Born: 1809 Died: 1893 Years in Office: 1861-1865 Elected From: Illinois Party: Republican Vice President: 1) Hammibal Hamlin 2) Andrew Johnson The future president was born in the most modest of circumstances in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky., on Feb. 12, 1809. His entire childhood and young manhood were spent on the brink of poverty as his pioneering family made repeated fresh starts in the West. Opportunities for education, cultural activities, and even socializing were meager. When his father could …showed first 75 words of 388 total…

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