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{{Infobox_President 
| name = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| image = Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg
| order = 16th [[President of the United States]]
| term_start = [[March 4]], [[1861]] 
| term_end = [[April 15]], [[1865]]
| successor = [[Andrew Johnson]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1809|2|12|mf=y}}
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 [[Image:Plot-kill-lincoln-1861 Picture2.jpg|left|450px|frame|"Flight of Abraham" <br>''[[Harper's Weekly]]'', March 9, 1861]] 

[[Image:Maclincoln harrisburg Highland fling.jpg|left|700px|thumb|"The MacLincoln Harrisburg Highland Fling" <br>''[[Vanity 
Fair (magazine, historical)|Vanity Fair]]'', March 9, 1861]]‎ 
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Many historians believe that Pinkerton’s perception of an assassination plot was incorrect and Lincoln came to regret that he slipped through the city unannounced."<ref>[http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000015/html/t15.html teaching American History]</ref> 

(contracted; show full)nd very short [[kilt]]. The absurd disguise was frequently accompanied by a terrified expression on the President's face, to further undermine the public's image of his courage and manliness. Images such as [http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/march/plot-kill-lincoln-1861.htm this comic strip] in ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'' plagued Lincoln throughout his presidency. 

Newspapers of all parties mocked Lincoln's actions, and in a ''[[Vanity 
Fair (magazine, historical)|Vanity Fair]]'' cartoon, the kilt was traded for a dress the president had borrowed from his wife. By the time Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington, he was the laughing stock of the entire country.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=CZh2pgihScoC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=lincoln+cartoon+in+kilt&source=web&ots=EzuPgodUlw&sig=7iHJn7WkmayFNU26g-H0BRru3Q4 ]</ref>

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