10 Things You Never Knew About President Lincoln [List]

Happy President's Day. Everyone knows that Abraham Lincoln was the first Illinoisian to become President of the United States.

Here are some things I bet you didn't know:

• Lincoln ran for U.S. Senate twice (1854 and 1858) but lost both times.
• He established the country’s first income tax. (Bummer)
• He broke off his engagement to Mary Todd once before they were married.
• He pushed for women’s right to vote as early as 1836, 84 years before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed.
• Though he read the Bible often, he never joined an organized church.
• Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday during the Civil War.
• His cat ate at the White House dinner table.
• He was photographed with John Wilkes Booth at his second inauguration. (scary)
• He was the town’s postmaster when he lived in New Salem, Illinois
• Lincoln was the first president with a beard

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Source: Reboot Illinois