Mother died, ’18

Lost job, ’32

Defeated for legislature, ’32

Failed in business, ’33

Elected to legislature, ’34

Sweetheart died, ’35

Suffered nervous breakdown, ’36

Marriage proposal rejected, ’37

Defeated for speaker of the house, ’38

Married, ’42

Defeated for nomination to Congress, ’43

Elected to Congress, ’46

Lost renomination, ’48

Rejected for land officer, ’49

Son died, ’50

Defeated for Senate, ’54

Defeated for nomination for vice president, ’56

Defeated for Senate again, ’58

But in 1860, at the age of 51, Abraham

Lincoln was elected president of the United States..!!!