Abraham Lincoln Anecdotes

When Lincoln was a young lawyer, he once defended a man accused of stealing a pig. During the trial, Lincoln argued that the real culprit was in fact the pig itself, which had a habit of wandering into people's homes and eating their food. The jury found the defendant not guilty, and Lincoln became known as a witty and clever lawyer.

On the day of his inauguration in 1861, Lincoln was traveling to the ceremony when he stopped to greet a group of children. He asked them if they knew who he was, and one of the children replied, ...