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This is a thread where we discuss what changes the presidency would have had if Lincoln hadn't been assassinated. So just give the President, and a brief overview of his/her first term. You can include who they beat to gain the presidency and at a certain point can include fictional characters. I'll start

Abraham Lincoln (R) : 1864-1868

After the Civil War ended Lincoln focused on continuing his plan for southern reconstruction, and improving relations with the reinstated Southern states, he would not finish it however and the task of reconstructing the Union would fall to his successor...
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