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Abraham Lincoln became President Lincoln.
The President of Confederate States pick Jefferson Davis as their president
Andrew Johnson became the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Lincoln served from 1861 to 1865; Johnston from 1865 to 1869. Grant took office in 1869. (The war ended in 1865.)
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. General Robert E. Lee became the key military leader of the Confederate army. Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union. General US Grant became the key military leader in the closing 18 months of the war.
Andrew Jackson became president after Abe Lincoln.
Hannibal Hamlin did not become a President, but Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's 2nd Vice President, became the President when Lincoln was assassinated.
Lincoln was a successful lawyer in the years just before he became President.
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Union. No Confederate officer ever became President.
Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederate States of America in 1861
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer who became a state legislator, then a Congressman before he became President.