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#16 · 1861–1865

Abraham Lincoln

Republican · Ended slavery, saved the Union

Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War and worked to end slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. He was assassinated soon after the war ended. He's remembered as one of America's greatest presidents.

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You can see his face on both the penny and the five-dollar bill.

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