Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president, serving during the Civil War and earning a place in American history by rallying public opinion through his speeches. He was the first president to be assassinated, become something of a martyr for national unity. Scholars rank him among the top presidents, with many placing him first.
There are four statues of Lincoln in the city. He can be found, with Ulyssess S. Grant, as a bas relief on the inside of the monumental arch in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, and as free-standing statues in the north end of Union Square, in the Concert Grove section of Prospect Park and outside the Lincoln Houses at 135th and Madison.
Lincoln was born on Febr. 12, 1809, in rural Kentucky. He was a country lawyer, and served terms in the Illinois statehouse and the United State House of Representatives before becoming president. He died April 15, 1865, a day after being shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theater.
To read more about Lincoln, you could do worse than start here. The party line can be found here.
