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Cast first ballot
Saw abuse of slaves on his second flatboat trip to New Orleans -
Defeated while running for Illinois State Legistature
On August 6th Lincoln was defeated while running for the Illinois State Legislature. -
Elected for Illinois State Legislature
Again Lincoln ran for the Illinois State Legislature, but this time he was elected. -
Re-elected to state legislature
Lincoln was re-elected to the Illinois House of Representatives -
Recieved license to practice law
Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law from the Illinois Supreme Court. -
Re-elected to Illinois House of Representatives.
Lincoln was elected for a third time to the Illinois House of Representatives. -
Elected to U.S. House of Representatives
Mr. Lincoln was elected to the United States House of Representatives. -
Lincoln back into politics
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. The passage of this act brought Lincoln back into politics. -
Gave House Divived speech
Lincoln was nominated by the Republicans to run for the U.S. Senate against Stephen Douglas. He gave his famous "House Divided" speech. -
Nominated for president
On May 18th he was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Chicago -
Became 16th president
Inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States. -
Issued Emancipation Proclamation
On January 1st the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the rebelling areas, took effect. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address which dedicated the battlefield there to the soldiers who had perished. -
Assinated
Died the next day after being shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth.