Amazing Facts about Abraham Lincoln
* He was the only president to have a patent: Lincoln invented a device to free steamboats that ran aground.
* He practiced law without a degree. Lincoln had about 18 months of formal schooling.
* He wanted women to have the vote in 1836. The future president was a suffragette before it became fashionable.
* He was a big animal lover, but he wouldn't hunt or fish. If he were alive today, Lincoln would be running an animal shelter.
* He really was a wrestler. Lincoln was documented as taking part in wrestling bouts. We don't think he wore a mask or had a manager.
* He lost in his first bid for a presidential ticket. The unknown Lincoln was an unsuccessful vice presidential candidate in 1856 at the Republican convention.
* He never belonged to an organized church. Lincoln read the Bible daily, but he never joined an organized church in his lifetime.
* He didn't drink, smoke, or chew. Lincoln was a simple man of tastes, and he never drank in the White House.
* He didn't have a middle name. Lincoln went through his life with two names.
* He hated being called Abe. Apparently, he preferred being called by his last name.
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