Abraham Lincoln

Perhaps it was Abraham Lincoln’s story that furthered the notion that someone from the most humble of circumstances could aspire to the highest office in the land. Born in a one-room log cabin on Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States in March 1861, and was the first of four presidents to be assassinated, although there have been many more presidential assassination attempts.

11
Number of states that seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.

18
The months of formal schooling Lincoln had. He practiced law without a degree.

19
Height in feet of the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial.

76
Lincoln’s height in inches. He and Lyndon Johnson are tied for tallest presidents.

$44.99
Cost of Lincoln Logs Classic Edition, with 86 all-wood pieces and “a replica metal Frontiersman.”

103
Number of Lincoln imitators who belong to The Association of Lincoln Presenters (104 are listed but one of them has decided to stop doing Lincoln in favor of Biblical characters).

1909
The year the Lincoln penny was introduced, 100 years after his birth.

2005
The year the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum opened in Springfield, Ill.

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