The 16th
President of the
United States. Born in a
log cabin in
Hodgenville, Kentucky in
1809. Served as President during the
Civil War. Issued the
Emancipation Proclamation. Delivered the
Gettysburg Address. Killed in 1865 by an
assassin named
John Wilkes Booth in
Ford's Theater in
Washington, D.C.. Remembered for his
beard,
dry wit and
stovepipe hat. Made
guest appearances in "
Star Trek" and "
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (and,
MALTP reminds me, "
Happy Gilmore").
Surely one of America's most
revered Presidents. There
are people who
dislike him intensely -- their
complaints about ol'
Honest Abe tend to boil down to "Hey! He let the
slaves go!
I wanted slaves, dammit!"