Vice President Andrew Johnson became president the same day Lincoln died and completed the term. The next electedpresident was Ulysses S. Grant, elected in 1868, three years after the Lincoln assassination.
51 years
Abraham Lincoln was about the age of 51 when he was elected as the president.
1) The Lincoln-Douglas Debate started August 21,1858. He was 49 then. 2) Lincoln was elected president at the age of 51. So technically he decided to run for president at the age of 49.
Abraham Lincoln was dead in 1960, since had been shot in the head about 100 years before that. John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960.
Andrew Johnson was never elected President. He was elected Vice-President under Abraham Lincoln, and ascended to the presidency due to Lincoln's assassination in April 1865. He was 56 years old when he became US President.
March 4, 1861 ----------------------------------- Abraham Lincoln ran for U.S. President in 1860 and in 1864 (he won in both years).
As Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as president, he did not have a chance to retire.
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 4 years
Abraham Lincoln was 52 years and two months old on April 12, 1861 when the shooting began in the Civil war. He was the President of the United States at the time- he did not exactly "join" the war, but he was certainly involved with it.
Lincoln was elected in 1860, began serving in 1861, was re-elected in 1864, and assassinated April 15, 1865. He therefore served just a few months more than 4 years as President.
He didn't. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th American President, and Abraham, the Biblical personage, are two different people. President Abraham Lincoln lived less than 200 years ago. Judaism was begun (according to its tradition) by the Biblical Abraham, who lived 3800 years ago.
At 6 foot, 4 inches, Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president. ➢ Lincoln was the first president to be born outside of the original thirteen colonies. ➢ Lincoln 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. Abraham Lincoln was America's 16th president during the Civil War. Lincoln ordered that all slaves be set free in the states that were still in rebellion. This was called the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln was elected as President for a second time after his first term of four years was complete.