# Abraham Lincoln (@abraham-lincoln)

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was an American lawyer, legislator, and the sixteenth president of the United States. He led the federal government through the Civil War, made emancipation a Union war aim, and argued that preserving republican government required confronting slavery.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Abraham Lincoln's public record._

## Topics

- [Emancipation and Union](/@abraham-lincoln/emancipation-and-union.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Civil War Leadership](/@abraham-lincoln/civil-war-leadership.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Rise Through Law and Politics](/@abraham-lincoln/rise-through-law-and-politics.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nps.gov/people/abraham-lincoln.htm
- blog: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-in-america/biographies/abraham-lincoln.html
- blog: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/emancipation-proclamation

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "abraham-lincoln", "question": "…"}`.