Premise: Abraham Lincoln ( [ ˈeɪbrəhæm_ˈlIŋkən ] 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 . Though he gained very little support in the slaveholding states of the South , he swept the North and was elected president in 1860 .
Hypothesis: The start of Abraham Lincoln's presidency was in 1861.
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