What is Abraham Lincoln?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}{{Infobox officeholder | image = Abraham Lincoln 1863 Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg | caption = Lincoln in 1863 | alt = A bearded Abraham Lincoln showing his head and shoulders | order = 16th | office = President of the United States | vicepresident = {{plainlist| * {{longitem|[[Hannibal Hamlin]]<br />(1861–1865)}} * {{longitem|Andrew Johnson<br />(Mar–Apr. 1865)}} }} | term_start = March 4, 1861 | term_end = April 15, 1865 | children = {{hlist|[[Robert Todd Lincoln|Robert]]|[[Edward Baker Lincoln|Edward]]|[[William Wallace Lincoln|Willie]]|[[Tad Lincoln|Tad]]}} | parents = {{ubl|[[Thomas Lincoln]]|[[Nancy Lincoln|Nancy Hanks]]}} | predecessor = [[James Buchanan]] | successor = [[Andrew Johnson]] | state1 = [[Illinois]] | district1 = {{ushr|IL|7|7th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1847 | term_end1 = March 3, 1849 | predecessor1 = [[John Henry (representative)|John Henry]] | successor1 = [[Thomas L. Harris]] | state_house2 = Illinois | constituency2 = <br />from [[Sangamon County]] | term_start2 = December 1, 1834 | term_end2 = December 4, 1842 | predecessor2 = [[Achilles Morris]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1809|2|12}} | birth_place = [[Hodgenville, Kentucky]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1865|4|15|1809|2|12}} | death_place = Washington, D.C.<!--Links not needed per MOS:OVERLINK-->, U.S. | death_cause = [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|Assassination by gunshot]] | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}} | resting_place = [[Lincoln Tomb]] | party = {{plainlist| * [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (before 1856) * [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (after 1856) }} | otherparty = [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union]] (1864–1865) | height