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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
First president born in Kentucky.
First president born outside of the original 13 colonies.
First president to hold a patent.
First president to be assassinated.
First president elected as a Republican to the presidency.
First president to have a beard.
First president born in the Southern United States who never owned slaves.
First president to defeat a sitting Vice President.
First president to defeat a resident of the same state.(both major party candidatesLincoln and Stephen Douglas were registered in the same home stateIllinois; the others have been in 1904, 1920, 1940, 1944, and 2016.)
