By the spring conventions in the required nine states had ratified, and the Constitution could become law. But with powerful, populous, and highly divided Virginia and New York yet to vote, the legitimacy of the new national system had not yet been fully resolved. A Biography of John Hancock.
Abraham Lincoln was elected for two terms, but only served one of them in full. &nbsp;His first term began on March 4, 1861. &nbsp;He was re-elected in 1864 and began his second term on March 4, 1865, but was assassinated after only 42 days, dying in office on April 15, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States, who served during the American Civil War had two different Vice-Presidents his first was Hannibal Hamlin and then for â¦his second term, in an effort to sway more Democrats to his side choose Democrat Andrew Johnson who would become the 17th President of the United States when Abraham Lincoln ...