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.
LINCOLN , Abraham , a Representative from Illinois and 16th President of the United States ; born in Hardin County , Ky. , February 12 , 1809 ; moved with his parents to a tract on Little Pigeon Creek , Ind. , in 1816 ; attended a log-cabin school at short intervals and was self-instructed in elementary branches ; moved with his father to Macon ...