One President of America was Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln . An exceptionally astute politician deeply involved with power issues in each state , Lincoln reached out to the War Democrats and managed his own re-election campaign in the 1864 presidential election . Lincoln has been consistently ranked both by scholars and the public as among the greatest U.S. presidents . The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln , one of the best-known in American history . United States presidential election, 1864 . Lincoln was re-elected president by a landslide in the Electoral College .