lincoln made a lasting impact on the United States because he was able to maintain the continuation of the United States. He was a very open minded person and was able to understand both aspects of the War. As a president and Commander in Chief of the United States Army, he was calm under pressure and very generous. He had a lasting impression on the South with his Ten Percent plan and was viewed as a hero for African Americans and rightfully so. Freeing them from chains in the South and giving them the right and responsibilities that every United States citizen would have. Creating a government from ruins, having it destroyed and building it back up again, is something only mentally strong people such as Lincoln could do. Abraham Lincoln rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest ever presidents of the United States.

We have had many important leaders, men that did not shy away from anything, and did what ever they could for the betterment of this country. Among them are Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. Even though all these men were great, you may ask "Who was the best?". This is a very difficult question to answer; since all these men had different struggles and concepts they had to face. One man, however, stood out to me; that man is Abraham Lincoln. This man had to deal with the Civil war, slavery, but he got through it with all his leadership qualites.

Lincoln on Leadership is a book that discusses all of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership styles and strategies and talks about how successful he was because of these attributes as our President. The main character of the book is President Abraham Lincoln. He grew up in a poor background and worked his way to where he was as President. Lincoln tried many careers such as a postmaster, a surveyor, and a lawyer so that he could have a life of success. He always learned from his failures and worked very hard to make it in life because he was from such a disadvantaged background. He was devoted to human rights, innovation, and compassion. He was an amazing leader with leadership styles that kept the United States as one. Leaders today should be able to use these guidelines and to try to an effective leader no matter what setting this is in whether it is business, politics, or healthcare.

In this biography Abraham Lincoln The Pioneer President written by William M. Thayer, tells about the life of Abraham Lincoln growing up as a pioneer of Hodgenville, Kentucky, and how his extremely remarkable character and beliefs lead up to his presidency of the United States of America. Thayer teaches through Abraham's life story, that it is always better to tell the truth and that you should always put God first.

Abraham Lincoln is one of America’s greatest presidents if not the greatest. He changed the entire history of this nation with just a few words and one of the bloodiest wars in American history. The significance of the United States Lincoln penny is overlooked by most, but some believe it 's one of America’s more compelling artifacts. The centennial of Lincoln’s birth, 1909 his face was first printed on the United States penny. Beginning in 1960 the Lincoln Memorial started being pressed on the back side of the penny. Ever since 1909, the penny in some way has resembled one of our greatest presidents to lead this country.

Abraham Lincoln was a self-educated lawyer who did not support slavery. He surprised many people when he became the 16th President mainly because he beat out several promising contenders. During the Civil War Lincoln became quite brilliant with military strategy and an excellent wartime leader. With the Union on the brink of victory Lincoln became a martyr when he was shot and killed by a Confederate sympathizer by the name of John Wilkes Booth. Over time Lincoln became known as one of the greatest Presidents of all time.

Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, was born February 12, 1809. He grow up in Hodgenville, Kentucky in a period when slavery was legal. His father Thomas did not approve slavery reason why his family didn’t own any slaves. Thomas Lincoln move to Indiana in 1816 with is family and two years later his wife died of milk sickness. The life in Indiana not being what they wanted Thomas then decided to move is family to Illinois. We have to know where Abraham came from in order to understand is political orientation in order to be able to make a judgment on what he may have or not done right and wrong.

His parents, Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln were married on July 12, 1806. Together, they had three children: Sarah, born on February 10, 1807; Abraham, born on February 12, 1809; and another son named Thomas who died in infancy. Abraham’s father, Thomas Lincoln was uneducated but was a relatively successful Kentucky farmer. He also worked as a cabinetmaker and carpenter. While the family worked hard at farming, Thomas had to rely on hunting most of the days to feed his family. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln was very religious and taught the children about the Bible and she believed in the importance of education. However, schools were uncommon in the lightly populated areas, but a school opened nine miles away when Abraham was about 7 and Nancy insisted Thomas to let their children attend. Their walk to school would have taken Abraham 2.5 to 3 hours each way so it was a huge commitment. When Abraham was 9 years old and his older sister Sarah was 11 years old, their mother died of milk sickness. Milk sickness occurs when someone drinks dairy products or eats meat from an animal that has been eating a

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809, in Hardin County Kentucky in a one room log cabin to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Nancy died when the boy was young of “milk sickness” (which comes from a cow’s milk being bad) in 1818. Shortly after Thomas and the young Abraham moved to southern Indiana. Education was limited for the young boy to just 3 brief periods, because he had to work with his father to continue living in their home. In total the spots in time he did go to school only totaled to about one year. Lincoln basically taught himself by reading, and re-reading a small collection of books he owned. Later on his father went on to marry a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston who had children of her own; she loved Lincoln like one of her own.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, United States of America and died on April 15, 1865. Throughout his life, Abraham showed an excessive amount of influence on not only the U.S.A. but the whole world. I have made this biography to tell about the life of this international hero.