Abraham Lincoln

**Abraham Lincoln** is a historic president of the United States of America.

## History

### Disney history

Lincoln was the favourite president of Walt Disney and in his childhood dressed up as him. Because of this affection, Walt selected Lincoln to be made the likeness of an audio-animatronic that would be presented in the historic 1964 World's Fair. This audio-animatronic was the first AA figure of a human made in history and was presented in the attraction, "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln".

## Appearances and allusions

### Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln

This attraction has an audio-animatronic Abraham Lincoln giving a speech in the Opera House of Main Street, U.S.A.. In it Lincoln stands on a stage reading a variant of the Gettysburg address compiled by Disney imagineers.

### Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT!

A 1903 audio recording of the Gettysburg Address plays in the gardens of the Collector's Fortress as one of his collected audio artifacts.

### The Hall of Presidents

Lincoln is one of the presidents who appears within this Liberty Square attraction.

### One Man's Dream

An audio-animatronic Lincoln with its hydraulics exposed appears within this walk-through attraction.

### Phantom Manor

There is a photograph of Abraham Lincoln hung up in the bank of Phantom Canyon in this attraction.

### In other media

#### Film

##### 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

While not directly referenced in this film, *The Abraham Lincoln* is the name of a whaling vessel which attempted to hunt the Nautilus only to be destroyed by it.

#### Printed materials

##### Tales from the Haunted Mansion

The narrator Amicus Arcane mentions having once met Abraham Lincoln and having been complimented by him on his spats, Arcane being the librarian of the Haunted Mansion.

## Connections

### Mystic Manor

In *Tales from the Haunted Mansion Volume III: Grim Grinning Ghosts* Arcane also tells story revolving around one Colonel Bartholomew Tusk as he exploits the tomb of one Prince Amenmose. Tusk is identified as being a rival of Lord Henry Mystic and makes comments to rationalize his actions by saying that if he didn't do it someone like Mystic would. It is worth noting that Lord Henry Mystic would have been active during Lincoln's presidency.

## Trivia

* Lincoln being incorporated into Haunted Mansion materials is somewhat fitting as the historic Abe Lincoln and his wife Mary were obsessed with the occult following the death of their child. Lincoln is also the most frequently cited ghost allegedly haunting the American White House.
* Lincoln is not the only President of the United States to be featured within the Disney Park mythology:
	+ Andrew Jackson holds connections to the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tom Sawyer Island and Frontierland in-general. He used to appear in Fort Wilderness along with Davy Crockett on Tom Sawyer Island in Disneyland, representing a fort from the war of 1812. Historic New Orleans pirate and ally of Jackson, Jean Lafitte is subject to a mega-theme in Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion and Tom Sawyer Island as-well and certain clothing-pieces which belonged to Jackson are within Constance Hatchaway's attic in the mansion. Additionally he was featured in the Davy Crockett miniseries which inspired Disneyland's Frontierland and his subordinate Tobias Norton from this series has his own shop in Thunder Mesa.
	+ Theodore Roosevelt was a member of the Adventurers Club, a passenger aboard Cornelius Endicott II's S.S. Columbia, and a friend of Trader Sam from the Jungle Cruise.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-easter-eggs/3/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY77BYjhDuw
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BdK88XzFdXc/