1809 - Abraham Lincoln was born on a stormy morning, on February 12, l809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. Lincoln was named after his grandfather. His parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. He had one sister, Sara.
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1834 - Lincoln, age 24, worked for the state government of Illinois. He was elected to the legislature as a Whig.
1836 - On September 9, Lincoln received his law license and is a leader of the Whig party. He first practices law in Springfield, Illinois. He needed a place to keep his important papers handy, so he tucked…
