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Abraham
Lincoln was born in a log cabin (小木屋) in Hardin
County, Kentucky, on February 12th, 1809: When Abraham was young, his family was
very poor. His mother, Nancy, died of "milk sickness" when Abraham
was nine, and the family moved to Indiana. One year later, his father Thomas
Lincoln married Sarah Bush Johnston, and she was good to him. Though Lincoln
had little formal (正规的) schooling, he could read and
write.
In
1830, his family moved again, this time to Illinois, and Abraham decided to go
his own way. Abraham joined the Illinois militia (民兵组织) during the Black Hawk War. In 1834 he was elected as a Whig and
served for four terms(任期). After receiving his law
license(执照) in 1836, Lincoln married Mary Todd on
November 4th, 1842.
In
1847, Lincoln was elected to and served one term in the US House of
Representatives. In 1856, Lincoln changed his political alliance (联盟) to the Republican Party(共和党), but lost a
Senate election to Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas. By 1860, Lincoln was
a well-known presidential candidate (总统候选人). He was
elected as the sixteenth President of the United States in November of 1860.