Abraham Lincoln - Quick facts

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a one-room log cabin on the 348-acre Sinking Spring Farm, in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky

He created a national banking system with the National Banking Act in 1863, resulting in a standardized currency.

He was the first president to be assassinated.

He was the tallest U.S president at 6ft 4 inches.

He patented a system to alter buoyancy of steamboats in 1849.

Lincoln’s stovepipe top hat served as more than fashionable headwear. He used it to store and carry notes, letters, even bills.

Lincoln Has no living heirs.

Lincoln was the 1st major leader in our history to favor extending the vote to women.

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be born outside of the original thirteen colonies. He was born in Kentucky.

John Wilkes Booth`s brother once saved Abraham Lincoln`s son`s life.

Lincoln had a wart on his right cheek, a scar on his thumb from an ax accident, and a scar over his right eye from a fight with a gang of thieves.

Lincoln worked as a deck hand on a Mississippi flatboat.

He was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration. John Wilkes Booth (his assassin) can be seen standing close to Lincoln in the picture.

He brought Nevada in as a state in 1864.

He brought West Virgina in as a state in 1863.

He had Marfan Syndrome.