List of People Pardoned or Granted Clemency By The President of The United States - Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 343 people during his term. Among them are:

  • Pardoned 264 of 303 Dakota Indians who attacked white settlers in the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862.

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    “A poor widow, by the name of Baird, has a son in the Army that for some offence has been sentenced to serve a long time without pay, or at most, with very little pay. I do not like this punishment of withholding pay—it falls so very hard upon poor families.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “If you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.”
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    “Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer’s avenue to the public.... And yet there is not a more fatal error to young lawyers than relying too much on speechmaking. If any one, upon his rare powers of speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)