- Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S., serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
- Lincoln created the Secret Service hours before his assassination.
- He really was a wrestler. Lincoln was documented as taking part in wrestling bouts. We don’t think he wore a mask or had a manager.
- Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert, was saved from a train accident by Edwin Booth, brother of his father’s killer, John Wilkes Booth.
- His hands and feet were quite big as well, which is frequently the case with very tall people.
- His head was bigger than the average person’s head.
- His shoulders were stooped.
- Lincoln’s assassin was a famous actor and Lincoln himself was a fan of him.
- Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, all of them had no college degree.
- When Abraham was 9 years old in 1818, his mother, Nancy, died of a mysterious “milk sickness” that swept across southern Indiana. It was later learned that the strange disease was due to drinking of tainted milk from a cow that had ingested poisonous white snakeroot.
- In 1876, a gang of Chicago counterfeiters attempted to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body from his tomb and request a US$200,000 ransom.
- An 11-Year-Old Girl Convinced Abraham Lincoln to Grow His Beard.
- Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President at 6-foot-4.
- Abraham Lincoln kept his important documents inside his hat.
- Lincoln was photographed with John Wilkes Booth at his second inauguration.
- Abraham Lincoln wore size 14 shoes, the biggest in U.S. president history.
So, these are some Facts about Abraham Lincoln
