Abraham Lincoln was murdered.
Abraham Lincoln -LRB- -LSB- ebrhm_lIkn -RSB- February 12 , 1809 -- April 15 , 1865 -RRB- was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865 .	16th President of the United States	List of Presidents of the United States	his assassination in April 1865	Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
