Abraham Lincoln is often thought of as one of the United States' better presidents. However, there is some controversy as to how good a president he actually was in retrospect. Was he as notable as he is made out to be? Abraham Lincoln was a great president. He was no doubt one of the most honest presidents that the United States had. He was not perfect, and he was not always truthful, but his few …showed first 75 words of 1711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1711 total…lly approved it in December 1865. This includes eight from the late Confederacy. Throughout the time Lincoln was in office, he repeatedly demonstrated his enormous capacity for growth, which enabled one of the least experienced and most poorly prepared men, ever elected to high office to become a giant in the history of politics. This man, who was passive by nature, was driven to take enormous political risks and he was able to overcome repeated defeats.