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Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil Warits bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way to the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. Question: The 16th President of the United States named which man the U.S. Attorney General after arguing a case for Polly Berry? Answer: Edward Bates
Abraham Lincoln ; February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865 was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.