Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

1832 - Lost job Defeated for state legislature1833 - Failed in business

1834 - Elected to Illinois state legislature1835 - Sweetheart died

1836 - Had nervous breakdown1838 - Defeated for Speaker

1843 - Defeated for nomination for Congress

1848 - Lost renomination

1849 - Rejected for land officer

1854 - Defeated for U.S. Senate

1856 - Defeated for nomination for Vice President

1858 - Again defeated for U.S. Senate

1860 - Elected President.

Born - USA February 12, 1809 Died - April 15, 1865 USA
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States.This man saw more failures in life than success, but never gave up.The Emancipation Proclamation (helping to stop slavery), was assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth.
"...in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln