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What hats did Lincoln wear?
• Student• Farmer
• Rail Splitter• Land Surveyor
• Boat Hand• Store Clerk• Postmaster
• Inventor• State and National
Representative• Lawyer• Soldier
• Speech Writer• United States
President
Student…
•Went to a“blab” school
•Only attended school about 1 year
•Read Bible, Shakespeare, and
Aesop’s Fables•Read when ever he had a break
Farmer…
• Began farming in Indiana
• Worked the
family farm• Planted and
plowed corn
Rail Splitter…
• 1st nick name “the rail-splitter”
• Very strong• Hard working
• Known for his ability to split logs for
fences
Land Surveyor…
• Surveyed and measured land for different farmers and businesses
• Learned to survey in six weeks
• Was paid $3.00 a day
• Title was Deputy Surveyor
Boat Hand…
• Became a boat hand during his early twenties
• Traveled down the Mississippi,
Ohio, and Sangamon Rivers• Built his own
Flatboat
Store Clerk…
• Ran and owned 2 different general
stores• Became known as
“Honest Abe” by returning money
that he over charged a customer.
Postmaster…
• Was the Postmaster of the New Salem Post
Office• Delivered the
mail by horseback
• Traveled across the country side
to deliver the mail
Inventor…
• Invented a method used to
allow riverboats to get themselves unstuck on the
river• Used on
submarines today
State and National Representative…
• Was elected to the Illinois General
Assembly in 1832• A member of the
Whig Party• Was elected to the
U.S. House of Representatives in
1846• Served one term
from 1847-1849
Lawyer…
•Was known as a circuit-riding Lawyer•Defended a wide
variety of cases over nine different
counties in Illinois• Was known to carry his important papers in his stovepipe hat
Soldier…
•Joined military during the Black Hawk War of
1812•Was Captain of a rifle
company•Was lucky not to be involved in any of the
fighting during his service time
Speech Writer…
United States President…
Future….