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Robert Lincoln Beckwith, his last surviving descendant, died in 1985.

The contents of his pockets on the night of his assassination weren't revealed until February 12, 1976. They contained two pairs of spectacles, a chamois lens cleaner, an ivory and silver pocketknife, a large white Irish linen handkerchief, slightly used, with "A. Lincoln" embroidered in red, a gold quartz watch fob without a watch, a new silk-lined, leather wallet containing a pencil, a Confederate five-dollar bill, and news clippings of unrest in the Confederate army, emancipation in Missouri, the Union party platform of 1864, and an article on the presidency by John Bright.

Inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1972.

Pictured on the 4¢ US postage stamp in the Prominent Americans series, issued 19 November 1965.

Subject of a set of 4 US postage stamps honoring the 150th anniversary of his birth, issued 27 August 1958 through 30 May 1959.

Pictured on the 4¢ US postage stamp in the Liberty Series, issued 19 November 1954.

He was a writer, known for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1912) and Atlanta Symphony Golden Anniversary (1995). He was married to Mary Todd Lincoln.

The Lincoln cent, issued in 1909, was the first coin to have the likeness of an American on it.

His son Robert Lincoln, who was in Washington when his father was killed, was also on the scene when President James A. Garfield was shot in 1881 and President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901.

On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, he attended the play 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater. John Wilkes Booth, who was a famous actor and friend of owner John Ford, had free access to all parts of the theater, sneaked into his box and shot him fatally in the back of the head with a .44 caliber Deringer pistol.

West Virginia (1863) and Nevada (1864) admitted to Union during his administration.

His son Willie died during his first year in the White House (1862).

Sixteenth president of the United States (4 March 1861 - 15 April 1865).

Children: Robert Lincoln, Edward Baker (10 March 1846 - 1 February 1850), William Wallace (21 December 1850 - 20 February 1862), Thomas (4 April 1853 - 15 July 1871).

He first spoke out against slavery in 1837 to the Illinois state legislature.

He was the first major American leader to advocate extending voting rights to women and wrote on the subject in 1836.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Nolin Creek, Hardin County [now LaRue County], Kentucky, USA.