Lincoln is murdered while attending a play at Ford's Theater.
Lincoln signs bill establishing the Department of Agriculture, an important agency for rural and western states such as Minnesota.
The issues of land and slavery, as well as a split Democratic Party, resulted in an overwhelming Lincoln victory in Minnesota, a nearly two to one margin (22,069 for Lincoln to 11,920 for Douglas),...
Lincoln is born in a log cabin in Kentucky.
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