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 was a famous President from USA, who lived between February 12, 1809 and April 15, 1865. He became 56 years old. He led the country through its greatest internal crisis ever, the American Civil War preserved the Union and ended slavery. Lincoln was shot and killed in an assassination attempt when the war was over, just a month after he was re-elected president for a second term. Before Lincoln became the first Republican president, he was a lawyer, representative in the Illinois State Assembly, Congressman and twice a candidate for senator without success.