"Lincoln was visibly nervous.  He was wearing a new black suit and sporting a neatly clipped beard. . .
"Lincoln unrolled the manuscript of his inaugural address.  He put on his steel-rimmed spectacles and faced the sunlit crowd below.  Thousands of people jammed the broad square in front of the Capital, waiting to hear the new president speak.
"Four months had passed since Lincoln's election in November.  During that time, seven Southern states had left the Union, and four more were about to join them.  In February, Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi had been sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America.  Now, with the Union collapsing, the defiant South was preparing for war.
"Congressional leaders had tried to find a compromise plan that would hold the Union together.  But the Southerners would not budge from their demands."

~ excerpt from Chapter five, Lincoln, A Photobiography, by Russell Freedman.Clarion Books, 1987.

On Monday, January 21, 2013, The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, will place his hand on the Lincoln bible and be sworn in at his second inauguration.

For a complete list of U.S. presidents, including Name, Term, Vice-Pres., Party, Congress, House Majority & Senate Majority:
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