History Characters / Lincoln

->'''Played By''': Creator/StephenHenderson

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Inverted. It's a lot harder to enlist in the army when your father who forbids it is Commander in Chief.[[note]]Lincoln still uses his connections to ensure his college-graduated son gets an officer's commission in Grant's retinue, ensuring Robert is in the safest spot on the battlefield.[[/note]]

->'''Played By''': Bill Raymond

->'''Played By''': Creator/BillRaymond

* BigBadFriend: To Lincoln, as vaguely alluded to by them being on FirstNameBasis during the private negotiations

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Stevens was born and raised in Vermont, the state he represents, but Tommy Lee Jones makes no effort at all to cover his famous Texas accent.

* PrecisionFStrike: Gets two.

->'''Played By''': Creator/{{Peter McRobbie}}

* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the face of the Confederacy in the film, who the war is being fought against, despite the primary threat in the movie being anti-emancipation Union Congressmen.

* GreaterScopeVillaib: He is the face of the Confederacy in the film, who the war is being fought against, despite the primary threat in the movie being anti-emancipation Union Congressmen.

* GreaterScopeEvil: He is the face of the Confederacy in the film, which the war is being fought against, despite the primary threat in the movie being anti-emancipation Union Congressmen.

%%* DeadpanSnarker

* CoolOldGuy: He's in his later years (the real Steven was in his early seventies at the time of the events) and a passionate man who wants full equality for black people.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While Pendleton did indeed vote against the Thirteenth Amendment, he also did many good things for the country, the most notable of which was authoring the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, which dealt a crippling blow to corruption in the national government.

* GrewASpine: He rather meekly states "my vote ties us" so softly that the clerk has to ask him to speak up. Suddenly, vertebrae align and he exclaims "I said Aye, Mr. [=MacPherson=], AAAAAAYE!" to the jubilation of the proponents and calls of "Traitor" from the opponents. He later expresses pride in his vote when the amendment advocates start singing "Battle Cry of Freedom" in the House chambers.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's soft-spoken and his attitude is very genial. So when he gets mad and starts raising his voice, people ''listen''.

* {{Determinator}}: Stevens himself admits that he will or do say anything to abolish slavery.

* DodgyToupee: He wears a wig and is completely bald underneath (the real Stevens suffered from Alopecia and went bald as a young man). Unlike most examples, he doesn't hide that it's a wig, even quipping to Lincoln that "he looks worse without it". The real Stevens even had a famous moment where a young woman asked for a lock of his hair and he pulled off his wig and told her "here, madam. You may have it all".

%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* DeadpanSnarker: '''Big time.'''

* GoodIsNotNice: Stevens is a stubborn obstinate jerk who doesn't give a damn bout what "the people" want. He is also a merciless fighter for freedom and justice for all people.

%%* HotBlooded

* NiceHat: He has that famous tall hat.