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Campaigns/Elections	Fri, February 22, 1861	Abraham Lincoln visits Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and from there secretly travels directly to Washington
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, February 21, 1861	Abraham Lincoln travels to Trenton, New Jersey and then to Philadelphia on his pre-inaugural tour
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, February 16, 1861	Abraham Lincoln travels from Cleveland to Buffalo, New York meeting Grace Bedell on the way
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, December 2, 1859	Abraham Lincoln tests his speech on slavery during a visit to Atchison, Kansas
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, March 4, 1861	Abraham Lincoln takes the oath as the sixteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, February 20, 1861	Abraham Lincoln spends the day in New York City, addresses the City Council, and goes to the Opera
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, March 3, 1860	Abraham Lincoln speaks to New Hampshire Republicans at Exeter
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, February 28, 1860	Abraham Lincoln speaks in Providence, Rhode Island
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, February 15, 1861	Abraham Lincoln speaks in Pittsburgh and then continues his pre-inaugural tour to Cleveland, Ohio
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, February 27, 1860	Abraham Lincoln speaks before the Cooper Union in New York City
Legal/Political	Thu, March 4, 1847 - Sat, March 3, 1849	Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, February 23, 1861	Abraham Lincoln secretly heads directly to Washington arriving in the early morning hours
Personal	Wed, May 3, 1865	Abraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois where his remains lay in state in the State House
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, February 18, 1861	Abraham Lincoln reaches Albany, New York on his pre-inaugural tour and speaks at the capitol
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, March 9, 1860	Abraham Lincoln rallies Connecticut Republicans in a strong evening speech at Norwich
Science/Technology	Tue, May 22, 1849	Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois receives a patent for a device to aid riverboats over shoals
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, December 7, 1859	Abraham Lincoln leaves for home after his short Kansas speaking tour
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, November 8, 1864	Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as President of the United States and Republicans make sweeping electoral gains
Personal	Sun, February 12, 1809	Abraham Lincoln is born in Hardin County, Kentucky
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, November 30, 1859	Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in Elwood at the start of a five day speaking tour in Kansas
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, December 3, 1859 - Mon, December 5, 1859	Abraham Lincoln finishes his five day speaking tour in Kansas with two speeches in Leavenworth
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, March 10, 1860	Abraham Lincoln concludes his New England tour with a speech in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, February 19, 1861	Abraham Lincoln arrives in New York City on his pre-inaugural tour
Personal	Sat, July 7, 1860	Abraham Cahan born near Vilna, Lithuania
Cultural	Fri, July 24, 1857	Abraham and Mary Lincoln visit Niagara Falls
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, November 24, 1863	Above Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union troops storm the Confederate positions on Lookout Mountain
Legal/Political	Fri, May 26, 1854	Abolitionists meet at Faneuil Hall, Boston to protest the arrest of Anthony Burns
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, December 3, 1860	Abolitionist meeting to commemorate John Brown broken up in Boston
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, March 27, 1862	Abolitionist lecture in Burlington, New Jersey ends in chaos and a barrage of rotten eggs
Legal/Political	Thu, December 15, 1859	Abolitionist lecture delivered successfully in Philadelphia as police and rioters battle outside the hall