During the Black Hawk he was elected the captain of an Illinois militia company.
He became president in the year 1861 and he was the 16 president. Lincoln was only married once in his lifetime and he got married to Mary Lincoln. When he was with Mary they had four children. Their names, from youngest to oldest, are Edward Lincoln, Willie Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, and Robert Lincoln. Edward Lincoln died at age 4, and Willie Lincoln died at age 12, but Tad Lincoln is 12, and Robert Lincoln is 22 and both of them did not die till