Bizarre Depictions of Lincoln

[J. Beckert]

He may not have got a lot of exercise as President, but in Springfield, right up to the time he left for Washington, he continue to cut and split the wood for the stoves in his home by hand. Doing that by hand is pretty good exercise. Throw in the fact he abstained from alcohol and was a sparse eater. I think his many years of hard labor developed a physique that wouldn't fade away so quickly.