1. Hats Off to Lincoln

2. What hats did Lincoln wear? Student Farmer Rail Splitter Land Surveyor Boat Hand Store Clerk Postmaster Inventor State and National Representative Lawyer Soldier Speech Writer United States President

3. Student… Went to a“blab” school Only attended school about 1 year Read Bible, Shakespeare, and Aesop’s Fables Read when ever he had a break

4. Farmer… Began farming in Indiana Worked the family farm Planted and plowed corn

5. Rail Splitter… 1 st nick name “the rail-splitter” Very strong Hard working Known for his ability to split logs for fences

6. Land Surveyor… Surveyed and measured land for different farmers and businesses Learned to survey in six weeks Was paid $3.00 a day Title was Deputy Surveyor

7. Boat Hand… Became a boat hand during his early twenties Traveled down the Mississippi, Ohio, and Sangamon Rivers Built his own Flatboat

8. Store Clerk… Ran and owned 2 different general stores Became known as “Honest Abe” by returning money that he over charged a customer.

9. Postmaster… Was the Postmaster of the New Salem Post Office Delivered the mail by horseback Traveled across the country side to deliver the mail

10. Inventor… Invented a method used to allow riverboats to get themselves unstuck on the river Used on submarines today

11. State and National Representative… Was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1832 A member of the Whig Party Was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846 Served one term from 1847-1849

12. Lawyer… Was known as a circuit-riding Lawyer Defended a wide variety of cases over nine different counties in Illinois Was known to carry his important papers in his stovepipe hat

13. Soldier… Joined military during the Black Hawk War of 1812 Was Captain of a rifle company Was lucky not to be involved in any of the fighting during his service time

14. Speech Writer…

15. United States President…

16. Future….