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title: "When Lincoln took office as President, how many states were there?"  
description: "When Lincoln took office as President, how many states were there?"  
author: "Ramirez rose"  
published: 2018-04-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41363/when-lincoln-took-office-as-president-how-many-states-were-there  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# When Lincoln took office as President, how many states were there?

When [Lincoln took](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41567/why-did-the-border-states-delaware-maryland-kentucky-and-missouri-where-slavery-was-legal-not-join-other-southern-states-in-seceding-in-the-months-before-abraham-lincoln-took-office) [office](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23284/how-to-improve-your-office-for-higher-productivity) [as President](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34877/during-which-years-did-abraham-lincoln-serve-as-president), how many [states](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51244/how-do-jackson-and-calhoun-differ-when-it-comes-to-states-rights-vs-federal-rights) were there?


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