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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}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1865|4|15|1809|2|12}}
| death_place =[[Washington, D.C.]]
| vicepresident = [[Hannibal Hamlin]] <br>[[Andrew Johnson]] 
| signature = Abraham Lincoln Signature.png
}}
The '''Baltimore Plot''' was an alleged conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate [[President-elect]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] ''en route'' to his [[inauguration]]. [[Allan Pinkerton]], founder of the [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency]], played a key role by managing Lincoln's security throughout the journey. Though scholars debate whether or not the threat was real, clearly Lincoln and his advisors believed that there was a threat and took actions to ensure his safe passage through  [[Baltimore, Maryland]].

On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th [[President of the United States]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], and the first to be elected from that [[political party|party]].⏎
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    Shortly after his election, many representatives of Southern states made it clear that secession was inevitable, which greatly increased tension across the nation. President-elect Lincoln survived the alleged assassination attemptA plot to assassinate Lincoln in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] was alleged. On February 23, 1861, he arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. But fFor the remainder of his presidency Lincoln's many critics would hound him for the seemingly cowardly act of sneaking through Baltimore at night, in disguise, sacrificing his honor for his personal safety. However, the efforts at security may well have been prudent.

==Background==
[[Allan Pinkerton]] was commissioned to provide security for president-elect Lincoln on his journey to Washington, D.C., through Baltimore. ⏎
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Whether or not there was a plot, Maryland was a [[slave state]], and was considered a border state with strong Southern sympathies and was considered dangerous territory through which to travel for such a controversial politician.  Two months later, Baltimoreans [[Baltimore riot of 1861|attacked Union Army soldiers]] marching to Washington.

==Lincoln's actions==
[[Image:Pinkerton allan late harpers.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Allan Pinkerton]] from ''Harper's Weekly'', 1884]]
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[[Category:History of the United States (1849–1865)]]
[[Category:Causes of war|American Civil War, Origins of the]]
[[Category:History of Maryland]]
[[Category:Lincoln conspirators]]

[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]