Fun Facts!
- Lincoln was fond of pets, and owned horses, cats, dogs and a turkey.
- He was the tallest U.S president at 6'4".
- His wife was called Mary Todd Lincoln, who was brought up into a very wealthy family.
- Mary’s parents disagreed with her marrying Abraham because he had a poor background.
- He was the first president to have a beard.
- Abraham had four children, Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Lincoln, Willie Lincoln, Tad Lincoln. Only Robert Todd Lincoln survived into adulthood.
- He was the first president to be assassinated.
- He had deep depression, even though he would frequently tell stories and jokes to friends and family.
- He had very quick wit.
- He patented a system to alter buoyancy of steamboats in 1849.
- Even though he was strong, a talented wrestler, and proficient with an axe, Lincoln disliked killing and harming animals, even for food.
- Lincoln proposed to Mary just one year after meeting her in Springfield 1839.
- He ran a store in New Salem.