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Teddy: Used in The New York Times at least as early as 1900, [112] even though he hated the nickname. [113] Telescope Teddy, because he had all his rifles fitted with a small telescope [114] Teedie, childhood nickname [34] TR [115] for signing communications this way; perhaps the first president to be known by his initials. [116]
"Vote yourself a farm and horses" – Abraham Lincoln, referring to Republican support for a law granting homesteads on the American frontier areas of the West. "The Union must and shall be preserved!" – Abraham Lincoln "Protection to American industry" – Abraham Lincoln "True to the Union and the Constitution to the last." – Stephen A ...
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
First rule: the nickname must be one the person would reasonably have heard in common usage. Second: the nickname should not be one promoted solely as a derogatory nickname (else "Baboon" for Lincoln and a whole lot more would properly creep in -- including a slew about FDR and HST). Collect 12:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Abraham Lincoln John R. Roll (after Lincoln's assassination ) Fido (c. 1851 – 1865) was a yellow mixed-breed dog owned by Abraham Lincoln and kept by the family for a number of years prior to Lincoln's presidency, [ 1 ] and became a presidential pet during Lincoln's presidency, although he remained in Springfield, Illinois .
In “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer. The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and ...
Rail splitter or railsplitter may refer to: . A person who splits logs for building fences; Nickname for Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President . Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters, the athletic program of Lincoln Memorial University, an NCAA Division II school in Harrogate, Tennessee named for President Lincoln
The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term. Lincoln was the first member of the recently established Republican Party elected to the presidency.