Abraham Lincoln

**Abraham Lincoln** (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, particularly noted for his leadership during the Civil War, delivery of the Gettysburg Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation. Nicknamed "Honest Abe", the lanky bearded politician was a controversial figure in his own time, but has since been recognized as one of the greatest presidents, ranked with George Washington. A key factor in this was not only Lincoln's statesmanship and opposition to slavery, but his assassination on April 14, 1865, days after the Southern forces surrendered. Lincoln thus became the first American president to be assassinated (but not the last, as witness John F. Kennedy) and the fourth to die in office. His image adorns the five dollar bill and penny.

Although he never existed during the time of movies, Robot Abraham Lincoln was based on him and he was spoofed by Pumbaa in the *Timon and Pumbaa* episode; "Catch Me if You Kenya" and Quint in "Klondike Con" and a face statue of him was seen in "New Guinea Pig." Two evil robot versions of him also appeared in the *Phineas and Ferb* episode "Mom's Birthday" and "Let's Bounce". In the *Dave the Barbarian* episode; "Not a Monkey", Dave was seen wearing a Lincoln hat with a fake brown beard to replace his missing hair. A kid was seen dressed up as Lincoln for Halloween when trick-or-treating at McDuck Manor in the *DuckTales* episode; "The Trickening!".

A folk doll version of Lincoln possessed by the ghost of someone else was a planned character for the scrapped feature film project *My Peoples*, or *A Few Good Ghosts*. He was portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in the 2012 film, *Lincoln* and Glenn Beck in *National Treasure: Book of Secrets*. His Mount Rushmore face statue was seen in a Goofy short in the *House of Mouse* episode "Chip 'n' Dale", in the *Quack Pack* episode "The Really Mighty Ducks" along with the other three presidents, and in *The Muppets*. In the *House of Mouse* episode "Gone Goofy"'s *Pit Crew* and *Donald's Goofy World*, Goofy was seen wearing and dressed up as Lincoln.

He was also mentioned in *Toy Story 2*, an episode of *Best Friends Whenever*, an episode of *Lab Rats: Elite Force*, the *Bizaardvark* episode "The Collab", the Bizaardvark episode "First Day Of School", an episode of Milo Murphy's Law, the *K.C. Undercover* episode Twin It To Win It and the *Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything* episode "The Rankening".

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln was seen aboard a warship of the same at the beginning of Disney's 1954 movie, *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*. In the *Recess* episode, "The Shiner", a picture of Abraham Lincoln was seen in the classroom during Miss Grotke's history lesson on the 16th president himself and later, a cookie shaped like Lincoln was presented to T.J. Detweiler by Corn Chip Girl, which momentarily came to life in T.J.'s imagination. Also, in the episode, "Lost Leader", Gus Griswald was seen disguised as Lincoln while executing a plan to outwit the Ashleys.

## Gallery

Young Walt Disney dressed as Abraham Lincoln and performing the Gettysburg Address for his grade-school classAudio-Animatronic Abraham Lincoln in Great Moments with Mr. LincolnRobot Abraham LincolnPumbaa wearing Lincoln's hat in "Catch Me if You Kenya"Quint as Courteous Quint wearing Lincoln-like clothes and hat in "Klondike Con"Abraham Lincoln face statue seen in "New Guinea Pig"Dave wearing Lincoln's hat and a fake brown beardMiss Piggy as LincolnFozzie Bear as LincolnBaby Gonzo as LincolnBaby Fozzie as "Abearham Lincoln" in *Muppet Babies*Miss Piggy as Lincoln in a 2014 Facebook video promoting *Muppets Most Wanted*Abraham Lincoln as he would have appeared under the possession of Uncle Ned in *My Peoples*Mt. Rushmore Abraham Lincoln statue in *House of Mouse*Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln as Groucho in "The Really Mighty Ducks"Lincoln in *The Muppets*Goofy as Abraham Lincoln in "Gone Goofy"'s *Pit Crew*Goofy as Lincoln again in "Gone Goofy"'s *Donald's Goofy World*Lincoln in *Legend of the Three Caballeros*Portrait of Abraham Lincoln in *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*A picture of Abraham Lincoln in *Recess*A cookie shaped like Abraham Lincoln in *Recess*Gus Griswald dressed as Abraham Lincoln in *Recess*A kid dressed as Abraham Lincoln in *DuckTales*
## Trivia

* Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln. He is the third cousin, four times removed of the former president. Hanks' link to Honest Abe comes through the president’s mother, Nancy Hanks.
* He was the first president to be assassinated.
* Walt Disney was a lifelong admirer of the 16th President, drawing inspiration more than a half-century later with the opening of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at the 1964/65 New York World's Fair. One of Walt Disney's earliest documented examples of showmanship was dressing up as President Lincoln and performing the Gettysburg Address for his grade-school class.