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.
Captain Abraham Lincoln was a descendant of Samuel Lincoln (1622 â 1690), who was born in Hingham, Norfolk, England, and who, as a weaver's apprentice, immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637.