Each state has its own licensing regulations governing entry as a funeral director. Most require a combination of postsecondary education (typically Associate Degree in Funeral Service Education), passage of the National Board Examination, and service as an apprentice for one or two years.
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer and legislator with a reputation as an eloquent opponent of slavery, shocked many when he overcame several more prominent contenders to win the Republican Partyâs nomination for president in 1860.
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.