Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

亚伯拉罕·林肯（英語： Abraham Lincoln ，1809年2月12日—1865年4月15日），美国政治人物、军事家、律师，是第16任美国总统（1861—1865年）。 作为总统，林肯领导了美国经历南北战争。 經由此戰，林肯维护了联邦的完整，废除奴隶制解放所有奴隸，增强联邦政府的权力，并推动经 …

2025年2月10日 · Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

2009年10月29日 · Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.

2023年7月14日 · Abraham Lincoln was the 16 th president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes due to his roles in guiding the Union through the...

Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.

The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln was the first member of the recently established Republican Party elected to the presidency.

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and again in 1864. His first inauguration, on March 4,1861, featured an unprecedented amount of security around the president-elect, spurred by the approaching onset of the U.S. Civil War.

2025年1月28日 · Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. His election prompted the Secession Crisis, and his actions to preserve the Union contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Lincoln served throughout most of the conflict before an assassin’s bullet tragically cut his life short on April 15, 1865.

Explore the life of Abraham Lincoln as an abolitionist and as the 16th president of the U.S. Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica