Brief History of Kentucky - Kentucky Department for ...

Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850) Vice President to Martin Van Buren and solider in the War of 1812. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) President of the United States during the Civil War; authored the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves. Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) First Lady of the United States; married to Abraham Lincoln. ................
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