Life of Lincoln
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Contemporary Biography
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Contemporary American History
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| 1809 – Lincoln Born Feb. 12 |
1809 Gladstone, Darwin, Tennyson, Poe, Holmes born |
1809 Madison is President |
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1813 Douglas is born |
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| 1816 Family moved to Indiana |
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1816 Indiana admitted as a state |
| 1818 Mother dies |
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1818 Illinois admitted as a state |
| 1819 Father married Sarah Johnsont |
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1820 Missouri Compromise |
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1821 Missouri admitted as a state |
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1822 Grant born |
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1829 Jackson President |
| 1830 Family moved to Illinois |
1830 Douglas moved to New York |
1830 Speeches of Hayne and Webster |
| 1831 Settled in New Salem |
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1831 Publication of The Liberatur |
| 1832 Enlisted in the Black Hawk War: unsuccessful |
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1832 Founding of the New England Anti-Slavery Society |
| 1833 Postmaster of New Salem; deputy surveyor's clerk |
1833 Douglas moved to Illinois |
1833 Founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society |
| 1834 Elected to the legislature |
1834 Douglas elected as State's Attorney |
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| 1836 Reelected to the legislature. Presidential Elector. |
1836 Douglas elected to the legislature. |
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| 1837 Admitted to the bar. Moved to Springfield. |
1837 Douglas appointed Registrar of the Land Office; nominated for Congress |
1837 Van Buren President. Murder of Owen Lovejoy. |
| 1838 Reelected to the legislature |
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| 1840 Presidential Elector |
1840 Douglas appointed Judge of the Illinois Supreme Court |
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1841 Harrison President. Tyler President. |
| 1843 Married to Mary Todd |
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| 1844 Presidential Elector |
1844 Douglas elected to Congress |
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1845 Polk President. Texas admitted as a state. |
| 1846 Elected to Congress |
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1846-1848 War with Mexico |
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1847 Douglas elected U.S. Senator; moved to Chicago |
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| 1848 Presidential Elector |
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1849 Taylor President |
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1850 Death of Calhoun |
1850 Fillmore President. Clay's Compromise Measure |
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1852 Death of Clay and of Webster |
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1853 Douglas reelected Senator |
1853 Pierce President |
| 1854 Reelected to the legislature |
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1854 Kansas – Nebraska Bill |
| 1855 Reelected to the legislature |
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| 1856 Candidate for nomination for Vice-President |
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1856 Fremont first Republican candidate for the presidency. Civil War in Kansas. |
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1867 Buchanan President. The Dred Scott Decision. |
| 1858 Candidate for the U.S. Senate |
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1858 Lincoln – Douglas Debates |
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1859 Douglas reelected to the Senate |
1859 Death of John Brown |
| 1860 Cooper Institute Address. Elected President. |
1860 Douglas Democratic candidate for the Presidency. |
1860 South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. |
| 1861 Left Springfield, Feb 11; Inaugurated March 4. |
1861 Douglas died June 3. McClellan Commander-in-Chief |
1861 Fall of Fort Sumter April 12. Battle of Bull Run, July 21. Kansas admitted as a state. |
| 1862 The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Sept 22 |
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1862 Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia, April 16 |
| 1863 The Final Emancipation Proclamation, Jan 1. The Gettysburg Address, Nov 19. |
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1863 Battle of Gettysburg July 1- 5. |
| 1864 Reelected to the Presidency |
1864 Grant appointed Lieutenant-General. |
1864 Battles of the Wilderness, May 6-7 |
| 1865 Inaugurated, Mar 4. Assassinated, April 14; died April 15; buried at Springfield, May 4. |
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1865 Fall of Richmond, April 3. Surrender of Lee, April 9. Johnson sworn in as President, April 15 |
