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The 16th President of the United States (1861–1865), best known for preserving the Union during the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that set the legal foundation for ending slavery. His spare, powerful rhetoric—most famously the Gettysburg Address—redefined American democracy as a living experiment in equality. Today the name functions as shorthand for principled leadership under existential pressure.
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