- Lost a job in 1832
- Defeated for state legislature in 1832
- Failed in business in 1833
- Elected to state legislature in 1834
- Sweetheart died in 1835
- Had nervous breakdown in 1836
- Defeated for Speaker in 1838
- Defeated for Congress nomination in 1843
- Elected to Congress in 1846
- Lost re-election in 1848
- Rejected for land officer in 1849
- Defeated for U.S. Senate in 1854
- Defeated for nomination for Vice President in 1856
- Again defeated for U.S. Senate in 1858
- Elected President in 1860
What an inspiration! With those kinds of odds, I would have given up for sure. Good thing he didn't. Can you truly name great American presidents without including Lincoln?
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
-Abraham Lincoln
"God must love the common man, he made so many of them."
-Abraham Lincoln
"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
-Abraham Lincoln
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