I believe he wanted to unify the country. He wanted to undo the harm brought about by the war.
Clinton
He was assassinated. Lincoln was assassinated less than 2 months after taking office for his second term. When Lincoln was assassinated, his Vice President, Andrew Johnson became President. In May of 1868, Andrew Johnson was impeached; he was the first US President to be impeached. The Senate did not confirm the impeachment, and therefore he was not removed from office. Johnson left the Presidency in disgrace.
Yes. Washington left office in March of 1797. Lincoln took office in March of 1861 just 64 years apart. So there were a large number of people born in 1796 say, who were still very much alive in 1861. In fact, ex-president Martin Van Buren ,who was 16 when Washington left office lived for more than a year after Lincoln became president. Tyler was almost 7 when Washington left office and he not only lived to see Lincoln elected but was elected to Confederate Congress.
Richard Nixon
An ex-president is a former president - a president who has left office.
When Lincoln took office in March 1861 seven southern states had left the Union.
After Eisenhower left office, John Kennedy became president.
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His Plantation was called Mount Vernon and he lived there also when he left the Office of President.
George Washington is the only President who did not ever live in the White House. He left office before it was ready to move into.
George Washington appointed the entire court. Andrew Jackson, Lincoln, Taft and Franklin Roosevelt appointed more than half the court before they left office.
President Lincoln actually thought he should be responsible for reconstruction. President Lincoln did this because people left the union so the president could pardon them back in.